Personal Life
Marina Anissina's mother, Irina Cherniaeva, is a former pair skater who placed sixth at the 1972 Winter Olympics. Marina Anissina's father is Vyacheslav Anisin, a World and European champion in ice hockey. Her brother is Mikhail Anisin, also a hockey player. Marina Anissina received French citizenship in 1994.
On February 23, 2008, Anissina married Russian actor Nikita Djigurda in Moscow after the two met when they were partnered on a celebrity ice dancing television show. Their son, Mick-Angel Christ (in Russian: Мик-Анжель Крист), was born in Biarritz on January 7, 2009. Their daughter, Eva Vlada, was born on January 23, 2010. Their children were baptized in an Orthodox church in Moscow. The family currently lives in Moscow, but Anissina spends some time in France and works with young ice dancers.
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