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 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. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. |