A distant cousin of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone has been tragically killed in an horrific car crash in Ukraine.
Viktoria Kravchenko, 33, was a passenger in a BMW X6 involved in a high speed accident collision with a parked Hyundai Sonata before exploding in a fireball when it hit a pylon carrying a power cable.
The driver of the car Shamil Gajdzhiev, 22, was also killed.
The dead woman was the daughter of Odessa businessman Valery Kravchenko, 66, who was found by the actor's mother, astrologer Jackie Stallone, 97, when traced the family's roots to the former Soviet Union.
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Viktoria Kravchenko, 33, was killed in the crash in Odessa, Ukraine after her car exploded in a fireball
She was distantly related to Hollywood movie star Sylvester Stallone, who starred in the Rocky franchise
A picture shows mother-of-two Viktoria - burned alive in the crash horror - with her father and Jackie Stallone.
Back in the Soviet era, the astrologer was helped in tracing Viktoria's father by last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s during a trip to Moscow on the back of her son's success in Rocky IV.
When Gorbachev introduced limited market reforms, Kravchenko had set up the first privately owned petrol filling station in the entire Soviet Union.
On Gorbachev's direct orders, his Soviet-era KGB were deployed to trace her roots after she had met the political at his official residence.
The secret service established a remarkable family connection.
Kravchenko's paternal grandmother, Yevdokia, was a blood relative of Sylvester Stallone's maternal great-grandmother who had changed her name to Rose Labofish – an Anglicised version of her original Russian name – when she arrived in the United States in 1888.
She was a passenger in a BMW X6 involved in a high speed accident collision with a parked Hyundai Sonata
Reports in Ukraine said that the BMW and a Porsche were 'street racing' ahead of the accident
Kravchenko was summoned to the KGB offices in Odessa where he was introduced to Jackie, who said simply: 'Hello Valery, how are you? It looks like you are the only living relation of our family.'
He later introduced the actor's mother to his daughter Viktoria who tragically died on Sunday night.
In 2009 Viktoria - then working as a director in one of her tycoon father's companies - said: 'I am very proud to discover that we are related to Sylvester Stallone.
'When I first found out, I was in shock and my friends couldn't believe it either.
'Years ago I noticed how my dad looks similar to Sylvester, especially his eyes.
'I remember saying it to Dad at the time, but he just laughed.
'Jackie was such fun to meet in person.
'Before she came I thought she would be like any American, with zero sense of humour, but she gave me some great tips on where to travel and to shop, and we chatted just as girlfriends.
'Despite her age, she is so energetic and active.'
Valery Kravchenko with daughter Viktoria, who was killed in the horror car crash
Kravchenko, a multi-millionaire, admitted a decade ago: 'I thought it was a joke at first (about the family link to Stallone).
'The last thought in my mind was that I would be meeting Sylvester Stallone's mother.
'But then I realised that she and the man from the secret services were perfectly serious.
'I couldn't take it in all at once. We went out on to the street together and I kept chatting to her. I understood from her that I was a long lost nephew or cousin.'
Reports in Ukraine said that the BMW and a Porsche were 'street racing' ahead of the accident.
A spokesman for the former Soviet leader said: 'Mrs Stallone and Mr Gorbachev have met before and Mr Gorbachev has assisted in her efforts to trace her family.'
Of his links to Odessa, the actor said: 'I am intrigued about my Russian roots and I look forward to travelling to Odessa.
'My mother has told me all about what she has discovered and the people she has met.
'My character, all my genes, I feel them coming from my mother's side, rather than from my Italian father.
'So thanks to Odessa.'
Shamil Gajdzhiev, who died with Viktoria, was the brother of boxer Ramil Gadzhiev.
Shamil Gadzhiev, 22 who also died in the crash; Shamil was at the wheel of the car where Viktoria was passenger
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Viktoria Kravchenko, 33, was a passenger in a BMW X6 involved in a high speed accident collision with a parked Hyundai Sonata before exploding in a fireball when it hit a pylon...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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