Back in the USSR: the most famous female TV presenters. Soviet television announcers - the property of national culture

What was the private life of the people's favorites, smiling at us from the screen

“We just wanted to ask who is leading today, Ninotchka or Valechka? Phrase from the cult movie Nikita Mikhalkov"Five Evenings" is evidence of the adoration that viewers felt for the first TV announcers in the late 50s. There were no number of announcers, they were known better than the artists. It was impossible to imagine that they, such relatives, could be touched by tragedy.

Nina Kondratova became a victim of an angry bull

Among the very first and most beloved television announcers was Nina Kondratova(the same "Ninochka"). Very warm and sincere, friendly and tactful, she never played on the screen, she remained herself, despite the fact that she graduated from the acting department of GITIS in 1950.

It seemed that Kondratova had a long and happy creative biography ahead. But then fate intervened. In 1965, Nina broadcast from VDNKh. Talking in front of a microphone about cows and bulls - champions of one of the farms, 43-year-old Kondratova inadvertently approached too close to the animals. Frightened by the chirping cameras and a lot of people, one of the bulls broke out of the corral and rushed straight to Nina. One blow of a sharp horn - and the leading beauty was left without an eye ...

It seemed like it was the end of a career. The television leadership wanted to send the woman to a disability pension, but then it was decided to leave her at work - such skill as Kondratova possessed is worth a lot. In addition, the audience, having learned about the tragedy, threw bags of letters at the television editorial offices, supporting their favorite. Perhaps this fact helped her stay on television. She was made an artificial glass eye, almost indistinguishable from the real one.

Kondratova hosted programs for some time, and then became a consultant speaker.

Valentina Leontief fell out of love with her own child

Another TV presenter enjoyed the same popularity as Nina Kondratova - Valentina Leontieva("Valechka"). She came to television at the age of just over 30, in 1954 - at first she assisted the director, then she became an announcer. After a short break in her career (together with her diplomat husband, Leontieva lived in the USA for some time), she returned to the blue screen.

Valentina Mikhailovna, or, as the children often called her, Aunt Valya, for a long time hosted children's programs - “Good night, kids!”, “Skillful hands” and “Visiting a fairy tale”. A soft, captivating voice, a disposing image, emphasized intelligence and goodwill made her programs incredibly popular.

These qualities of Leontyeva ensured the highest ratings for the program “With All My Soul”, which Valentina Mikhailovna invented and released into the big air life in 1972. The program can be called the forerunner of the current program "Wait for me." There, too, people met who had not seen each other for many years - relatives, colleagues, separated friends and lovers.

The whole country wept in front of television screens, and Valentina Mikhailovna explained the success of the program simply: "We must give our soul." She did not sleep the nights before the release of the program, she was imbued with the fate of each of her heroes or heroines and remembered everyone about whom she filmed 52 stories.

While Leontieva was connecting other people's families, her own was collapsing away from the tearful eyes of viewers. Journalists wrote a lot about the fact that the only son of Valentina Mikhailovna Dmitry since childhood, he received less attention from his mother, which she generously gave to all the other children of the Soviet Union. Valentina Mikhailovna disappeared at work almost all the time - Dima saw his mother on TV more often than at home. Subsequently, Leontieva was very sorry that she “did not finish” her only son with love. But it was already too late.

There were rumors that Dmitry put a dash in the "mother" column when filling out documents. It was said that she never managed to establish a relationship with him - until the end of her life. The son did not even come to his mother's funeral - in recent years she lived with her sister in a small village in the Ulyanovsk region. Moreover, at the end of her life, Valentina Mikhailovna was hospitalized with a fracture of the femoral neck, and acquaintances claimed that this was the work of her son. Dmitry Vinogradov himself denies everything that is written and said on this subject, calling accusations of callousness and enmity with his mother an invention of journalists. Who knows what really happened?

Anna Shilova suffered because of her son

Anna Shilova started almost simultaneously with Kondratova and Leontieva. In fact, she was going to be an actress and even managed to star in small roles. But at the age of 20, in 1947, Anna was given a cruel diagnosis - tuberculosis of the spine. The case went to disability, and the acting profession had to say goodbye. But the young woman did not accept her fate. She not only stubbornly treated, but also decided on a sharp turn - in 1956 she passed a competition on television. Then, up to 500 applicants “flew” for one place of the announcer.

Anna Nikolaevna managed to defeat the disease and became a style icon for viewers for almost 40 years. She was considered the standard of Soviet television - she was both restrained and very charming. Shilova gave a unique intonation to "Blue Lights", which she constantly led along with Igor Kirillov. The audience was sure that they were married.

In fact, little is known about Anna Nikolaevna's personal life. The surname was given to her by a student of VGIK Junior Shilov, with whom they married very early, in 1945.

Anna Shilova passionately wanted to have a child - her first pregnancy was unsuccessful. And then a son was born Alexei. According to some sources, he also worked as an announcer on TV. But because of alcoholism, a career did not work out.

In recent years, Anna Nikolaevna struggled with a terrible cancer and at the same time, as best she could, supported her only son. They say that in a drunken stupor he raised his hand to his mother.

Shilova passed away in 2001. A year later, Alexei was buried in the same grave.

In the family of Tatyana Sudets, all men died young

The baton of senior colleagues in 1972 was taken over by the 25-year-old Tatiana Sudets. She entered every house in the image of the host of the children's program "Good night, kids!" She happened to be "Aunt Tanya" in the company Piggy and Stepashki over 25 years. However, Tatyana was also capable of other programs - she worked in the announcer's department, hosted the programs "Time", "Moscow and Muscovites", "Blue Light", "Song of the Year".

After the Soviet Union ordered to live long, Tatyana Sudets was quick to call her a "talking head" - among many other experienced announcers, she was on the "black list" and she was offered to quit.

And then the worst thing that a woman can imagine happened to her - in 1992, her 24-year-old son died. Andrew. The young man was killed by some scum, coveting his clothes. At first, the young man was considered missing - his body was found only a month later.

A year and a half earlier, an acquaintance had prophesied to Tatyana: “You will lose a man and you will suffer for him for a long time,” to which Sudets laughed and replied: “Because of a man? Never!". She remembered this prediction when she lost her son.

From childhood, Tatyana believed in fate, in destiny, and knew that in their family on the maternal side, all men die or die early. So, her grandfather had four sons - they all died very early, the grandfather himself died when Tanya's grandmother was in her second month of pregnancy. 8 years before the death of her son, Sudets lost her brother - he died completely ridiculous, he was stabbed to death by a drunken neighbor, offended by the fact that he was in a hurry to see his father in the hospital Vladimir did not let him make a phone call - he said that there was no time.

Today in the life of Tatyana Alexandrovna the most important people are her daughter Daria and grandchildren Kirill and Anna. She still works a lot - she holds the position of President of the Interregional Public Foundation "Russian Tradition", teaches at the television school at the Moscow State Medical University.

• 1951- the Central Studio of Television of the USSR was created
  (prototype of the 1st program)
• November 4, 1967- The 1st program of the Central Television of the USSR becomes all-Union

Directors

Story

The first telecasts began in Moscow in 1935. In -1945 television did not work. The broadcasts were resumed on May 7, 1945, and on December 15, Muscovites were the first in Europe to switch to regular broadcasting. The main TV programs of those years were devoted to the life of the Soviet Union, cultural events, science, and sports.

In December 1948, the Moscow Television Center suspended transmissions for the duration of the reconstruction. On June 16, 1949, broadcasting began according to the 625-line standard from Shabolovka. On March 22, 1951, the television center was transformed into the Central Television Studio. The program did not have a clearly defined theme, broadcasting both news and music programs and films, cartoons from the Soyuzmultfilm film studio, as well as educational programs. Since January 1, 1955, it has been operating daily.

Subordination

• 1953. Ministry of Culture.
• May 16, 1957 Committee for Radio Broadcasting and Television under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
• April 18, 1962 State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Radio Broadcasting and Television.
• October 9, 1965. Committee for Radio Broadcasting and Television under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
• July 12, 1970 Union-Republican State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Television and Radio Broadcasting.
• July 5, 1978 USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting.
• March 7, 1991 All-Union State Television and Radio Company.
• May 13, 1991. Russian TV and radio company (TsT channel 2).
• December 22, 1991. Russian state television and radio company Ostankino.

List of programs

• The obvious is the incredible
• Person and law
• searchlight perestroika
• Commonwealth
• Hello, we are looking for talent!
• Music kiosk
• Under the sign "Pi"
• Funny boys
• Walt Disney Presents
• Under 16 and over
• Serve the Soviet Union
• rural hour
• Anu ka girls
• Turn
• Autograph
• International Panorama
• Cinema panorama
• Wider circle
• Heartily
• Ninth Studio

DH announcers

• Evgeny Arbenin
• Natalya Andreeva since 1982 (graduated from VTU named after B. Shchukin in 1979 (?))
• Nikolai Arsentiev
• Alisher Badalov since 1990
• Victor Balashov
• Valentina Barteneva since 1992
• Vladimir Berezin since 1990
• Irina Beskopskaya since 1992
• Maria Bulychova since the 1960s
• Alexandra Burataeva since 1992
• Marina Burtseva since 1977 (graduated from VTU named after B. Shchukin in 1978 (?))
• Boris Vassin
• Larisa Verbitskaya since 1986
• Lev Viktorov
• Galina Vlasenok since 1990
• Dina Grigoryeva since 1975 (graduate of the Moscow State Institute of Culture)
• Natalia Grigorieva since 1988
• Ekaterina Gritsenko since 1984
• Alla Danko since 1974 (graduate of the First Moscow Medical Institute)
• Alexey Dmitriev (Shilov)
• Galina Dorovskaya (graduated from VTU named after B. Shchukin in 1974 (?))
• Alexey Druzhinin since 1990?
• Gennady Dubko
• Larisa Dykina
• Inna Ermilova since 1977 (MSPI graduate)
• Shamil Zakirov???
• Galina Zimenkova since 1969 (graduated from Kazan University in 1963 and Leningrad Institute of Culture)
• Elena Zubareva
• Olga Zyuzina since 1977 (GITIS graduate)
• Tatyana Ivanova
• Oleg Izmailov since 1967
• Irina Illarionova
• Elena Kovalenko since 1977 (MSPI graduate)
• Yuri Kovelenov since 1972?
• Natalya Kozelkova since 1984 (graduated from Shchepkin VTU in 1984)
• Octavian Kornic (graduated from VTU named after B. Shchukin in 1967)
• Vera Kotsyuba since 1988
• Evgeny Kochergin since 1975? (graduated from the Moscow Financial and Economic Institute in 1972)
• Tatiana Krasuskaya
• Olga Kuleshova (graduated from the Institute of Culture)
• Valentina Lanovaya since 1967
• Andrey Leonov since 1984 (graduated from Moscow State Technical University in 1979)
• Valentina Leontieva since 1954
• Irina Martynova since 1984
• Valery Mironov since 1972
• Maria Mitroshina
• Vlada Mozhaeva since 1992
• Alla Music since 1967? (graduated from VTU named after B. Shchukin in 1966)
• Margarita Myrikova-Kudryashova since 1992
• Aida Nevskaya since 1992
• Elena Nefedova since 1990
• Yuri Nikolaev since 1975 (graduated from GITIS in 1970)
• Irina Pauzina since 1977
• Yuri Petrov since 1982
• Valentina Pechorina since 1967 (graduated from GITIS in 1965 and journalism faculty of Moscow State University)
• Dmitry Poletaev since 1982 (graduated from Shchepkin VTU in 1982)
• Sergei Polyansky since 1980
• Valeria Rizhskaya since 1984
• Tatyana Romashina since 1982 (graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1981)
• Maya Sidorova since 1982 (graduated from Shchepkin VTU in 1982 (?))
• Anatoly Silin since the 1960s
• Svetlana Scriabina (Ershova) since 1962
• Evgeny Smirnov from 1967 to 1974
• Lyudmila Sokolova since 1957 (GITIS graduate)
• Alla Stakhanova since 1967 (graduated from GITIS in 1965 (?))
• Tatyana Sudets (Grushina) since 1972 (graduated from MPEI)
• Evgeny Suslov since 1962
• Irina Titova since 1992
• Viktor Tkachenko since 1970? to 1981
• Svetlana Tokareva (graduate of the Moscow Conservatory)
• Vladimir Ukhin since 1962 (graduate of the variety department of GITIS, 1960)
• Yuri Fedotov since 1982
• Natalia Fufacheva since 1972
• Andrei Khlebnikov 1956-1957? (graduated from VTU named after B. Shchukin, 1955)
• Natalia Chelobova since 1972
• Olga Chepurova in the 1950s (VGIK graduate)
• Gennady Chertov since 1967 (graduated from GITIS)
• Leonid Chuchin (graduated from GITIS)

Many of us are well acquainted with all these people whom we could very often see not on TV screens in the past, and we still see some of them. Next, we suggest recalling the popular TV presenters from the 90s, as well as finding out how their fate turned out.

Arina Sharapova started as the host of the Vesti program on the second channel, and from 1996 to 1998 she became the host of the information program Vremya (ORT).

Then Sharapova switched to the Good Morning program, and after that she began to rarely appear on the air at all.

In 2014, Arina became the president of the "School of Arts and Media Technologies", in the same year she appeared as the host of the "Island of Crimea" project.

Boris Kryuk. From January 13, 1991 to 1999, Boris was the permanent host and director of the TV game Love at First Sight.

Boris did not disappear from television, he simply became invisible - since May 2001 he became the host, director, scriptwriter and general producer of the television game "What? Where? When?"

The audience only hears his voice. At first, after the death of the creator and permanent host of the program, Vladimir Voroshilov, the editors hid the name of the new host from both viewers and experts: his voice was distorted using a computer.

Alla Volkova was the host of the romantic television show "Love at First Sight" along with Boris Kryuk.

After the closing of this show, Alla got married for the third time, works as an editor for all the programs that the production center "Game-TV" produces - "What? Where? When?", "Songs of the 20th century" and "Cultural Revolution".

Alexander Lyubimov. He came to television as a correspondent, and then as the host of the Vzglyad program. From 1995-1998 he became the author and host of the One on One program.

Since 2007 - an employee of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, hosted the Senate program on the Rossiya channel. Later he was appointed First Deputy General Director of the Rossiya TV channel.

In August 2011, he left the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, becoming a member of the Right Cause political party. In November of the same year, he left the party and headed the RBC television channel, at the end of 2014 he left the post, but at the same time remained on the board of directors.

Svetlana Sorokina. From 1991 to 1997 she was a political columnist, host of the daily news program Vesti. Sorokina's branded farewells, with which she closed each issue of Vesti, were especially famous.

From May 2001 to January 2002, she worked on the TV-6 channel in the news program "Today on TV-6" and the talk show "Voice of the People".

Now Svetlana is a member of the Academy of Russian Television, a former member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2011), a lecturer at the Higher School of Economics, the host of the program "In the Circle of Light" on the radio station "Echo of Moscow" and the program "Sorokina" on the TV channel "Rain". "

In the 80s and early 90s, Tatyana Vedeneeva was perhaps the most popular TV presenter. She led "Alarm Clock", "Good night, kids!" and "Visiting a Fairy Tale" (Aunt Tanya), the program "Morning", "Song of the Year" and many other television shows.

Vedeneeva left television quite suddenly. Resting in London, the presenter was delighted with him and decided to extend the trip for a week. Called work and asked for a few days off.

In Ostankino, no one shared the host's joy over England; Tatyana was categorically offered to return on time or ... write a letter of resignation. Vedeneeva did not take the threat seriously. And her statement was taken quite seriously.

Now Tatyana is engaged in business. Once her husband brought her tkemali sauce from Tbilisi. The ex-leader was on fire with the idea of ​​​​arranging the production of tkemali in Russia. It took several years to study recipes and organize production. Now Tatyana is the owner of the Trest B corporation, and in every metropolitan supermarket you can buy sauces from Vedeneyeva.

The peak of Igor Ugolnikov's popularity came in the early nineties. First, the program "Oba-na!" was aired, followed by the equally funny "Corner Show!" In 1996, Igor released a series of programs "Doctor Angle".

After that, the programs "Good evening" and "It's not serious!" appeared. But they did not gain popularity.

The official version of Russian television regarding the closure of Good Evening is - "The program sucks out a lot of money," Igor said in an interview. "And rightly so: it was daily, a large number of people worked in it."

For some time, Igor tried himself in a different role: he served as vice president of the Russian Cultural Foundation, was the director of the House of Cinema. But the television did not let go.

Now he is a producer of the TV magazine "Wick". Do not forget the acting profession. He has acted in several series and films.

Ksenia Strizh hosted the programs "At Ksyusha", "Swift and Others", "Night Rendezvous" ... She never had such wild popularity and recognition as while working in the program "At Ksyusha". In the early 90s, there was little music on TV, and Strizh invited the most interesting artists to her show.

In 1997, Strizh returned from television to radio: there she feels at ease. She was a host on the television channel "La Minor". After the scandal associated with the fact that she appeared on the air drunk and laughed at the teeth of her guest Alexander Solodukha, information appeared about her dismissal, but now Ksenia is working on the channel again.

Shenderovich's last program, which was seen by the mass Russian audience, was called "Free Cheese" and went on TVS. When the TVS was closed, Shenderovich spat on the big television.

He began writing for Novaya Gazeta and the Gazeta newspaper, got his own programs on Ekho Moskvy and Radio Liberty. True, Shenderovich did not succeed in completely tying up with TV.

On the Russian Channel Abroad, on Sundays, in the final analytical program "Russian Panorama", he leads his own column - "A Cup of Coffee with Shenderovich", in which he tells his former compatriots who left to live in Israel and Germany, how things are in Russia.

Ivan Demidov was the permanent host of the musical program "MuzOboz". But the mysterious image with the same dark glasses remained in the past.

Demidov preferred the position of Deputy Minister of Culture to a television career, and now he heads the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art.

The duet of Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov is an amazing example of professional compatibility and many years of friendship.

After the closure of MTV, the tandem was temporarily revived on the Zvezda channel in the show Starry Evening with Anton Komolov and Olga Shelest, but did not repeat its former success.

Currently, Olga is a permanent host of the entertainment show "Girls" and the music contest "Artist" on the Russia-1 channel, the host of the TV game "Understand Me" on the Karusel channel, and the co-host of the program "Temporarily available" with Dmitry Dibrov on the TVC channel .

Anton worked on various TV channels, and since September 5, 2011, together with Elena Abitaeva, he has been hosting the "RUSh-RadioActive Show" at the Europa Plus radio station

Elena Khanga was remembered for her bold and frank program "About This", which aired on the NTV channel from 1997 to 2000. And if today the topic of sex is a common thing, then for the late 90s it was a real breakthrough.

Later, Hanga hosted the daytime and, of course, much less high-profile talk show "The Domino Principle", at various times her co-hosts were Elena Starostina, Elena Ischeeva and Dana Borisova.

Since the autumn of 2009, he has been working in low-profile projects: he hosts the weekly talk show Cross Talk on the Russian English-language channel Russia Today, broadcasts on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.

Valery Komissarov. On the program "My Family" the most burning topics of family life were dealt with: various heroes willingly "took dirty linen out of the hut", discussing their problems live on the state channel "Russia".

Housewives watched the program with bated breath (not least because of the imposing presenter Valery Komissarov) from 1996 to 2003, until it was closed.

From November 16 to December 30, 2015 - director and host of the Our Man program on Russia 1 channel, as well as the creator and owner of the My Family food brand.

In addition to Arina Sharapova, there were several other memorable news anchors on ORT/Channel One. One of them is Alexandra Burataeva. In 1995, she moved to work on the ORT television channel and from the same year began to host the Vremya and Novosti programs until 1999.

On December 19, 1999, she was elected to the State Duma in the single-member Kalmyk constituency and re-elected in 2003 on the list of United Russia.

From March to August 2013, Alexandra worked as a PR director for the Sergei Bezrukov Theatre, and from September 2013 as president of the So-druzhestvo production company.

Igor Vykhukholev is also a former presenter of the news programs "News" and "Vremya" on Channel One. In 2000-2004, he sometimes replaced his colleagues in the Vremya information program.

Went for a promotion. Since 2005 - chief editor of night and morning information broadcasting of the Directorate of Information Programs of the First Channel. In 2006 he moved to VGTRK. Since 2006, he has been recording interviews with politicians for the Vesti 24 news channel.

Igor Gmyza. In 1995, after the creation of the ORT TV channel, he received an invitation to become the host of the Vremya program. He led the program in 1996-1998, alternating with Arina Sharapova.

He worked as the host of Novosti until the spring of 2004: at first he hosted daytime and evening editions, towards the end of his work he switched to morning broadcasts, after which he left Channel One.

After a short experience as a political press secretary, he left for the radio. Since January 2006 - political observer for Radio Russia, host of the daily interactive talk show "Special Opinion"

Sergey Dorenko. In the early 1990s, he was a political observer for the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and host of the Vesti program. Then the host of the program "Time" on the first channel "Ostankino", and since January 1994 - the host of the program "Details" on the RTR channel.

Then he was the chief producer of the Directorate of Information Programs and Analytical Broadcasting of ORT and the host of the daily program "Vremya".

Despite the fact that he gained his fame thanks to television, Dorenko repeatedly claimed that he did not watch TV. Currently, he runs an author's program on YouTube, and since 2014 he has been the editor-in-chief of the radio station "Moscow Speaks".

The founder of the Soviet school of sports radio reporting was, of course, Sinyavsky Vadim Svyatoslavovich. It was he who once held the first gymnastics lesson on the all-Union radio. In 1935, he voiced the first foreign reportage in the history of the Union from the match between the USSR and Turkey. However, Sinyavsky covered not only sporting events. His voice sounded at the moment when, in November 1941, Soviet troops were leaving Red Square for the front line. In 1942, Vadim Svyatoslavovich almost died. "Sevastopol speaks!" - only the legendary announcer managed to say on the air. A moment later, he was covered by a shell that exploded nearby mines.

Vladimir Borisovich Gertsik the war was not spared either. From 1941 to 1943, the artist and presenter served as the commander of the chemical company of the Latvian Rifle Division. In the last years of the war he worked as an announcer, making dangerous flights behind enemy lines with agitation for surrender and with messages for German troops.

Olga Sergeevna Vysotskaya rightfully considered one of the brightest presenters of the middle of the 20th century. Her track record includes radio news from the fronts, and live broadcasts from the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, and the tragic reports of the Sovinformburo. Olga Sergeevna was distinguished by her clarity and clarity of speech, as well as her unique talent to win over listeners.

The most famous announcer of the USSR hardly needs a separate introduction. It's hard to believe, but once a 17-year-old Yuri Levitan made the selection committee of the capital's university laugh with his "okay" Vladimir dialect. It was then that he caught the eye of an advertisement for a group of radio announcers. The stubborn young man decided to try his luck again. Fortunately, Vasily Kachalov himself was present at the audition, who was not embarrassed by the peculiarities of Levitan's speech.

Igor Leonidovich Kirillov was the announcer of the program "Time" for more than 30 years. From 1965 until the early 80s, it was he who broadcast live parades from Red Square. The legendary presenter covered the broadcast of the celebrations on May 9 even longer - until 2006. Today, Kirillov appears on television, periodically participating in the programs "Guess the Melody", "Our Time", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and many others.

Shatilova Anna once, quite by accident, I read an advertisement for a group of announcers on the All-Union Radio "Gosteleradio USSR" and decided to try my hand. A few years later she was invited to work for Central Television. It was Anna Nikolaevna who, in 1963, read out an urgent TASS message about the assassination of John F. Kennedy on the air.

Khoroshevtsev Evgeny Alexandrovich today is one of the most popular announcers of modern Russia. He is called the "Official voice of the Kremlin" and he informs us about the most important political events.

Valentina Mikhailovna came to work on television in 1954 as an assistant director, she became an announcer later. And by the end of the 60s, not a single issue of the festive Ogonyok could do without it, and not only children, but also adults enjoyed watching Good Night, Kids and Alarm Clock. The most important and most personal program in her life was the program "From the bottom of my heart", which is called the prototype of modern talk shows. On this program, old friends, relatives separated by the war, met, the whole country cried with the heroes of the program. Aunt Valya never married, although Bulat Okudzhava himself asked for her hand. Her only love is television.

Today we decided to recall what other Soviet TV presenters gathered the whole family at the screens.

Yuri Nikolaev began his career as an artist in Moscow as an actor at the Pushkin Theatre. But acting did not bring him much fame and popularity. They began to recognize Yuri Alexandrovich in person only when he became the host of one of the most popular programs on Soviet television - "Morning Mail". And then it went and went: they began to invite him to lead the “Blue Light”, “Song of the Year”. And later, during perestroika, Yuri Nikolaev created his own production company UNIX, which produced the weekly program Morning Star. Many well-known artists today began with this television competition: Yulia Nachalova, Alexei Chumakov, Valeria and many others.

Yulia Vasilievna hosted one of the first programs on medical topics on domestic TV - the popular science program "Health". Moreover, by profession she is not an artist or a TV presenter at all, but a doctor. That is why her program was still scientific, and the program gained popularity thanks to the personal charm of Yulia Belyanchikova. She remained the permanent host of the program for over twenty years. During this time, the flow of letters for transmission has grown from 60,000 a year to 160,000. Moreover, the questions of the audience were answered not only on the air, but also by correspondence. For this purpose, four qualified doctors worked in the staff of the program.

Alexander Vasilyevich is the founder of humor on domestic television. We say "Maslyakov", we mean "Club of cheerful and resourceful" and vice versa. Alexander Maslyakov has been working on television since 1964 and even now, despite his considerable age - he is 71 years old - he remains the permanent host, leader and director of KVN. And the "Club" itself, in turn, remains one of the most popular programs on TV. In addition, Alexander Vasilyevich hosted “Hello, we are looking for talents”, “Merry Fellows”, “12th Floor”, reports from the World Festivals of Youth and Students, for several years he was the host of international song festivals in Sochi. And now Alexander Vasilyevich also chairs the jury at the Minute of Glory.

On television, Alexander Evgenievich, in general, did not aspire. He studied at the Faculty of Law of the Russian State University, completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, and became a candidate of philosophical sciences. After graduating from graduate school, he got into big politics and was even a speechwriter for Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev. On TV, Alexander Bovin was also far from entertainment programs - he was a serious publicist. Bovin gained national fame when he was the host of the TV magazine "International Panorama", which had very high ratings among viewers. The program, which gathered an audience of millions, was even called a "window to the world" - it included reports on Western culture and art, here you could see frames with luxury cars, unprecedented architecture and interiors. And Alexander Bovin himself looked unusual - shaggy, mustachioed, without a tie, and he broadcast as if he was talking to the audience like a neighbor, sitting in the kitchen.

Igor Leonidovich Kirillov is rightfully considered a legend of Russian television. You can call him a real news star. In 2001, he even received the honorary title of "Man of the Age". In addition, there are three orders in his award list: the Red Banner of Labor, "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd and 4th degree. Igor Kirillov has a theatrical education, before coming to television, he played at the Taganka Theater. In July 1957, he began working at the Shabolovsky television center as an assistant director of the musical editorial office of the Central Television. And two and a half months later he won the competition of announcers and went on the air for the first time. Igor Kirillov was the announcer of the Vremya program for more than 30 years, becoming the face of a news program, and his signature timbre was recognized from the first words and is still recognized today. He was even trusted to make New Year's addresses to the inhabitants of the country instead of the leadership of the USSR. By the way, Igor Kirillov still broadcasts the annual parades in honor of Victory Day on Red Square.

In fact, Alexander Ivanov is not a professional TV presenter at all. He is a teacher, graduated from the Faculty of Drawing and Drawing at the Moscow Correspondence Institute and worked as a teacher of drawing and descriptive geometry. He gained fame, of course, not as a teacher, but not as a TV presenter either. Popularity came to him even before TV, when he became interested in writing poetic parodies. His first book, Love and Mustard, was published in 1968. He was admitted to the Writers' Union, performed a lot on the stage and even played a couple of small roles in the cinema. He came to television in 1978 and for 12 years hosted the humorous program Around Laughter, although at first it was planned that he would be a guest of one of the first issues. San Sanych, as he was affectionately called, turned out to be so organic in the role of the host that they decided to leave him. And not in vain - he made millions of viewers laugh.

The son of Nobel laureate Pyotr Kapitsa was born in Cambridge. It was destined for him to engage in science and, indeed, he became an outstanding physicist, was vice-president of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. But his merit is not only in research work, but also in the fact that he brought science to people. Moreover, he did it in such an accessible form that the magazine "In the World of Science", where he was the editor-in-chief, became one of the most popular periodicals in the country, and episodes of the TV show "Obvious - Incredible" are still shown on the Retro channel. For his achievements in the popularization and promotion of scientific knowledge, he was awarded the Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the gold medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Remember the children's TV show "ABVGDeika"? You probably remember. And her leading Tatyana Kirillovna, a teacher, remember too. She said that ABVGDeika was the only non-politicized program on Soviet television. And she spoke with skill, because she managed not only to conduct a fun educational program for children, but also to manage the editorial office of children's programs. Tatyana Chernyaeva is a certified journalist, graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University and has achieved considerable success in the journalistic field. In particular, she is a laureate of the Best Pens of Russia journalism award and a member of the Academy of Russian Television. Tatyana Kirillovna has always advocated and still advocates an increase in the share of children's programs on Russian television. All the best for the kids.

The first association with the name of this TV presenter is the Song of the Year festival, the broadcast of which was not missed in any family. After all, "Song" was the main event in the world of domestic pop, and later pop music. We can say that this is the oldest show on our TV, because "Song" is still on, since 1971. Paired with Evgeny Menshov, Angelina Vovk led the festival 18 times, until 2006. In 2007, a scandal erupted: Alla Pugacheva ousted the presenters from the program, turning "Song" into her benefit performance. Now Angelina Mikhailovna is leading the Good Health program on the First together with Gennady Malakhov.

The TV program “Club of Travelers”, which Yuri Alexandrovich hosted for 30 years, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest program on Russian television. It aired weekly for 43 years and closed only after the death of Yuri Senkevich in 2003. Yuri Alexandrovich - military doctor, candidate of medical sciences and colonel of the medical service. And also - a famous traveler, president of the Association of Travelers of Russia. He took part in the Soviet Antarctic expedition "Vostok", together with the famous Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl