The body of the writer Sergei Sakin was found in the Yaroslavl region. The man disappeared in November last year on the way from Myshkin to Moscow. Sakin was only 40 years old.

Sakin was born in Moscow and graduated from high school in the Novy Arbat area. Prior to that, he changed several schools (was expelled for systematic conflicts with teachers and other violations of discipline).

Sakin was a participant in the first season of the popular reality show "The Last Hero". Later he married Anna Modestova, a participant in the same show (the couple later divorced), Sergey also published a book about his participation in the show.

Sergey Sakin was treated for alcohol and alcohol for many years. drug addiction. For the last two years, he lived in the courtyard of the Nikitsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky (Yaroslavl Region). The writer worked in a team of volunteers like him. Men were engaged in the restoration of the temple. In parallel, the journalist collaborated with an online publication ( last post was in March 2017).

In the summer of 2017, Sakin moved to a village near the town of Myshkin, Yaroslavl Region, to live with his old friend Alexander Smirnov. A large believing family accepted a man with a difficult fate as their own. The guest helped them with housework and enjoyed nature. From time to time, Sergei came to Moscow, where his parents live, as well as two children - a 12-year-old son from his marriage to Anna Modestova and a 9-year-old daughter from a civil marriage. In the autumn he came every month, in good mood and even brought village meat as a present. But, according to his acquaintances, the capital spoiled Sergei - on every visit he broke down.

On November 6, the journalist left for Myshkin and invited his old friend to live with him, with whom he was treated for addiction to hard drugs. Alexander Smirnov gave them a separate house with cattle, in which the men were supposed to equip their lives, but instead, the comrades returned to their old habits. Moscow, where he will put himself in order and return back. His friend was sent by taxi back home.

On November 24, 2017, Sergei was escorted to the ferry, on which he was supposed to cross the Volga and take the first regular bus to Moscow. Here the trail of the journalist is interrupted. Judging by the security cameras, he was indeed on the ferry. But his parents did not wait for him in the capital. According to some reports, eyewitnesses saw a man who looked like famous journalist who buys alcohol in a department store in Myshkin on the same day at about 17.00 (and he was supposed to take the bus at 16.00). And on November 30, Sakin was allegedly seen in Pereslavl-Zalessky, also in line for alcohol (he was in a knee-length black jacket, blue jeans, a hat and sneakers with red laces).

On the latest photos Sakina traces of use-obvious. I remember how in school I eagerly waited for each issue of The Last Hero. Then it was something fundamentally new on TV! I don’t remember Sergey Sakin well, but I remember that I didn’t like him, he seemed somehow hysterical. And his chosen one, Anna, on the contrary, gave the impression of a very pragmatic down-to-earth girl.

Do you remember Sergei in "The Last Hero"?

We all remember the project "The Last Hero" that made a splash 16 years ago. I remember how I tried to get home from work as quickly as possible in order to watch the next episode of this exciting reality show with the whole family.

In 2001, the premiere of the reality show "The Last Hero" took place. The participants had to survive day after day on a desert island, fighting for a prize of three million rubles (a colossal sum for those times!). New format, an unprecedented intensity of passions, danger, risk, adrenaline, difficult human relationships ...

It is not surprising that the project "shot", instantly breaking all records of views. The final season of The Last Hero was shown in 2009.

Our team decided to tell you how the lives of the members of the project turned out, they were able to survive in the jungle, and how they coped with the fame that had fallen on them after the show.

Sergei Odintsov- Winner of the first season.

Having won three million rubles, Sergei quit his job at customs and was soon elected a deputy. hometown Kursk. Most Odintsov spent his winnings on the purchase of an apartment and a car, and invested the remaining money in own business- opened a cafe. Sergey also took part in the fifth season, but this time he did not even reach the final.

Inna Gomez(pictured left)

Interest in Inna increased markedly, and she was invited to the cinema - in the wake of fame, she received several major roles. True, very soon the popularity of Gomez faded away, and she switched to charity. Today, films and TV shows with her participation are extremely rare, and almost nothing is known about the actress herself. She does not have a single social media account, and she is no longer listed in modeling agencies, but films, fortunately, are being released: the most recent premiere took place in 2016.

Sergei Sakin(pictured with Anna Modestova)

Sergei did not win the project, but he did not leave it empty-handed - the relationship with Anna continued, and soon the young people got married, and then got married. The couple later had a son. A couple of years later, their union suddenly broke up. It turned out that Sergei became addicted to illegal drugs while still in London and did not stop secretly taking them. From the addiction, by the way, he still can not get rid of.

Sergei Tereshchenko

A few years after the end of the show, Sergey released the book “Life after Death”, in which he spoke in detail about difficult life on the island. With many members and guys from film crew he is still friends. Today Tereshchenko is known as an actor, the most popular project with his participation is the comedy series "CHOP" on TNT.

Elena Bartkova

During the project, Elena realized that she wanted to move to Russia. Friends helped her get a job in Moscow, on the wave of fame she gave interviews, attended various events, at one of which she met her future husband, illusionist Andrei Safronov.

The police found the body of the missing writer and participant in the reality show "The Last Hero" Sergei Sakin. At the end of November, he left Myshkin for Moscow to visit his family. To the capital famous book"More Ben" never arrived. Search operations have not brought results. The body was found near the pier on the Volga when the snow melted.

Death of Sakin

Sergei Sakin was found dead in the forest near the pier in the vicinity of the village of Korovino, located opposite Myshkin, on the other side of the Volga. About this "360" was told by a classmate and friend of the deceased Ekaterina Kuzmina.

“He was found in the forest, not far from the place where he was last time captured by street cameras. Today he was identified, the body is still in Myshkino. A forensic medical examination is underway, the cause of death and some details are not yet clear, ”she said.

In the search and rescue squad "Liza Alert" "360" confirmed that the body of Sakin was found, and therefore the search topic was closed. According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, the deceased was found by policemen who checked the territory after the snow melted. His personal belongings remained intact. The ferry crossing at Myshkin is the main way to get out of the city, which is exactly what Sakin did on his way to Moscow. For a preliminary reason, he died of hypothermia. Whether he was drunk will be determined later.

Sakin's friend Tatyana said that deceased lived with a friend in Myshkino, but often visited Moscow to visit his parents and children from two marriages. As in previous times, because of the irregular bus service, Sakin planned to hitchhike to Moscow.

“His body was found not far from Myshkin now that the snow has melted. Our friend went to the identification, confirmed that it was he. There are no traces of violence on the body - most likely, he died from cardiac arrest, maybe he froze in the cold. Although Sergei did not seem to have any chronic illnesses, it is difficult to say what killed him. There will be an autopsy, an examination, ”Tatiana explained.

In connection with the death of Sakin, the Yaroslavl administration Investigative Committee Russia opened a criminal case on the murder. The department confirmed that the deceased, who was listed as missing, was found in a forest belt near the village of Korovino. The investigators noted that there were no signs of violent death on the body, but specified that experts would establish the exact cause and date of death.

“I never wrote obituaries and I don’t know how to. Yes, Negro, our paths parted. But in the most blissful period of life, you were there, and this will not go anywhere, ”- wrote his friend Pavel Tetersky.

Sergey Sakin on the reality show "The Last Hero"

Disappearance of a writer

At the end of last year, on Tetersky's page in Facebook there was a message about the loss of Sergei. According to him, on November 24, Sakin planned to leave for Moscow. On November 25, parents who did not wait for their son called Sakin's friend in Myshkin. It turned out that the writer did not get into the minibus and did not appear at the ferry crossing. On November 26, Myshkin's friends Anna and Alexander Smirnov filed a complaint with the police, but three days later everything was closed without a search, because the applicants were not relatives. On December 4, the parents filed a second statement about the loss.

The police in Moscow immediately made it clear that they would not search, but would send a request to Myshkin, at the place of disappearance. The announcement of the search was distributed on VKontakte. Sakin's parents turned to Liza Alert volunteers.

Friends and acquaintances were looking for Sakin in the vicinity of Myshkin, calling hospitals on the way to Moscow, putting up ads and interviewing residents of Pereslavl-Zalessky and Myshkin, as well as the inhabitants of the monastery where he lived for some time. It did not bring results.

“To be honest, I don’t really believe in magic power likes and reposts. But this person was once mine best friend... That I just swelled - I don’t believe it. But suddenly, all the same, some lesser of the evils, ”Tetersky wrote then.

Spiker in London

Sergey Sakin was born on August 19, 1977 in Moscow. In the 2000s, he was known as a prose writer, journalist and ardent fan of Spartak. Throughout the country, he became famous for participating in the first edition of the reality show "The Last Hero".

In his youth, due to conflicts with teachers, Sakin changed several educational institutions, in one of which he received the nickname Spiker. In 1998 he graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University and soon left for London with Pavel Tetersky. Young people lived with a friend, and then spent the night at the airport, then in the barn, earned money by washing dishes in a cafe and kept an adventure diary. There, Sakin became addicted to drugs that helped relieve fatigue.

“We went for a dream that never came true! To fall asleep, like a bum, in an uncomfortable place, he drank. Hangover in the morning. And you need to go wash the dishes in a restaurant. And then I got hooked on drugs - it seemed that I injected it, and my head hurts less. I spent all my money on it,” he said.

When the friends returned to Russia, the London recordings formed the basis of the book More Ben, which in 2000 won the Debut Award in the Big Prose nomination. The first edition was only a thousand copies, but the work became popular with young people, and the book was reprinted several times. In 2008, British director Susie Hellwood made a film of the same name based on the novel, starring Ben Barnes and Alexei Chadov.

In 2001, Sakin took part in the reality show "The Last Hero", the first release of which was filmed in Panama. It was hosted by Sergei Bodrov Jr. Sakin did not win the show, but he met his first wife Anna Modestova there.

In 2002, two books by Sakin were published at once. "Die Old Lady" was partly autobiographical, while the novel "The Last Hero in Binding" was about the life of the author during a reality show. In the same year, Sakin married Modestova, a son, Alexei, was born in the marriage. The couple divorced in 2005.

Sergey Sakin and Anna Modestova

“I was selfish, a liar. He disappeared for weeks, explained it as work, but in fact he used it and could not stop. Anya was a teacher primary school, earned a little, I published, collaborated with TV. But there wasn't enough money. Anya could not stand it, and we broke up, ”Sakin recalled.

The writer met his second, though civil, wife Maria in 2007 during an interview when he got a job on television. In 2009, their daughter Vasilisa was born. When the daughter was a year old, the couple separated.

“It was the bottom, the money almost stopped coming, I realized that I was unpleasant to my daughter and Masha, and left. He became a homeless again - he lived at railway stations, he could fight and rob a store, ”said the writer.

Photo source: Facebook

Addiction treatment

In May 2013, Sakin was persuaded by his parents to start treatment for drug addiction. It happened after his father found him sleeping on a dirty bench at the entrance of the house. The writer went to the North Caucasian branch of the Center for Healthy Youth in Pyatigorsk. Six months later he moved to health Camp center in the Moscow region, after that he worked at the TsZM in Kazan. At the same time, he acted as a director and screenwriter of the documentary art-house film Lesha's Prayer.

In June 2014, he was again treated at an anti-drug camp in Sochi. After that, he lived in a skete at a monastery in Pereslavl. AT recent times worked as a citizen journalist at Reedus and acted as a freelance PR man for the rap group 25/17. AT last years often communicated with Mary and the children, for the sake of meeting with whom he went on a journey that became his last.

The name of the winner is still a mystery. On the website of the program on the Internet, where audience voting, Ivan Lyubimenko is in the lead - 43% of the vote, Inna Gomez - 33%, Sergei Odintsov - 8%, Anna Modestova - 4%. It is also not entirely clear how the “last hero” will be determined. One thing is known: out of the four remaining on the island, two will first fly out, and the winner will be chosen from these two. Project producer Sergei KUSHNEREV told the readers of KP about the final shooting days. - What was the most difficult at the end?- It remained to shoot the last two episodes, when a typhoon of terrible force came from Cuba. For the last competition, four participants had to be transported by air on slings dropped from a helicopter to a very beautiful Bird Island. But they didn't take the risk. The episode on the impregnable Devil's Island, where the two finalists were supposed to spend the night before the last council, was abandoned. It was possible to throw them there, but it was practically impossible to take them back. - Was the wedding of Sergei and Anya real or is it a TV trick?- Yes, for two weeks we were looking for a way to marry them in Panama, for a week we persuaded the judge to fly by helicopter, for two hours we hid her in the bushes along with the court clerk, translator, champagne and glasses! - How did you manage to ensure secrecy around the name of the winner?- Even my close friends do not know who became the winner. Bodrov was stopped by traffic cops and threatened to take away his license if he did not tell. And the man himself, who became the “last hero,” thought for a long time whether to tell his family about this. - The winner will receive the same money from the box that is shown to us during the council?- Of course not, this money is not real. And the winner will receive real money in Moscow on February 14 during the concert "The Last Hero". Ilya OGNEV. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PARTICIPANTS? Inna Gomez was invited to star in an American film. Sergei Sakin received an offer to publish a series of books, starting with a novel about The Last Hero. Another book on the same topic is written by Vanya Lyubimenko. Snezhana recorded her first song on a disc. Sergey and Anya want to get married in Moscow, but have not yet decided the exact date: April 14 or May 14. BTW Vanya sacrificed... his hair for the sake of the fire The youngest participant of the project writes a book about how the events actually developed on the island Vanya Lyubimenko is finishing the future bestseller. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" got the opportunity to read some chapters from the book. It turned out that the most difficult test for Ivan was the return from Bocas del Toro. In Moscow, Vanya fell down with a tropical fever. Having recovered, he passed the session at the university with "five" and sat down to the book. - Vanya, did the book include a lot of what was left behind the scenes? This book was conceived for that purpose. She's pretty outspoken. The very climax is in the chapter "Before and after the fire." When the remaining five spoke candidly about everything... - Who did you dislike the most on the island?- Natasha Ten. I didn't like her for her regular lies. In her eyes she said one thing, behind her eyes another. Toward the end, I felt that they were going to “eat” her and offered me a deal: “Don’t vote against me. I will support you." Apparently, she took for a naive simpleton. I may have been, but I refused the deal. - Who was cute?- Anya. On our first night on the island, we agreed on three things: not to form alliances, not to vote against each other, and to share information. So it was before Sergei took a seat next to Anya. ...At the beginning of the game, the Turtles won 15 matches. But one day the fire went out, and there was nothing dry to kindle. Ivan decided to donate his hair. The ladies cut off a small bun, soaked their hair in cologne instead of fuel. And... nothing happened. It turned out that the remaining two matches got wet. Svetlana KHRUSTALEVA. BEHIND THE SCREEN Odintsov hid cookies in his shorts Anya Modestova slipped on the wet stage and fell (in the last episode her chin was covered with plaster) - there was a suspicion of a concussion. Sergei Sakin every evening tried to swim to Anya on a neighboring island. The raging current could carry him into the ocean. Therefore, the journalist who was on the island was ordered to be on duty near Sakin. All participants constantly experienced three sensations: I want to eat, I want sweets, I want meat. One day, one of the people preparing the shooting dropped a pack of cookies into the water. Seeing this, Odintsov quietly picked up the cookies from the bottom and hid them in his shorts, and then slowly ate them, sharing them with the others. Sergey Tereshchenko lost the most weight during his stay on the island - by 30 kg. Vanya Lyubimenko lost 4 kg, Sergey Odintsov - 14 kg, Anya Modestova - 6 kg, but Inna Gomez managed to stay with her.

LAST HERO: who kept the flies away from Sakin?

September 20, 2002

This girl made the ill-mannered outcast of the capital Sergey Sakin play with new colors. The young lady who made a bully book writer about the fact that “More than Ben”, an aesthete and a person. A modest girl of graceful pastel beauty, who won his (Sakina's) heart and forced the whole country to follow the development of their island romance, which ended in a wedding.
All this is a member television show"The Last Hero" Anya Modestova, a simple primary school teacher who temporarily became a national heroine and favorite character gossip columns. We managed to set modern Cinderella a few questions about the game.

Slavka Bukharov: TV viewers and newspapers have exhausted topics for discussion sweet couple"Bocas del Toro. What is happening to you now?

Anya Modestova: Tour to Paris, which Sergey and I received as wedding gift from the sponsors of the "Last Hero", have not yet taken a day off - we can not escape from work, but we hope to see Paris in September. And in Moscow, despite the fact that the broadcast of the game ended in February, now they are more often recognized on the streets ...

SB: And what made such a fragile girl leave civilization and rush to uncharted lands?

AM: I went to Bokas to keep mosquitoes away from delicious Sakin. It was at that moment that I did not want to part with dear person. Those close to my idea of ​​participating in the game reacted excellently - the support of friends was felt on the island, it warmed my soul. But my grandmother drank pills for nausea for a week, after a series where we ate worms.

SB: What else from "that" life remained firmly in your memory?

AM: The most terrible moment of life on the island is the first night. They went to bed, tossed and turned for a long time, and, finally, everyone calmed down. In those very minutes, they realized that everything around was moving, crawling, running and flying past at low level. The most joyful is the wedding. Believe in fairy tales - they come true! And the day when they realized that the last remaining five were not rivals, but friends.

SB: Were there any difficulties in communicating with your rival friends?

AM: The difficulty is that the island is not a city where you can avoid meeting a person who is not interesting to you. TV cameras were treated like local residents treat coconuts: you don’t seem to pay attention, but without them it’s somehow unnatural.

SB: What competition seemed the most difficult?

AM: I can’t single out any competition in particular: in those conditions, all competitions were perceived naturally. The most fun was catching lobsters in the paddock: all the time instead of fish I caught Tselovansky's leg, and Vanka grabbed me. In addition, lobsters chirp wildly, so that you can hear it when you dive.
It turned out to be very difficult to stand on the perches, I still don’t understand how we didn’t catch pneumonia together, because. at that moment, the body was already weakened by some kind of virus, everyone was coughing, and by this time I had a temperature for several days.

SB: Was what the audience saw on the screen different from what the eyes of the "last heroes" saw?

AM: Probably, each of the participants saw what was happening in Bokas in their own way, but the overall feeling of editing and transmission is wonderful. In my opinion, you can make a monster or an angel out of every person with the help of television, but all the characters on the screen appeared as they really are, and maybe somewhere even better.

SB: Did anything change in your life after the Game?

AM: Life itself has changed in better side. On the island we enriched ourselves spiritually, made REAL friends. Now I keep in touch with Inna, Serezha, Vanya, rescuers and the guys from the film crew. Most of all, upon my return, I wanted to see my relatives and fly back to the island as the last five.
Once again we would go to such a test! Especially - the same composition.


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