Russian singer Maksim. Biography

Singer MakSim (real name Marina Abrosimova) is one of the most recognizable Russian pop singers, songwriter and producer. Her voice, which sounded in the mid-2000s, became the voice of an entire generation, and the hits "Do You Know", "Difficult Age" and "Become the Wind" still remain popular on streaming and social media. About the singer's childhood in Kazan, career path, personal life, struggle with illness and health — in the material of Izvestia.

Early years and the beginning of his creative career

Marina Abrosimova was born on June 10, 1983 in Kazan in a simple family. Her father, Sergey Abrosimov, worked as an auto mechanic and sang well, and her mother Svetlana was a kindergarten teacher. From an early age, the girl studied music: she sang in the school choir, studied piano and vocals at a music school. She also practiced karate seriously — she has a red belt.

The stage name "MakSim" appeared in honor of the singer's older brother Maxim, in whose company she spent a lot of time. In the late 1990s, Abrosimova collaborated with the Kazan band Pro-Z, with whom she recorded the songs "Wind Up" and "Passerby". During her school years, MakSim also wrote a number of her own compositions, including the song "Alien". These songs brought her her first fame in Tatarstan.

MakSim also admitted that in her youth she worked in a strip club, singing while the dancers changed clothes. However, after school, Abrosimova enrolled in the Faculty of Public Relations at Kazan State Technical University named after Tupolev. After receiving her education, she moved to Moscow in the 2000s. At first, for about a week, the future singer lived at the Kazan railway station.

Breakthrough and major hits

In 2004, MakSim released the song "Centimeters of Breath" on the radio, which began rotation and reached the 34th position in the overall radio chart of the CIS countries.

The real breakthrough came in 2006 with the release of the debut album "Difficult Age". The record instantly went platinum, with over 200,000 copies sold in the first few months alone. It includes the hits "Tenderness", "Letting Go", "Difficult Age" and "Do You Know". The latter song became so famous that it was used by fans of the Spartak Moscow football club as the unofficial anthem of the team.

In 2007, the second album "My Paradise" was released, which consolidated the success. In total, MakSim has released six studio albums in her career, the last of which, Polygamy, was released in 2018. She has twice won the Best Performer award at the MTV Russian Music Awards and the MUZ-TV Awards.

Personal life

In 2008, MakSim married sound engineer Alexey Lugovtsov. The wedding took place in Bali. In 2009, the couple had a daughter, Alexandra. However, the marriage did not last long: in 2011, the couple broke up. From 2012 to 2014, she was in a relationship with the frontman of the band "Animal Jazz" Alexander Krasovitsky.

The singer also had an affair with businessman Anton Petrov, from whom her second daughter Maria was born on October 29, 2014. However, there was no official marriage.

Fighting illness and addictions

In April 2019, MakSim was involved in a serious road accident. Later, in 2021, the singer became ill with coronavirus. She developed severe bilateral polysegmental pneumonia, with lung damage ranging from 40%.

Due to her serious condition, MakSim was put on a ventilator, put into a medically induced coma, and later transferred to ECMO. According to the attending physician, the device supported her body for about 30 days.

In 2022, MakSim said that while she was in a coma, some people from her entourage tried to reissue documents and forged her signatures.

In 2023, after several disrupted and unsuccessful performances, the singer took a creative break. Later, the singer admitted that she suffered from alcohol addiction and was treated in a specialized clinic.

Father's death

In July 2026, MakSim announced the death of her father, Sergei Abrosimov, after a long battle with cancer. According to the actress, her dad had stage four cancer. Doctors assumed that he had no more than a year left, but the man lived for another 14 years after the diagnosis.

Despite the long struggle, the disease turned out to be stronger. The singer also posted photos and videos from the funeral ceremony. Amid the shock, MakSim's health deteriorated and on July 24 she announced the cancellation of a concert in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The singer needed hospitalization, and doctors forbade her long-distance flights.

Awards and titles

MakSim is an Honored Artist of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan.