2024-03-16 14:00:00
Vsevolod Bobrov was a very respected person even in the highest circles of Soviet power. Including among officials. Probably, the fact that the outstanding sniper enjoyed the favor of the Stalin family played a role. Vsevolod was warmly treated not only by Joseph Vissarionovich himself, but also by his son Vasily, who oversaw the MVO Air Force team. Bobrov gave her the best years of his career. Therefore, even in scandalous episodes that might have ended in prison for an ordinary person, justice sided with the Olympic champion. For example, once Vsevolod beat up a deputy in a restaurant. He allowed familiarity in relation to the famous hockey player – he called him by his last name. And he accused him of being too much of a star. For which I received it. The incident was reported to Brezhnev himself, but he said: “We have many deputies, but there is only one Bobrov.”
Sometimes the privileged position of a Soviet hockey star did not work out. For example, in 1972, right before the Olympics, Vsevolod’s wife, together with the wife of Alexander Ragulin, was going to relax on a tourist package. To leave the USSR, Bobrova needed a reference from work and from the house committee. They must contain guarantees that Elena did not intend to stay abroad. But due to the fact that the wife of one of the Soviet generals filed a lawsuit once morest the wife of the famous forward, she was not allowed to leave the country. And even Vsevolod’s connections did not help in this situation.
The fact is that the Bobrovs lived in one of the most famous houses in Moscow – the “general’s” house on Sokol. In addition to the Olympic champion, two generals lived there. The first was the commandant of Berlin, and Elena Bobrova had an excellent relationship with his wife. She lived right above the Bobrovs and often invited the athlete’s wife to visit. But the wife of the second general openly disliked Elena. And the reason for their quarrel was an ordinary chicken.
“The director of the grocery store on Sokol was a friend of Bobrov and Tarasov. Even in winter, he placed an easy chair at the service entrance and directed while sitting. All day in the air. He left us everything we needed. Seva’s assistant was torpedo bomber Kolya Manoshin, who was married to motorcycle racer Tamara. Tamara called me: “Lena, go down to the grocery store and find out if they have three-day-old chickens. If 5 days are no longer chickens…” That’s how she fed her Kolya and taught me to. I always asked to leave young chickens. This general Mesropova, half Armenian, half Jewish, always watched from the balcony as the workers brought out fresh chickens for me. One day I mightn’t stand it and went up to the director: “You leave the freshest meat for Bobrova. And you will never bring anything to me, the wife of a general, deputy head of the Armored Academy. I’ll write a complaint!” Bobrova recalled.
It is possible that Mesropova’s threat would have remained a simple threat. But Elena herself provoked the general’s wife into active action. Having learned regarding her complaint once morest the director of the grocery store, Bobrova went to sort things out. And during the dialogue she said the following phrase: “Evgenia Alexandrovna, why are you saying this? The director understands that Bobrov is alone here, and the generals are like uncut dogs…” Of course, the general’s wife did not like these words at all. And she did everything to make Elena regret them.
“You have to be a fool to blurt out something like that! I can’t forgive myself for 40 years! The general’s wife immediately wrote a complaint once morest me. The chairman of the house committee was Lieutenant General Alexander Vasilyevich – Chapaev’s son! Chapaev did not give me a character reference – since the respected general’s wife filed an application to the comrades’ court! Because of this, the tour package trip was cancelled. But then the general’s wife and I got along,” Bobrova said.
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