Her mesmerizing beauty was admired by the whole country, while the actress herself often became a hostage to this universal admiration - because he was often accompanied by envy. The glory of the impregnable beauty with a firm character stuck with her from her youth, although she herself did not consider her appearance extraordinary. “I was never told about my appearance as a child,” she admitted. In 1955, she successfully auditioned for the role of Aksinha in Sergey Gerasimov's "Silent Don" .. This role was claimed by the student of the director Nonn Mordyukov, because of the refusal she almost killed herself. But on the candidature Bystritsky insisted himself Mikhail Sholokhov, seeing in her a real heroine of his novel. The role of Aksinha was an acting triumph of Bystritska. "Silent Don" was recognized as the film of the year - 1957, it was watched by 47 million viewers About what personal tragedies hid in her impregnable and proud look the most beautiful actress of the last century, says a new book by Yulia Andreeva