Dubroshkino village. Pskov. 1989 | Masha Ivashintsova
Leningrad Zoo, 1985 | Masha Ivashintsova
Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova
Moscow, 1987 | Masha Ivashintsova
Kelch mansion. Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova
Summer garden. Seneca. Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova
Melvar Melkumyan. Moscow, 1979 | Masha Ivashintsova
Melvar Melkumyan. Moscow, 1987 | Masha Ivashintsova
![Window on Tverskaya street, Leningrad, spring 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova [colorized 2022]](https://static.tildacdn.com/tild3237-6262-4438-b037-313764326162/-/empty/05_masha_Colorize.jpg)
Window on Tverskaya street, Leningrad, spring 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova [colorized 2022]
![Natasha. Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova [colorized 2022]](https://static.tildacdn.com/tild6433-3033-4236-a366-653466666665/-/empty/05_ls_masha_1977.jpg)
Natasha. Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova [colorized 2022]
Leningrad, 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova
Monkeys, 1983 | Masha Ivashintsova
Masha Ivashintsova "Unspoken Verses", 1993
You and I will never meet, –
we have no address or telephone number.
And you are so distant and unfamiliar,
how could you know
the Babylon
I was cast into by my sick ravings,
about my dismal fate,
about life's fateful crossroads...
An eclipse of reason and then the snowy platforms,
where I waited for you, –
where we could have been.
Ill intent,
a legal error, –
we can never be,
We never met,
That's my answer to the doctor...
And those hard carriages,
where you wander alone
Covered in snow...
Translated by Matthew Hyde, 2019
we have no address or telephone number.
And you are so distant and unfamiliar,
how could you know
the Babylon
I was cast into by my sick ravings,
about my dismal fate,
about life's fateful crossroads...
An eclipse of reason and then the snowy platforms,
where I waited for you, –
where we could have been.
Ill intent,
a legal error, –
we can never be,
We never met,
That's my answer to the doctor...
And those hard carriages,
where you wander alone
Covered in snow...
Translated by Matthew Hyde, 2019
Street of the Red Cavalry, Leningrad, 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova
From the windows of the Hermitage. Leningrad, 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova
Harlequin. Leningrad, 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova
Harlequin and Pusya. Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova
![Boris Smelov. Leningrad, 1974 | Masha Ivashintsova [colorized 2022]](https://static.tildacdn.com/tild3163-3134-4437-b661-386431303039/-/empty/08_masha_Colorize.jpg)
Boris Smelov. Leningrad, 1974 | Masha Ivashintsova [colorized 2022]
On November 4, 1976, by a strange coincidence, the dog Marta appeared in Masha's life. This year Marta turned two and a half years old. Marta was an amazing dog and a faithful companion of Masha.
Marta died in May 1986.
Marta died in May 1986.
![Leningrad, USSR, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova [IKOFLEX, 6x6]](https://static.tildacdn.com/tild3962-3830-4030-a231-616330333938/-/empty/IK_001910010_web.jpg)
Leningrad, 1977 | Masha Ivashintsova [IKOFLEX, 6x6]
Leningrad, 1976 | Masha Ivashintsova
Mulya and Vika. Leningrad, 1974 | Masha Ivashintsova
Belozersk, Vologda Oblast, USSR, 1979 | Masha Ivashintsova
Staraya Russa, Novgorod region. 1976 | Masha Ivashintsova
“
... You are talking about "my environment". I have no people, almost none, with whom I could be myself, and not just a natural and lively interlocutor. Masha, my dear, you don't even know lived these last six months — waiting for your calls and and encounters with you, and this is not a hobby, not a thoughtless passion, this is a long-suffering expectation — suffered by you and me...
Viktor Krivulin. Leningrad, 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova
Emil Yasnets. Leningrad, 1985 | Masha Ivashintsova
Exhibition of "leftist" artists at Igor Ivanov's apartment. Leningrad, 1979 | Masha Ivashintsova
Orekhovo, Leningrad, 1976 | Masha Ivashintsova
Asya, Marta, Pusya. Orekhovo, Leningrad. 1978 | Masha Ivashintsova
Life line
Masha Ivashintsova
1942 – 2000
March 23, 1942
March 23, 1942
Born in Sverdlovsk
Mother, Lyudmila Dmitrievna, and grandmother, Nadezhda Sergeevna Ivashintsova, were evacuated from Leningrad
Spring 1944
Spring 1944
Returns to Leningrad
She lives with her mother and grandmother in a room in a communal apartment on Mokhovaya Street
October 11, 1944
October 11, 1944
In Poland, Masha's father, Yuri Ilyichev, killed in battle
May 1958
May 1958
Graduated from 9 classes of school No. 192
October 1959 – March 1961
October 1959 – March 1961
By decision of the family council, she stops studying at the ballet school
Studying at technical school No. 8 as a draftsman-designer in general engineering
August 12, 1961
August 12, 1961
Grandmother, Nadezhda Sergeevna Ivashintsova, died
1961 – 1969
1961 – 1969
Studying at the theater department of the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography
From 1970 to 1986 she worked as a freelance correspondent for the magazine "Teatr"
1964
1964
Works as a lighting worker at the Bryantsev Young Viewers Theater
October 1964
October 1964
Getting married to Melvar Melkumyan
They live on Mokhovaya with Masha's mother. Melvar is a postgraduate student at the Faculty of Philology of Leningrad State University
1965
1965
Daughter Asya is born
1966
1966
They move to their own apartment on Annikov Prospekt
April 1969
April 1969
Masha and Melvar are getting a divorce
Melvar moves to Moscow with Asya. Masha remains to live in Leningrad in a communal apartment on Tverskaya Street
December 1973
December 1973
Getting married again
1972 – 1974
1972 – 1974
Masha lives in two cities: Leningrad - Moscow
April 1974
April 1974
On the Moscow-Leningrad train, she meets photographer Boris Smelov
1974 – 1979
1974 – 1979
The most intense period of creativity
November 4, 1976
November 4, 1976
Masha has a loving and devoted dog Marta, a cross between a Russian hound and a pointer
1976 – 1978
1976 – 1978
Works as an elevator operator in the Central District of Leningrad
1978 – 1979
1978 – 1979
Makes joint trips with Viktor Krivulin to Novolukoml and Crimea
December 1981
December 1981
Сommitted to a mental hospital for the first time
Over the next 10 years (with some interruptions), she becomes a patient of the Leningrad Mental Hospital No. 6
September 1982
September 1982
The house on Tverskaya street is undergoing a major overhaul with resettlement
Moves to a room in a communal apartment on Nevsky Prospekt
May 1986
May 1986
Marta dies
March 1990
March 1990
Favorite Leica IIIa camera breaks down
Since that time, she has been taking pictures with other cameras (Tchibo, Zorkiy, etc.)
October 1991
October 1991
Melvar flies to America
April 14, 1991
April 14, 1991
Mother, Lyudmila Ivashintsova, died
January 18, 1998
January 18, 1998
Boris Smelov died
March 27, 1998
March 27, 1998
Bought a Leica mini II automatic camera
Takes pictures mostly with flash
August 6, 1998
August 6, 1998
Melvar returns from America to Moscow
Night from 13 to 14 July 2000
Night from 13 to 14 July 2000
Died of stomach cancer at home in the presence of Asya
Streets of Leningrad
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