Famous kvn teams. Legendary KVN teams are the best of the best

One of the most successful television products of domestic television - the game "KVN" - on November 8 turned 55 years old. The idea of ​​the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov, and the date was chosen due to the fact that it was on November 8, 1961 that the first game of the club of the cheerful and resourceful went on the air.

Among the first hosts were VGIK students Elem Klimov, Alexander Belyavsky, aspiring film actresses Natalya Zashchipina and Natalya Fateeva. Over time, a permanent duo of presenters formed - Albert Axelrod and Svetlana Zhiltsova. Since 1964, Alexander Maslyakov has been the permanent host of KVN.

Over the years, the program has experienced closure due to Soviet censorship on television. Many of the jokes of the students who participated in the games of the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful did not please the party leadership. However, in 1986, KVN experienced a "reset". This date is considered the beginning of the current format of the popular game. On the occasion of the club's anniversary, we decided to recall the most famous and successful teams of the last thirty years.

"Odessa Gentlemen"

The first champion of the Major League of KVN of the new format. It is rightfully considered one of the most successful club teams. She has two championship titles to her credit. The second was won in 1990. It is considered one of the smartest and most stylish teams, which in their jokes combined subtle Odessa humor with topical issues of that time. One of the main attributes of the guys from Odessa State University was a white scarf. In addition, the inhabitants of Odessa were the first of many cheerful and resourceful people to continue their activities on television, having founded the program "Gentleman Show".

"Novosibirsk State University"

The team from Novosibirsk State University won the Major League three times in 1988, 1991 and 1993. It seems that such a result is unlikely to be able to repeat ever one of the club's teams. Siberians won almost every tournament they participated in. Their jokes really went to the people. It is NSU that owns the cult phrase: "Let the party steer", which largely characterized the process of "perestroika" in the country.

During its existence, the composition of the NSU team has changed several times. It was attended by Tatyana Lazareva, Alexander Pushnoy, Andrey Bocharov, Konstantin Naumochkin, Mikhail Zuev. In addition, it was on the KVN stage that the first appearance on the screen of the four-year-old Pelageya took place. Note that some members of the team later also tried their hand at the television project "OSP Studio".

"Children of Lieutenant Schmidt"

The pride of the Altai KVN. The history of the team began in 1996, when the show theater "Kaleidoscope" from Barnaul and the theater of miniatures "Lux" from Tomsk merged. The name was chosen for a long time, deleting options one by one from the list.

The debut performance of the team "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" took place in 1996, when the Siberians won the local League. However, already in 1998, KVN players made their debut in the Major League and became champions on the first try. Then, at the KVN music festival in Jurmala, the team won "KiViNa in gold". "Children" won all significant awards in KVN: Summer Cup, Champions Cup, Friendship Cup, President's Cup of Ukraine, also became champions of KVN-Siberia three times. More than half of the members of that well-known team come from Barnaul. The project "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" lives on today: team members perform various concerts around the country.

"Makhachkala tramps"

One of the most titled teams in the history of KVN. The team has actively participated in festivals since its inception. In 1995 they were awarded the highest award of the music festival in Jurmala and were awarded the "Golden KiViN". A year later, they repeated their success. In 1996, Makhachkala residents became champions of the Major League. In just seven years, the team has won everything that is possible in KVN. They have three full-length comedy films to their credit.

"New Armenians"

The "New Armenians" team was formed in 1994. The basis of the created team was the KVN players of the first Armenian League of KVN in 1993. The team was first called "Relatives from Yerevan". In the 1996 Major League season, the team reached only the semi-finals, where they lost to the Makhachkala Vagrants. In 1997, "New Armenians" were able to enter the season again and, having taken first places in all games, reached the final, where they shared the title of champion with the team "Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit". In addition, "New Armenians" twice became the owners of "KiViN in the Light". After their breakup, many team members actively continued their television careers. The greatest success was achieved by Garik Martirosyan and Artashes Sargsyan, who recently received a prominent position on the Match. TV channel.

"Belarusian State University"

The last great team to win the Major Leagues twice. The team appeared at the KiViN-1998 festival. According to the results of the festival, the team gets into the First League, where it becomes the champion. After that, the team receives a residence permit with a rank higher. In the first season, the team gets to the semi-finals, where it is inferior to the "Team of St. Petersburg". However, Alexander Maslyakov, by his decision, got the team to the final, where she defeated the St. Petersburg team, "New Armenians", becoming champions. The team from Belarus repeated this success two years later, beating Burnt by the Sun in the decisive game. In the same 2001, the team became the owner of the "Big KiViN in the Golden" at the Jurmala Music Festival.

"Ural dumplings"

They broke into the Higher League of KVN in 1995. For the first time, the team included members of the student construction teams of the Ural Polytechnic Institute. Cheerful tangerine shirts have become their hallmark. For many years they went to their victory in KVN, but they managed to do this only for the fifth season. It was in the "Dumplings" that Sergei Svetlakov became famous. "Ural dumplings" became one of the most popular KVN teams. Since 2009, they have been releasing their own comedy show on the STS channel with almost the same composition.

"Burnt by the Sun"

The KVN team, which many call the best in history. Initially, the team was headed by Ruslan Khachmamuk, but in 2002 he left and Mikhail Galustyan took his place. In 2000 and 2001, "Burnt by the Sun" became the silver medalists of the season, in 2003 - champions, and also took the KVN Summer Cup three times. It is rightfully considered the last titled team in the history of the game. We offer you to watch one of the brightest numbers of this cheerful southern team.

"County town"

This team was formed in 1999 as a result of the merger of two others - MGPI from Magnitogorsk and "Countrymen" from Chelyabinsk. In 1999, the Uyezdny Gorod team became the winner of the First League of KVN, the final of which was held in Kazan. In 2000, the team entered the Major League of KVN. But only two years later they deservedly received the title of champion of the Major League of KVN. And in the same year, at the festival in Jurmala, "County Town" won a small KiViN. It was a stellar year for the team. For three seasons, the "County Town" team participated in the Highest League of KVN. Now the team is actively touring.

"Union"

The most successful KVN team of recent years. Major League Champions 2014. "Union" - singing team. A characteristic feature is the performance of small fragments of reworked songs, called "carapules" in a professional environment. Because of their style, the Soyuz team has never been left without prizes at the Voting KiViN festival over the past five years.

KVN today is not only an abbreviation for a popular TV show. This is a game that connects several generations and a huge number of representatives of different countries and cultures. After the next birthday of the club, let's remember the history of KVN, the founders and how it all began.

In the beginning it was VVV

Although the official history of KVN dates back to 1961, the basis of the popular program was laid a little earlier. In 1957, on the eve of the World Festival of Youth and Students, the center of which Moscow was chosen, at the Komsomol meeting it was decided to introduce the humorous program "An Evening of Merry Questions" into the television program. It is worth noting that the prototype of this program was the Czechoslovak TV show "Guess, Guess, Fortune Teller". The creators of this game were Sergei Muratov, Albert Axelrod and Mikhail Yakovlev, and the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky and the aspiring actress Margarita Lifanova were chosen as the hosts of the program.

The format of the TV show "Evening of funny questions" was significantly different from KVN, to which we are accustomed. First of all, the game was broadcast only live, and its participants were directly the audience. Unfortunately, despite its great popularity, the program went on the air only three times, due to an overlay on the air, the project was canceled.

The birth of a club of cheerful and resourceful

Only four years after the closing of the Evening of Merry Questions program, the idea of ​​​​creating a humorous TV game "Club of the Merry and Resourceful" (or simply KVN) was born. The authors of the games of the humorous club were the same people who were engaged in the games of BBB. "An evening of funny questions" was closed due to overlap with the audience, who wished to participate in the program. In this regard, the founder of KVN Sergey Muratov decided to make the game purely television. Yes, and the name KVN came in handy: in those days, this was the name of the KVN-49 TV brand. It was at this time that the format of the game-competition in wit between different teams, familiar to us from childhood, was laid.

The debut of the new TV show took place in November 1961, and Albert Axelrod and Svetlana Zhiltsova turned out to be the hosts of KVN some time after the start of the broadcast of the games.

Members of the club's first games

Unlike the current teams, the first members of the club were students of institutes and universities. In the debut game, the participants were teams from MISI (Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering) and the Institute of Foreign Languages. The first programs were broadcast live in the same way as the "Evening of Funny Questions" program had once been. And although there was no script as such from the beginning and some of the competitions were invented on the go, and the rules were improved in the process, the popularity of KVN grew at an amazing rate.

The KVN movement quickly spread throughout the country. Games began to be held not only among students, but also among schoolchildren and vacationers in pioneer camps, at enterprises. To get into the game that was on TV, the teams had to go through a serious selection, which only the best of the best managed to overcome.

Leading KVN - Alexander Maslyakov

Until 1964, Albert Axelrod was the main host of the TV show, but he left the TV project along with other founders - Sergei Muratov and Mikhail Yakovlev. Instead of Axelrod, Alexander Maslyakov, a student of the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, was appointed to the post of game manager, who to this day is the leader of the club's major league games.

However, the program was not destined to be on television for a long time. The players were often ironic about the ideology of the Soviet regime, so the records of the club's games began to be censored. Over time, censorship became more severe, and sometimes even reached the point of absurdity. So, KVN participants could not go on stage with a beard - the censors saw this as a mockery of Karl Marx. And in 1971, due to the overly sharp jokes of the teams, the program was closed by decision of the head of the central television, Sergei Lapin.

We start KVN

Thanks to the efforts of one of the participants in the first KVN, the TV show was aired again. The new founder of KVN Andrey Menshikov, the captain of the MISI team, left the format of the program and the presenter (Alexander Maslyakova). But there were some innovations: an invited jury appeared (in the first editions, these were the founders of the game), new contests and a scoring system. Among other things, the host of the program had to take on the role of editor.

So, in 1986, the first game of the revived club of the cheerful and resourceful was shown on the country's television screens. It was at this moment that the club's anthem "We start KVN" appeared, and past games began with a song performed by Oleg Anofriev.

The TV show needed only a few episodes to reach the same level of popularity as previous projects. The Kvnov movement also revived, moreover, it spread not only in Russia, but also in some countries of Western Europe and in the United States of America.

KVN today

To date, KVN is one of the highest rated television programs. Kvnov games are held not only in schools and universities, but also in various enterprises. This humorous club brings together participants not only from Russia and neighboring countries, but also from many European countries. Since the return of the game to television screens, more than 100 different teams have taken part in the major leagues alone.

And although the rules of the game can change even during the competition, regardless of the level of the league (including in the major league of KVN), there are several basic, mandatory conditions. Firstly, KVN is a team game, one participant will not be released onto the stage. The team must have a captain or front man representing it at the captains' competition, if such is included in the program. Secondly, teams are tested for their ability to joke in several competitions, for example, it can be a warm-up, homework or biathlon. Moreover, each game has a thematic name that sets the direction.

On television, you can now see the games of the major leagues, premieres, international and releases of children's KVN.

The most famous kvnschikov

In the very first KVN games, which took place from 1961 to 1971, the participants were such celebrities as Boris Burda, Mikhail Zadornov, Gennady Khazanov, Leonid Yakubovich and Julius Gusman (who has long been a permanent member of the jury of major league games).

In addition, almost all the founders of the popular comedy television project "Comedy Club" left KVN. So, Garik Martirosyan led the team "New Armenians", Mikhail Galustyan - "Burnt by the Sun", in which Alexander Revva also performed, Semyon Slepakov - the team of the city of Pyatigorsk, Pavel Volya and Timur Rodriguez were members of the team Valeon Dasson.

In addition, over the years, Alexey Kortnev, Vadim Samoilov, Alexander Pushnoy, Pelageya, Alexander Gudkov, Vadim Galygin, Ekaterina Varnava and many other kvnschiks who became famous took part in the club's games.

The KVN team "Ural dumplings" releases a show of the same name, in which, like in KVN, Dmitry Sokolov, Dmitry Brikotkin participate. The first team that continued to joke on television in their own show was "Odessa Gentlemen", by the way, with their light hand, or rather, a joke uttered in one of the games, Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was proclaimed the president of the club of the cheerful and resourceful.

The best KVN teams. What are they?

To earn the title of the best KVN team, the participants needed to win the major league games. Over the long history of the TV show, the cup of winners has received many teams, each of them can be called the best.

Over the years, the participants of one of the most titled teams "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt", the team of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, the Tomsk team "Maximum", "County Town", "Juice", "Triod and Diode", "SOYUZ", "Asia MIX" and many others.

Who was on the jury of the major league of KVN?

Celebrities are invited to the KVN jury - show business stars, former KVN participants, producers, actors or TV presenters. And although the composition of judges changes regularly, it is never less than 5 people. So, let's remember the most eminent members of the referee team of the club.

In the entire history of the KVN game, a huge number of celebrities have been in the role of judges. So, the founder of KVN Andrey Menshikov was present at the first games as a member of the jury. As mentioned earlier, a permanent member of the jury of major league games - He has been evaluating the ability of the participants to joke for over 30 years. - the chairman of the judging panel of the game of the major league - is present at almost all games of this level. Permanent members of the jury also include Leonid Yakubovich, Ekaterina Strizhenova, Valdis Pelsh and Mikhail Galustyan.

In addition, at various times, media personalities participated and continue to participate as members of the jury of the major league in KVN: Alexander Abdulov, Igor Vernik, Semyon Slepakov, Ivan Urgant, Andrey Malakhov, Pelageya, Leonid Yarmolnik, Andrey Mironov, Vladislav Listyev, Larisa Guzeeva and a lot others.

KVN is one of the oldest programs on Russian television. Since the first release on November 8, 1961, 55 years have passed, in total, KVN has been on the air for 41 years. If not for the forced break (the program was closed in 1972, and the show resumed only in 1986), KVN would have outstripped the Travelers Club program, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest program on domestic TV.

Fragments of the final of one of the first seasons of 1964/65:

For the first seven years of its existence, KVN aired live and assumed direct communication with the public, which was rare on Central Television.

KVN very quickly grew from a simple youth program into a real "club of interests." Today there are more than 80 official leagues united in the International KVN Union, more than 200 teams compete in them, and more than five million people visit the games annually. In total, there are thousands of student and school teams in Russia and abroad.

One of the symbols of KVN is the host Alexander Maslyakov. Meanwhile, he got into the program by chance. After one of the founders and the first host of KVN Albert Axelrod left the project, a competition was held for the vacant place - each team nominated its own candidate.

Bella Sergeeva Director of Central TelevisionThey wanted to take Sasha Zatselyapin in place of Axelrod. It was the captain of the Fiztekh. But it was inconvenient to take it just like that, and we decided to arrange a competition: let each of the 12 teams nominate their own candidate. And there was also Pasha Kantor, the captain of MIIT. And here comes Pasha and some little boy with him. Pasha: “Bella Isidorovna, you know, I can’t. Well, what kind of host I am, take it - Sasha Maslyakov, he is so good, he is talented. I looked, Lord, the hairs are sticking out, the little eyes are running around, such a nondescript, dull, looking around. And the transfer begins, everyone leads their own competition. Well, first, Zatselyapin. Then a second leader. Horror! “Well, everything,” I say. “We are dead.” Then Sasha. “Well, you don’t have to look. I'd rather go somewhere for a walk." And suddenly, he put on such a dignified air, combed his hair and was so lively. Svetka (Svetlana Zhiltsova. - ed.), my shadowed. He helped her in some way. That is, this is really a gift from God (from the book of Mikhail Shchedrinsky "We are starting KVN").

1963, Alexander Maslyakov and Svetlana Zhiltsova start KVN:

Who become KVN workers

The creative personnel of most channels of domestic, and not only television, are largely made up of former KVN workers. They become successful screenwriters (Vitaly Kolomiets, Leonid Kuprido, Andrey Rozhkov), producers (Semyon Slepakov, Sangadzhi Tarbaev), TV presenters (Leonid Yakubovich, Mikhail Marfin, Tatyana Lazareva, Garik Martirosyan, Dmitry Khrustalev) and actors (Dmitry Brekotkin, Natalya Gromushkina, Vladimir Zelensky, Natalia Medvedeva). Basically, they somehow continue to work in the humorous genre. However, there are famous people in whom it is not always possible to recognize former KVN players.

Alexander Filippenko, theater and film actor, People's Artist of Russia

KVN MIPT team, champions of the 1962/63 season

“I enjoyed participating in KVN. It was there that Alik Akselrod, the first host and creator of KVN, saw me, and invited me to the studio "Our House" - it was the famous theater studio at Moscow State University. Khazanov, Farada, Filippov, Slavkin and many now famous people started there. I continued to study at MIPT, but every evening I went to rehearsals and performances. This determined my future life. After the closing of the studio, Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov invited me to his theater. I became an actor of that "great" Taganka and at the same time entered the correspondence department of the Shchukin school ”(from an interview with the city portal of Los Angeles).

Boris Burda, connoisseur of “What? Where? When?", participant in the show "Own game", journalist, writer

KVN team of the Odessa Institute of National Economy, champions in 1972

“Our KVN was the most daring broadcast of the era of lack of freedom, and the revived one was the most cowardly broadcast of the glasnost era. When the KVNs of the late 60s were on, the streets were empty, and after each performance of Odessa citizens, Demichev (Minister of Culture of the USSR in 1974-86 - ed.) called our regional committee and reprimanded for something, in his opinion, inappropriate. We were never told why. And in the KVNs of the 80s they even cut out what Pravda had already printed. The funny thing is that this was done by its editors, my colleagues in KVN of the 60s, who also suffer from censorship and curse it, like me. When at the very first KVN they cut out the question: "What will happen if the superstructure collapses onto the basis?" and the answer: “The stratum will suffer the most,” I realized that I made the right decision not to return to KVN ”(from an interview with Chisto Odessa Site”).

Timur Weinstein, producer (produced, in particular, the television series "Soldiers", "Happy Together"), general producer and founder of the WeiTMedia group of companies (TV series "Ashes", "Motherland", the show "One to One"), Deputy General Director - general producer of NTV television company

KVN team "Guys from Baku", champions in 1992

“KVN led me astray. I graduated from a medical university, a psychiatrist by profession. But then he went into creativity, which influenced my entire future path. Now KVN helps me to have a constant vitality and, probably, to react with irony to everything that happens around ”(in an interview with the Vzglyad newspaper).

Pelageya, singer, Mentor in the TV project "Voice"

KVN NSU team (participated in the games of the 1997 season, becoming the youngest KVN girl at that time), champion in 1988, 1991 and 1993

“I was living in Novosibirsk then. KVN workers saw a singing girl on TV, called and invited. It was just the first season of their game. I took part in a music competition, went to Jurmala. I was then nine years old, and a new life began - we were offered to move to Moscow, write an album, and so on. In general, a carefree childhood, when you could do whatever you want, ended, and the next season the team played without me. Of course, it was all interesting! They are adults, they are all so talented, their energy is over the top! And they loved me very much there, I was like the daughter of a regiment. A lot of interesting people came out of there: Tanya Lazareva, Alexander Pushnoy, Garik Martirosyan ... Now, 10-11 years later, when I communicate with them, I plunge into childhood ”(in an interview with Novye Izvestia”).

Vyacheslav Murugov, CEO of CTC Media media holding

BSU KVN team, champions in 1999 and 2001

“He served in Brest in the Belarusian army with the rank of lieutenant, then he met Valentin Karpushevich (at that moment the captain of the Belarusian State University team. - ed.), who lived and still lives in Brest. Actually, we met at some wild booze, I woke up in the KVN team, where he brought me and recommended me. Before the eyes of the team, I then came up with a joke about the fact that "when Belarus bows to Russia, Poland is offended ...". They asked if this joke could be taken to the team? I asked: which one? It was at this moment that I learned about the existence of the BSU team. I learned about KVN a day earlier ... Actually, my career as an author began with this joke.<…>I did not set myself the goal of reaching the heights on television, but it happened. KVN simply became a catalyst that revealed my creative abilities ”(from a questionnaire on the website of the International KVN Union).

How was the birthday of KVN celebrated on the First

For several years in a row, KVN workers celebrated their main holiday as part of the Moscow Mayor's Cup, the winners of which automatically entered the final of the Major League. In 2013, six teams participated in the celebratory game.

The host and director of one of the most popular television programs, which has become a nationwide game played in Israel, Japan, Australia - the Club of the cheerful and resourceful. President of the International Union of KVN and the creative association "AMiK".

IN CHAPTER:

Decree of the President of the MS KVN on the prohibition of plus soundtracks.

Decree of the President of the MS KVN "On participation in nekvnovskih television projects."

Rules and instructions for the official leagues of MS KVN

Foreword

In KVN, everything happens differently than in normal people. Although normal people have their reasonable traditions. For example, textbooks are republished every year, each time correcting and supplementing.

This book has gone through three editions. And this is not the limit, comrades! After all, KVN changes with our lives, which means that the process of improvement is endless!

The most amazing thing is that this book, most of which was written six or seven years ago, is still being read by KVN and even argue that reading this still implies not only historical interest, but also practical benefits.

Our days

Today's KVN is just as different from KVN 50 years ago as the first television receivers with a lens are unlike modern devices with a flat screen, dolby surround sound and other bells and whistles. But still. How did it all start?

1956

Like a bolt from the blue XX Congress of the CPSU. Stalin's personality cult exposed. There is no “Sovremennik” and “Taganka” yet, the songs of Okudzhava and Vysotsky still do not sound from all windows, but freedom has already been breathed in the country. Moscow becomes the capital of the World Festival of Youth and Students. Young heads are already full of happy hopes, creative projects...

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On November 8, 1961, for the first time, the release of KVN appeared on the screens - a game that to this day remains not only a job, but also a vocation for many people. The most surprising thing is that the favorite program has become the starting point for many cultural figures, show business and even politics.

"Veterans" KVN

Many do not even know that the famous Russian artist, head of the Moscow Variety Theater Gennady Khazanov comes from KVN. Of course, before he appeared in the club of the cheerful and resourceful, he had to go through a long and thorny path. He entered the stage as part of the MISI team and immediately earned universal love. Years later, he became an Honored Artist of Russia.

Everyone remembers the famous Russian TV presenter Leonid Yakubovich near the drum in the game "Field of Miracles", but by the time he came to television, he already had extensive experience in public speaking. Yakubovich devoted ten whole years to KVN, so he coped brilliantly with a new role on television. Of course, he did not get into the club of cheerful and resourceful people by chance. Yakubovich had an extraordinary sense of humor, he often came up with unforgettable jokes. Friends of Yakubovich said that one could laugh at his inventions for hours. It was thanks to Yakubovich that a completely new type of presenter appeared on television, who can easily fool around with the audience or make fun of himself. It is worth noting that the program "Field of Miracles" was created only for him, although they announced a competition for the position of a TV presenter, but when Yakubovich agreed, all the castings were completed.

The famous humorist Mikhail Zadornov also played in KVN as part of the RKIIGA team in the 60s, but not for very long, because he left to study in Moscow. Later, the artist managed to become the captain of a group of team fans. After 40 years, Zadornov was lucky enough to go up on stage as part of the KVN team. According to the comedian, he seemed to rejuvenate from the energy that emanated from the audience.

It is impossible not to remember the legendary captain of the “Boys from Baku” team Yuli Gusman. He was one of the brightest KVN players of that time, his phrase "Like water from Guzman" became very popular. During his participation in the club of cheerful and resourceful, he managed to graduate from medical school, but he never became a doctor. However, he still managed to become a famous director who made a number of films in America, Japan and China.

New generation of KVNschikov

In 1971, KVN was closed, the program was revived only in 1986. Then, with the words “We are starting KVN,” hundreds of new generation teams appeared. After completing their participation in the TV show, many KVN players became TV presenters, businessmen, writers, screenwriters. For example, in the late 90s, former participants in the program created the O.S.P. program, which was popular at that time, one of the authors of which was Tatyana Lazareva, a graduate of the Only Girls in Jazz team. While participating in KVN, she met Mikhail Shats, who is a member of the CIS team. He was remembered by the audience for his roles about the doctor and the Gluconatik number. Later, the meeting of two KVN players turned into a marriage, which continues to this day. Schatz had to end his career as a doctor and devote himself to creativity and show business. The star couple has repeatedly admitted that very often it was humor that saved them from divorce.

Journalist, TV presenter Elena Khanga was also a "graduate" of KVN. Her most famous projects "About It" and "The Domino Principle" were watched by millions of viewers. Later, Hange and her team members managed to open a Russian club for the cheerful and resourceful in New York.

Valdis Pelsh, a permanent member of the jury of the Higher League of KVN, has repeatedly been on its stage as a participant. He played as part of the Moscow State University team and was remembered by viewers in the form of a Latvian who knows Russian very poorly. Thanks to KVN, Pelsh managed to become a famous TV presenter who hosted such popular programs as “Guess the Melody”, “Rally”. Together with Valdis, Aleksey Kortnev, the lead singer of the Accident group, began his creative career in the club of the cheerful and resourceful. For a long time, the singer combined the game in KVN, the tour of the group, filming in films and on television. Together with Valdis Pelsh, Alexei Korotkov stood at the origins of such a popular program as the Golden Gramophone.

Many people know that Garik Martirosyan, Semyon Slepakov, Alexander Revva come from KVN, but not many people know that Pelageya, the jury of the Voice show, played in the NSU team. Then the 11-year-old girl became the youngest member of the club of cheerful and resourceful. The jury never remained indifferent to Pelageya's unique acting talent, her voice of 3.5 octaves. Therefore, we can say that the girl's debut took place on the KVN stage.

However, not everyone decided to go into creativity and show business, for example, Svetlana Fabrikant, a graduate of the Odessa Gentlemen team (twice KVN champion), went into politics. Despite the fact that she actively participated in the life of the Odessa State University. Mechnikov, however, she did not succeed in graduating from the university. After completing her KVN career, she worked as the editor-in-chief of one of the Odessa television companies, but later decided to go into politics. Now Fabrikant is the leader of the Strong Ukraine party.

Of course, it is impossible not to mention the contemporaries of KVN humor, such as Mikhail Galustyan, the girl Gadya Petrovich, who became famous in a unique way, Semyon Slepakov, who plays in the Pyatigorsk Team, Garik Martirosyan, a member of the New Armenians team and the organizer of the TV show Comedy Club.

Anna Solntseva - Correspondent of RIA VistaNews