Aleksandr has three children, one son and two daughters. He and his first wife, Russian musical critic Natalya Zimyanina, have one daughter, Mariya, a teacher and journalist, and one son, Pavel, a rock musician and singer. (Pavel, or 'Pashet', is the leader of the Russian rock group F.A.Q. In the past, he led the rock group I.F.K.). And Aleksandr and his second wife, Russian television director Marina Ishimbaeva, have one daughter, Aleksandra, an English translator and sound director.