Elena Schapova de Carly is a model, poet and socialite with a very bizarre fate. It had everything: dizzying novels, hasty marriages, emigration from the USSR, friendship with the most famous people of his time, from poor writers to aristocrats.
Childhood and youth
Biography of Elena Kozlova (maiden name Shchapova) began quite unusual. She was born in 1950 in a very wealthy family, the girl's father was a major scientist and a staunch communist, and her grandmother was a church servant. Little Lena grew up in severity, her parents controlled her acquaintances. At the same time, the girl received a very superficial education, from an early age she was fascinated by a completely different, brighter life.
At the age of 16, a slender beauty entered the house of models, at the same time she became interested in poetry and began to write poetry. Work as a fashion model provided a wide circle of acquaintances, soon fate brought Elena to the famous Moscow artist Viktor Shchapov. He was 25 years older and did not differ in constancy of feelings, but fell in love with Elena immediately. She doubted for some time, but in the end she gave up and got married. The girl was only 17 years old.
Personal life and not only
Marriage made Elena one of the wealthiest ladies of Moscow bohemia. Her husband was filling her with gifts: imported outfits, fur coats, jewelry, a white Mercedes, which was a real miracle for Moscow's gray streets.
The life of a housewife, even if very wealthy, did not suit an ambitious girl. She read a lot, continued to write poetry and received a good education. Work in the fashion house did not bring money, but provided fame: in the early 70's, Elena was considered one of the most popular fashion models. A lot of interesting people came to her husband’s house, which allowed expanding the circle of acquaintances.
During one of the parties, Elena met a young poet Eduard Limonov. She was very impressed with the poems of the new author, and he was seriously interested in the young self-confident beauty. Mutual interest soon grew into something more. Limonov did not have fame, status, and money, but Elena was not embarrassed: one day she simply left home with her beloved dog, and later filed for divorce. Shchapov was struck by such a betrayal, he had a heart attack. In 1973, Elena and Edward got married.
