“The daughter will ensure no one forbids singing his songs.” Oleg Movchan's only daughter fruitlessly fights his widow over "Malitva"

Let's recall that recently, Iryna Vidava-Movchan forbade singer Petr Elfimov and other artists from performing her late husband's hits, including the famous "Malitva," citing her exclusive ownership rights. However, as it turned out, Iryna Vidava is not the only woman connected to the fate of these songs.

Erased Life

If you open Oleg Movchan's official biography on his personal website or his Wikipedia page, which was created by his last wife Iryna Vidava (as evidenced by the revision history), you will find no information about his previous marriages and children.

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However, it was during the years of his first marriage to singer and composer Tatyana Movchan, the current head of the "Belarussinka" theater, that his most fruitful years of work with "Pesnyary" occurred, and in 1989, the composer's only daughter, Victoria, was born.

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Tatyana Movchan writes in her memoirs that many iconic songs, the rights to which the widow has now appropriated, were written long before Vidava appeared in the artist's life.

"On the internet, she is praised as the muse with whom he wrote his masterpieces. It's especially funny when she's praised for 'Margarita' or 'Malitva', written before 1993. We divorced in 1995. He was simply Free then," Tatyana wrote on social media.

"Became glamorous and forgot his daughter"

According to his first wife, after the divorce and new marriage, Oleg Movchan estranged himself from the family. "He became 'glamorous,' cool," Tatyana noted with bitterness. The relationship broke off for many years. His ex-wife blames Vidava for this, claiming that his new partner "tried all her life to isolate him from communication."

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The ice only broke in the last two years of the composer's life, when he was already seriously ill. Movchan himself called, started talking with Victoria, and even managed to meet her and his grandson Svyatoslav. But they didn't have time to fully restore their connection.

Marriage contract and funeral scandal

After the composer's death in 2019, a real drama unfolded over the division of property. It turned out that legally, the daughter owned almost nothing.

"In August 2017, Vika introduced her grandfather to her grandson for the first time. Irachka tenderly held Vika's finger. But in September, Irachka re-registered all property to herself with a marriage contract. And just to be safe, she also willed everything to her beloved self," Tatyana Movchan recounted on social media.

The situation reached court, but, according to the first family, they haven't been able to win so far:

"We are still fighting with the last wife over the inheritance. Okay, she took everything, but at least I'm pushing through a bit on the copyrights. If only Oleg knew that his daughter doesn't even have this financial cushion."

Especially cynical, according to Tatyana, was an episode at the farewell ceremony in the philharmonic, when Vidava allegedly told the daughter, who was crying at the coffin: "What are you doing here — he is nobody to you."

"This is not love or memory"

It is worth noting that Victoria Movchan followed in her parents' footsteps. She is a professional singer, a vocal coach, and a scholarship recipient of the president's special fund for supporting talented youth. And her position regarding her father's legacy fundamentally differs from that of the widow.

While Iryna Vidava forbids performing Oleg Movchan's songs and blocks videos on YouTube, the daughter and first wife advocate for the music to be heard.

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"To stage pompous performances in Oleg's memory, and then forbid performing his songs and remove them from the internet — is this what love and memory are about?" Tatyana Movchan asks.

She is confident that justice will be restored: "My daughter will ensure that no one forbids performing his songs. So that no one imposes bans on his work and so that his name does not fall into oblivion."

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