He kicked his wife out in the winter and took their young daughter: details of the divorce of cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who apparently now married Vasilevskaya.
Russian cosmonaut of Belarusian origin Oleg Novitsky was married to his wife Yulia for almost 30 years — the couple had two daughters. But the couple's separation was not amicable. Yulia even recorded video appeals to Lukashenko and Putin, asking them to protect her from the Hero of Russia.
On the left, Oleg Novitsky with his first wife Yulia, on the right, Marina Vasilevskaya hugs a mannequin in Novitsky's suit
Yulia Novitskaya is a journalist, she has dedicated several books to her beloved. In interviews, the woman always spoke about Oleg with tenderness.
Yulia Novitskaya. Photo: her Instagram
Yulia herself is from Russia, she was born in Borisoglebsk. It was there that the couple met. Oleg, a native of the Belarusian Cherven, was sent to the Borisoglebsk training center, where young pilots were retrained to fly new types of aircraft. Near this center was the House of Officers, which had a library.
Since Yulia was studying at the Faculty of Philology, she needed to read a lot, so the student often went to the library. In December 1994, the future cosmonaut saw a beautiful girl with a huge stack of books and decided to meet her.
Just a month later, the guy invited Yulia to Belarus to introduce her to his parents - he also proposed there. In her book, Yulia writes that she did not hesitate for long, because she really liked Oleg. And she was won over by the fact that he made an impression of a reliable and decent man.
Oleg Novitsky's first wedding
In December 1996, the first daughter, Yana, was born in the family. Yulia recalls that just at that time Oleg was sent on another long business trip - for almost a year.
Yulia Novitskaya with her first daughter Yana
Her sister Lilia and her husband Alexey helped with the baby. In social networks, Yulia writes: "And when her husband returned from a business trip, and I said to Yana: "Run to daddy," she ran... to Lesha. "We need to stop with business trips," Oleg said then, upset."
In the 90s, the family's life was quite modest.
Oleg Novitsky and Vladimir Putin
"When we served in Budennovsk in the late 90s, we decided not to celebrate Oleg's birthday - we simply didn't have any money. And in the evening there was a call, we opened the door and saw five families with whom we were friends. Someone brought a jar of sprats, someone brought cucumbers and tomatoes, and even - a real luxury! - a piece of sausage. It got dark, the guys turned off the light and suggested that my husband blow out the candles on the cake. A cake! Where from?! And then we saw... a loaf of black bread, and there were as many lit matches stuck in it as Oleg was years old," Yulia once recalled.
For many years, the family of cosmonaut Novitsky seemed to everyone to be a model. In 2016, a second daughter was born, who was named Margarita.
Oleg and Yulia Novitsky with their daughters Yana and Margarita
Judging by Yulia's social networks, the rift in the family occurred in 2022. Even at the beginning of the year, she published joint photos with her husband and confessed her love to him.
Oleg and Yulia Novitsky at the beginning of 2022
And already in December 2022, the woman posted a video on Instagram asking to protect her from the hero (Novitsky has the title of Hero of Russia) - then she admitted that she was in the process of divorcing the cosmonaut.
Yulia turned for help to Lukashenko and Putin, who were just about to arrive in Star City, as the leadership of Roscosmos decided not to intervene in the situation.
The woman said that at night Oleg took their youngest daughter, and the mother did not understand how to return her.
In another video, Yulia said how she was kicked out of the house:
- Tonight, my husband, cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, Hero of Russia, kicked me out of the apartment at 2 a.m., changed the locks, took my six-year-old daughter and my phone. And since I have nowhere to spend the night, it is possible that my overnight stay today will be the checkpoint of the cosmonaut training center.