Journalist Mitro Çela has recounted the story of the separation of writer Dritëro Agolli from his Russian wife after the visit of the then leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, to Tirana.
In a Facebook post, the journalist recounted how the great Albanian writer met and then separated from his first wife, Nina, who, together with their son, decided to go and live in Leningrad, as well as the moment when he, together with his second wife, Sadie Agolli, decided to tell their children that they had a brother in Russia. /Top Channel
Mitro Çela's full text:
ABANDONMENT - OUT OF LOVE?!
-In memory of Dritëro Agolli-
Rummaging through the library, I found some lectures on meditation.
Written by Russian psychologist Nina P.
In the preface the Russian woman writes:
-In 1959 I received an invitation to give some lectures in Tirana.
The invitation was signed by Kareman Ylli, rector of the University.
The invitation had a note from Nina Aleksandrova, Dritëro Agolli's wife.
"I'm waiting for you. Together with Nina Mula. We'll spend a few beautiful days. In Tirana - lectures. In Durrës - the beach!"
-Agolli's wife and I were friends at university.
She studied English. She married Dritëro Agolli at university. They had another son in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
-In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev visited Albania. To my surprise, the visit lasted two weeks: from May 20 to June 5, 1959.
-I also became part of the delegation. - Nina, a psychologist, wrote. -On the plane, I sat next to Marshal Malinofsky.
Heavy. Like a mummy. He didn't even open his mouth. He didn't even speak.
-In Rinas, both Ninas welcomed me. We got in the car. "Moskvich". We took a seat at the "Dajti" hotel. -continues, -psychology. -The three of us went to the lecture. The three of us to the beach.
-Three blondes. Tall. Thin. With blue eyes. Like triplets.
-The boys were staring at us. The girls were looking at us with jealousy...
We spent one night at the "Volga" hotel in Durrës.
Khrushchev also slept there.
Midnight. Alarm. Had Khrushchev been lost?!…
He was found. He was bathing alone, without "permission" in the sea!?
We laughed with tears!
.. In the '60s I was a student at the "Çajupi" high school. Jordanka taught us Russian. We also had a tutor. Bulgarian.
She had been married in Sofia to an Albanian student.
According to the custom of the time, tutors would go to the students' homes.
He came to us too. At home he told us:
-I had a friend. Russian. Nina Aleksandrova. She spoke Russian. I have never seen a more beautiful woman. More cheerful. She was a model teacher. She had a son. One day she said to me:
-I'm leaving for Leningrad. I'll take my son with me. The way things are going, I can't live with Dritëro.
Enver Hoxha hates us.
-Enver, forces men to share Russian women. Otherwise? Exile or prison.
-I'm leaving tomorrow. My husband's brother will accompany me to Rinas.
Dritëroi finds it very difficult to part with his son.
-They told me, - continued Jordanka, -when they passed through Vora, Nina wanted to return...She loved her husband dearly.
Did he leave her out of love?!
Year 1991. Journalist at "RD". Three ladies: Nina Mula. Tinka Kurti. Margarita Xhepa. They came to the office two or three times a month.
"We came to get the ration," Tinka laughed.
I saved the newspapers.
Because of the newspaper, I became friends with these serious ladies.
...The lobby of the "Tirana" hotel. Nina Mula was standing at a table. She invited me to sit down.
-I'm waiting for Avniu. I had coffee with Sadie Agolli. A real lady. A while ago she said to me:
-We had decided with Dritëronë: When the children, Elona and Artiani, are over 10 years old, we will tell them that they have a brother in Russia. They want to meet him. Do you keep in touch with Nina?
-Yes.- I said.- We talked on the phone about Easter and New Year. I told her that Nina is married. The son, Ariani, is also married and has children.
-We made a plan. First I talked to Nina. Then Agoll's wife and ex-wife talked.
And the children went to St. Petersburg. Today Sadia told me.
-The children met. The boy was given a suit as a gift. Nina a piece for a dress. Nina asked the girl, Elona:
-Is Sadia beautiful? Does she have a thin waist? Is she tall?
-The boy knew one phrase and one Albanian word: "I'm going home." "Goodbye."
With Sadie Agolli, I "met" to be friends and became my ESSs.
I had fans. We would occasionally have coffee. Then in 2005, "fate" meant that we were together at a conference.
We sat down for coffee. We talked about the government. Berisha had won the elections.
-Are you going to get a job in the government? -Sadia said.-
-That tea is not for my lips. -I reminded him of a verse by Pushkin. -I have a question:
-Have you met Nina Alexandrova?
-Children at first. Dritëroi was in Moscow in 2004 with Mojkom Zeqon.
They went to St. Petersburg together. They met the boy and Nina. I was in Moscow this year with Dritërona. We wanted to meet her. We called Nina. She was sick…
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