Komarov, Felix Romanovich

Early years

He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Kaliningrad (formerly Koenigsberg) in 1972. Specialty - economist.

Beginning

Having left Russia in the very beginning of the 90s, he became a millionaire in the USA. In the same period, he opened a Rolls-Royce car company in Russia. He turned out to be the only Russian invited to join the prestigious Rockefeller Club. Gained popularity after the opening of the gallery "Russian World" in the most prestigious area of ​​New York, on 5th Avenue.

Prosperity, Mature Years

The brainchild of Komarov’s gallery and collaboration with Ernst Unknown , which continues to this day, is the Golden Elf - the symbol of the prestigious Triumph Prize in the field of art.

Ernst Neizvestny spoke of his friend as follows: “There are people with absolute hearing, and Felix is ​​a man with absolute taste ...” He is the author of the “Russian Stanley Cup” , created in honor of Russian hockey players who played in this prestigious trophy, as well as a memorial sign of the Prize Parsnip in white gold. The chairman of the jury was the great friend of Felix Komarov - poet Andrei Voznesensky , who said:

I am not very familiar with the oligarchs. I know people of generous national latitude, like Gorbachev with his foundation, Pal Palych Borodin, without whom there would be no monument to Pasternak, or Felix Komarov - the manufacturer of the Pasternak prize award sign in white gold

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He is the owner of the largest collection of paintings by Rustam Khamdamov in the post-Soviet space, which were exhibited in the Russian World Gallery. For a long time he collaborated with Mikhail Shemyakin , took part in the creation of a jewelry collection of the artist's works in the genre of "small plastic". Subsequently, cooperation was upset, and Felix Komarov was forced to appeal to the court with a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity in relation to Shemyakin ^[2] .

He is a co-author of the monument to the famous Soviet and Russian songwriter Mikhail Tanich , with whom he was close friends for a long time. He was also friends with Mstislav Rostropovich, and repeatedly visited the American estate donated by the great performer to his wife, Galina Vishnevskaya.

Being a man of a wide soul and a philanthropist, he participates in the program for the revival of Orthodox churches in Russia, in particular, with his active participation, a unique iconostasis was created for the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in the village of Stara Poltavka, Volgograd Region.

I just could not help but respond to a request for help. I deeply believe that the moral potential necessary for the revival of Russia will come precisely from the provinces, from the “hinterland”, which today, unfortunately, is rarely remembered. But people here are cleaner, sincere, nobler, not so spoiled. It is precisely the Orthodox faith that helps to raise a soul in such purity, and I am ready to help the church and visit Old Poltava as much as I need. Later, Felix Romanovich admitted: “I heard people say - this is a miracle that the village church received such a gift! And this is not a miracle, it is the providence of God. After talking with Father Vadim, I realized with a cold heart: in my personal collection of the icons needed for the church there is only one. The rest had to be found in other collections. Some images could not be found, they were painted anew by our best icon painters from the city of Klin. And then the iconostasis in the temple, and anxiety left me. The soul is filled with joy from the fact that these images will be prayed by new generations of residents of Old Poltava. To pray and think about goodness and peace is the main thing in our life. ”

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Not indifferent to the art of theater and cinema, in 2002 he sponsored the Millennium Festival in New York, which aimed to introduce the American cinema audience to the new Russian cinema, and the production of the musical comedy Arkady Khait “My Kosher Lady” at the Moscow Shalom Theater under the leadership of Alexander Levenbuk .

In NEW YORK, in the cinema "Millennium" (hence the name of the festival), a new Russian cinema was opened. The organizer of the festival on the Russian side is the head of the Kinotavr company Mark Rudinstein, on the American side is the general producer Felix Komarov. The purpose of the show is to acquaint American moviegoers with our films shot in 2000-2001. Among them are “Come see me”, “The Bremen Town Musicians”, “On the forty-fourth in August ...”, “Moon Papa”, “Poor Sasha”, “The Silver Lily of the Valley”, as well as an extremely free adaptation of Dostoevsky’s novel “Idiot” (tape called "Down House").

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Currently, he is actively involved in the work of the Nord-Star Fund to complete the construction of a low-rise development complex in the Moscow Region “Korodok on Klyazma” and is promoting a new, East Russian Gate, International Strategic Project for Russia. Transbaikalia - Manchuria. ”

• Collects sculptural images of frogs , his collection is more than 15,000 storage units.
• It does not change the mobile phone number , considering that friends should not have communication problems, and enemies will not disturb them anyway.
• In his New York gallery Russian World, being America’s first lady, Hillary Clinton chose a present for Madeleine Albright’s anniversary.

One of the regular heroes of the secular chronicle both in Russia, ^{[5] [6]} and abroad. He was one of the heroes of the program “Moment of Truth” by Andrei Karaulov - “The Mouse King (History of Harassment)”, as well as a guest expert on the program “Let They Speak” by A. Malakhov dated 09/22/2010 ^[7] , dedicated to the resonant case of parents beating a poor bride son.

Money is only life coupons.

I am a businessman, but I’ll look at the exchange in some next life.

Wealth and happiness are two different things. These concepts should not be confused.

Being happy with yourself is charisma.

Sharing success is harder than sharing failure.

Losing money is a reason to earn new ones.

You can sit in a barrel, but will they call you Diogenes?

You know, I brought out an aphorism for myself: “Each of us is naturally given a chance to become a man. But not everyone, unfortunately, takes this chance. ” As for science, to be successful — I didn’t make a reservation, it’s about science — to understand it in any state, it would be a desire. It seems to me that there is a certain model of success in life. I see her in the shape of a pyramid. We are born, we fall into a square, at the base of this pyramid. A square is a sandbox. We are many, we are small, friendly, we play, exchange spatulas, sculpt something from sand. But life goes up. The section of the pyramid decreases, and the higher you go up, the sooner you should be prepared for the fact that you will be left alone at the top. Someone incomprehensible, unacceptable, poor or rich, but unique - alone, but, most importantly, in complete agreement with himself. This state of inner harmony and balance is success.

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• Grave of Tanich
• Return to the Manege