Schwarzenegger's wife forces Terminator to get rid of Soviet leaders busts collectionApril 5, 2011 - 14:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Maria Shriver, Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife, forced the Terminator to get rid of his odd collection of busts of Soviet leaders. According to Entertainment Weekly magazine, the lead actor in Red Heat, where he played a Russian policeman, Ivan Danko, began collecting busts of Soviet leaders after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He asked his Russian bodybuilder friends to send him a good bust in 1991, and was sent a bust of Vladimir Lenin. Since then, gold and bronze busts and statues continued arriving year after year. "They sent me this bust of Lenin but the problem was, they kept sending me more and more statues. I put them by the pool at home. Andropov and Chernenko and Brezhnev - all these old guys were around our swimming pool," Schwarzenegger said. "Maria thought I was crazy: 'Why do we have all these Soviet statues around our swimming pool?' Finally, she had them all carted away," Schwarzenegger said, adding that he managed to retain one of the most valuable items of his collection. "I kept Lenin, since he was the first." The bust stands proudly on Schwarzenegger's desk in his home office in Brentwood, California. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |