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Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov is a Soviet and Russian satirist writer, playwright, humorist, actor, also known as the author of hypotheses in the field of the etymology of Russian words and the history of the Slavs, which are sharply criticized by the scientific community. Member of the Russian Writers' Union. Author of more than ten books.

BIOGRAPHY

Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala (Latvian SSR, USSR). Died on November 10, 2017 at the age of 69.

Paternal grandfather - Pavel Ivanovich Zadornov (born in Ternovka, Penza region) - worked as a veterinarian, was arrested in Chita on charges of destroying livestock, sentenced to 10 years, died in prison, rehabilitated in 1956. Grandmother - Vera Mikhailovna Zadornova. Father - Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov (1909-1992), Soviet writer, Honored Cultural Worker of the Latvian SSR (1969), laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree for the novel “Cupid the Father” (1952).

Maternal grandfather - Melchior Iustinovich Pokorno-Matusevich - nobleman, graduated military school in Dinaburg, from 1903 he was a tsarist officer, spent three years in the Gulag, and in the 1960s became an accountant after courses. Mother - Elena Melkhiorovna Zadornova (nee Pokorno-Matusevich; 1909-2003) - was born in Maykop, Polish by nationality, came from the old Polish gentry family of the Pokorno-Matusevichs and the Olizarovsky family, famous in Rus', which dates back to King Stefan Batory, She was married twice, her first husband was a ministerial worker; in 1930, Mikhail Zadornov’s elder half-brother, Lolliy, was born. My mother worked as a proofreader for a Ufa newspaper, and met her second husband at work.

Older sister - Lyudmila Nikolaevna Zadornova (born 1942) - teacher in English at the Baltic International Academy.

Mikhail Zadornov graduated from Riga high school No. 10. In one of his speeches he said that he first appeared on stage in the second grade, playing a turnip. Moreover, “he pulled himself out so elegantly that they shouted: “Encore, Bravo, pull him out again!” In 1974 he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) with a degree in mechanical engineer. In 1974-1978 he worked at the same institute at department 204 “Aerospace Thermal Engineering” as an engineer, then as a leading engineer.

Began publishing in 1974.

In the 1970-1980s, Zadornov - artistic director, stage director and actor of the MAI student theater "Russia". With the propaganda theater team, he traveled to many corners of the USSR and all-Union construction sites, and was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize.

In 1984-1985 - head of the department of satire and humor in the magazine "Youth".

He made his debut on television in 1982 with the monologue “A Student’s Letter Home.” Real popularity came in 1984, when Zadornov read his story “The Ninth Car”. Zadornov’s stories and miniatures were read from the stage by many famous artists, and starting in the late 1980s, he began performing his works himself. Since the early 1990s, Zadornov has been the author and presenter of famous television programs such as “Full House,” “Funny Panorama,” “Satirical Forecast,” and “Mothers and Daughters.”

Mikhail Zadornov is famous for the fact that on December 31, 1991, at 23:45, it was he, and not, as usual, the head of state or the announcer, who gave a New Year’s address to the residents of the country (by that time to the residents of Russia, since the USSR ceased to exist on December 26). In his speech, which was broadcast on live, Zadornov got so carried away that he spoke a minute longer, so he had to delay the broadcast of the chimes. However, Boris Yeltsin’s address was also recorded and even broadcast on television, but after Zadornov’s address. In 2010, at the end of December, Mikhail Zadornov again delivered a New Year’s address. This time via the Internet.

Since 1990, books by M. N. Zadornov have been published: “The End of the World”, “I Don’t Understand!”, “Return”, one-act comedy “ Modern people“, a funny play for a sad movie “Blouse”, a four-volume set - “A Great Country with an Unpredictable Past”, “We Are All from Chi-Chi-Chi-Pi”, “Tiny Stars”, “Zadorinki”.

Mikhail Nikolaevich starred in the films: “Genius” (1991), “Depression” (1991), “I Want Your Husband” (1992).

In 1992, he was on the jury of the KVN Major League at two quarterfinals. In 1998, he was a member of the jury at the KVN festival “Voting KiViN 1998” in Jurmala.

Mikhail Zadornov is a laureate of the Golden Calf and Ovation awards. In 1996 he became a laureate of the Arkady Raikin Cup at international festival"MORE SMEHA", Riga.

In 1993, Mikhail Zadornov received an apartment in the “nomenklatura house” for high-ranking officials at the address: Moscow, Osennaya Street, 4/2, where there were also apartments for B. N. Yeltsin, V. S. Chernomyrdin, A. V. Korzhakov and other.

Alexander Korzhakov wrote in his book “Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk”: “Our housemate was the satirist writer Mikhail Zadornov. His friendship with Yeltsin began in Jurmala, during a vacation. Misha knew how to amuse Boris Nikolayevich: he fell funny on the court, deliberately missed, and made jokes. And just like that, half-jokingly, I gained confidence... After the vacation, we continued doubles tennis matches. And suddenly Zadornov quietly turned to me: “Sasha, I found out about new house. And I live in a very bad area; they set up a toilet in the drunkard’s entrance. An alcoholic actually lives on the floor above. Take it with you." We took…"

In December 2009, Mikhail Zadornov opened a library named after his father, Nikolai Zadornov, in Riga. The opening of the library was timed to coincide with the centenary of the birth of Nikolai Pavlovich. The library is declared public and free.

On May 27, 2010, in the village of Voskresenskoye, Zadornov presented to the public a monument to A. S. Pushkin’s nanny Arina Rodionovna, made by sculptor Valery Shevchenko from bronze to Arina Rodionovna’s height - 160 centimeters. Mikhail Nikolaevich initiated the project, the monument was erected at the expense of his fund. The opening of the monument is timed to coincide with the 25th regional Pushkin holiday, dedicated to the 211th anniversary of the poet’s birth.

Zadornov was active on the Internet through his blog on LiveJournal and a blog on the website of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

- Good night, Earth. I wish everyone Good night, who has darkness outside the window!, - reads Zadornov's last post on LiveJournal, published on the eve of his death.

Also, in the summer of 2010, Mikhail Zadornov registered on the social network “VKontakte” and uploaded to his page unique video recordings of the concert “It’s hard to live easily,” which was shown on the REN-TV channel only at the end of December 2010. In addition, Mikhail Zadornov has his own channel on youtube.com, where he also posted these recordings.

Traditionally, Zadornov performs his performances standing, holding in his hand papers with the texts of his performances. However, in Lately(since 2007) he includes in his programs performances by gymnasts Irina Kazakova and Dmitry Bulkin, as well as the breakdance team “Yudi”, whom he met at the “Minute of Glory” talent competition, where he was on the jury. With these young people, he does the splits, does stretches, walks on his hands and stands on his head, flapping his legs. Also taking part in Zadornov’s concerts since 2004 is his friend and co-author: satirist writer from Riga Harry Polsky, who since 2010 has been running a regular “Zadornovosti” column at concerts.

Mikhail Zadornov - also author musical works. The song “Dadu Vnedrozh” by Mr. Dadud, supposedly performed by Mikhail Gorbachev, is cut from a speech by Mikhail Zadornov, in which he parodied the President of the USSR with his voice, ridiculing his illiteracy. The idea to write a feuilleton was given by Evgeny Petrosyan. As part of the “Fun Day” concerts, Mikhail periodically hums a special musical theme and even sings some monologues to it. The satirist’s official website zadornov.net contains mixes of his speeches made by Valery Tsarkov (Dj Valer): “The West is a trap,” “ New Year in Russian", "Girya", "Pop".

Mikhail Zadornov at the premiere of the program “It’s hard to live easily” in St. Petersburg, 2010. Photo: Daria Pichugina

VIEWS

Mikhail Zadornov is widely known for his critical statements about modern Western (primarily American) culture and way of life. As a sign of protest against discrimination against the Russian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, he canceled his American visa (according to other sources, he was deprived of his visa with a ban on entry into the United States).

Since 2006, Zadornov has been actively performing numerous amateur exercises in the etymology of Russian words, which are not consistent with the achievements of science in this area. He received support from the decipherer of the so-called “runic syllabic writing” V. A. Chudinov.

“...How could it happen that such an intelligent people suddenly disappeared from history? Again, a long time ago, a glacier began to creep onto the lands of the Aryans. Our ancestors had to leave their northern homes and follow the sun. So the Aryans scattered - from the word “Scattering” - into many tribes and peoples throughout our present continent from India to Europe. But solar Ra entered other languages. Even in Greek and Latin:

LITERATURE-RA, CULTURE-RA, G-RA-MOTA AND... SATI-RA
B-RA, LYUST-RA, RA-MPA, FA-RA..."

Despite the lack of support from professional historians and philologists, Zadornov continues to engage in non-academic research on the history of the Slavs. In 2012, the satirist showed himself in a new role, filming the non-commercial film “Rurik. Lost story." To raise funds for its creation and to discuss the filming process, a special website and forum were opened on May 14, 2012. The film premiered on December 12 on the REN TV channel. Historians criticized the film for its pseudo-science, one-sidedness and populism in its approach to the topic. The filmmaker's anti-Normanist ideas were characterized by archaeologist, cultural anthropologist, philologist and science historian L. S. Klein as “militant amateurism.”

Reform occupies a prominent place in Zadornov’s work Russian education, including the introduction of a mandatory Unified State Exam. Since 2010, he has published a number of critical articles on this topic (“Unified State Examination is a test shot at the education system”, “Narrow-minded, forward - 2”, “Betrayal”), and spoke negatively about the Minister of Education Andrei Fursenko.

In his monologues he has repeatedly said that for several years now he has not voted for anyone on principle. However, he still took part in the 2011 State Duma elections, supporting the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In the 2012 Russian presidential elections, he supported Gennady Zyuganov. Materials written by Zadornov sometimes appear on the website of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation; they are also published in Pravda and Soviet Russia.

He is a supporter of the Ringing Cedars of Russia movement and spoke very warmly of Vladimir Megre, with whom he is close friends. Some considered Zadornov's support to be actually a hidden irony, but in other interviews Zadornov firmly expressed his support for the movement.

On March 11, 2014, he signed an appeal from cultural figures Russian Federation in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. Included in the list of persons prohibited from entering Ukraine.

PERSONAL LIFE

First wife - Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina (born 1948), daughter former first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia Jan Kalnberzin, studied in a parallel class with Zadornov at the elite Riga school No. 10, and then at the Moscow Aviation Institute, married in March 1971, teacher at the university.

The second wife is Elena Vladimirovna Bombina (born 1964), administrator of the satirist.

Daughter - Elena Mikhailovna Zadornova (born 1990), entered the Russian University in 2009 theatrical arts- GITIS.

CRITICISM

In 2009, Zadornov was accused of plagiarism for retelling the story about Khatul-Madan (cat-scientist) from the blog of LiveJournal user of Israeli writer Victoria Reicher (pseudonym Neivid). The writer apologized and settled the issue with compensation of 100,000 rubles. Wide famous story Zadornov's "Notes of a Brick Hunter" is an adaptation of an American urban legend, known on the Internet in the Darwin Award version (1998).

During one of his concerts, broadcast in 2010 on Channel One, Mikhail Zadornov gave a number of negative characteristics to the residents of Vladivostok, in particular women: “All the women are dressed like, well, as advertised in glossy fashion magazines, that is, all the girls in Vladivostok look like prostitutes,” this and some other statements caused outrage in the Internet community of the “seaside capital.” Zadornov responded to criticism in his LiveJournal blog:

“And then it began. There is a wonderful Russian proverb: “The truth hurts the eyes.” Of course, those who recognized themselves were offended first of all. One girl wrote to me: “This is not true, not all of us are prostitutes!” The second wrote: “I am a decent woman. How dare you insult me like that?” I didn’t insult her. I talked about the picture I saw when leaving the hotel. Another one writes: “Actually, we are not prostitutes...” I was pleased with the word “actually.” Moreover, it was written like this - “voopcheto”. More pearls from the letters: “Sorry,” “this time,” “of course,” “there’s no such thing here,” “in Zadorny’s concert” - then it’s not about me at all, I’m Zadornov, not Zadorny)) The word “mother” one girl wrote it like this - “m”, and she moved “ama” to another line. Sparrow is written - “Vayraybey”"
In response to Zadornov’s words, in April 2010, “Bully Bear” and “Paper with a Hitch” toilet paper with the image of the satirist went on sale in Vladivostok.

“You say from time to time “scientists prove.” Where you say “scientists prove”, no scientist has ever said anything like this. This is a complete lie. What you are saying is absolute, complete, blatant nonsense. Are you crazy? It happens.<…>You are an absolute layman. If you don’t know something, you need to look it up in the dictionary and only then fool the population. And you give him this uncooked porridge filled with ignorance. Why do you allow yourself to spread ignorance to the masses? That's what you do, you know? You bring ignorance to the masses - to our unfortunate masses, for whom it is already difficult enough to navigate in this world. And you give them this stinking stew, which you cook from who knows what.”

Based on the results of a popular vote on Facebook and VKontakte, conducted by the newspaper “Trinity Option - Science”, he was announced at the forum “Scientists against Myths - 2” as a corresponding member of the new “Liar Academy of Pseudosciences” in the section of pseudolinguistics.

SANCTIONS

Zadornov was banned from entering the United States and Ukraine.

AWARDS

1975 - Lenin Komsomol Prize
1979 - Golden Calf Award
1999 - Ovation Award
2008 - Order of Honor
2011 - “Word to the People” Award, established by the newspaper “ Soviet Russia"for the pamphlet "NATO is a coward, Gaddafi is a man"
2012 - Medal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation “90th anniversary of the formation of the USSR”
RAMBLER award on behalf of Internet users - “according to Hamburg!”

DATA

An asteroid was named in honor of Mikhail Zadornov.
He brought Maxim Galkin to the big stage.
Vegetarian since about 50 years old.

ILLNESS AND DEATH

At the beginning of October 2016, it became known that Zadornov was suffering from brain cancer. On October 12, 2016, he announced on his personal page on the VKontakte social network that he would have to undergo chemotherapy, and that because of this, many concerts were canceled (primarily those that require long flights). On October 22, Zadornov was hospitalized in Moscow after he became ill during a concert held at the Meridian cultural and art center. Zadornov refused to talk in more detail about his health problems, not wanting to attract unnecessary media attention.

In November 2016, Zadornov underwent a brain biopsy at the Charité clinic in Berlin, after which he underwent treatment in one of the private clinics in the Baltics. He died on the evening of November 9, 2017.

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Writer and satirist Mikhail Zadornov died at the age of 70.

Actor Mikhail Zadornov suffered from cancer. At the end of 2016, the comedian underwent surgery. According to loved ones and relatives, a brain biopsy helped to significantly improve the artist’s condition.

A few months before his death, Zadornov converted from neo-paganism to Orthodoxy, choosing Archpriest Andrei Novikov as his confessor. In September he confessed in the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow. And earlier, at the request of the satirist’s family and friends, Novikov administered unction to Mikhail Zadornov.

Mikhail Zadornov became famous as a Soviet and Russian satirist, humorist, actor and member of the Russian Writers' Union. He has more than ten books to his name, including lyrical and satirical stories, humoresques, essays, travel notes and plays.

Zadornov was born in 1948 in Jurmala, Latvia. He was a Member of the Russian Writers' Union. During his life, he wrote more than ten books in the genre of lyrical and satirical stories, travel notes, and essays.

The satirist was extremely popular among Russians. His concerts were sold out. Zadorny was widely known for his critical statements against Western culture and lifestyle.

Programs with Mikhail Zadornov were a huge success among viewers.

The comedian was married twice. From his second marriage he has a 27-year-old daughter.

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Russian comedian and writer Mikhail Zadornov died on November 10, 2017 at the age of 69.

Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala (Latvian SSR, now Latvia) in the family of Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov (1909-1992) and Elena Melkhiorovna Pokorno-Matusevich (1909-2003). Father is a writer, author of a trilogy about the expedition of Admiral Evfimy Putyatin to the shores of Japan (“Tsunami”, “Heda”, “Shimoda”), laureate of the Stalin Prize of the 2nd degree (1952), Honored Cultural Worker of the Latvian SSR (1969). Mother, who came from Polish noble family, worked as a proofreader in a factory newspaper in Ufa (Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, now the Republic of Bashkortostan). There she met Nikolai Zadornov. Since 1946, the family lived in the Latvian SSR.

Mikhail Zadornov graduated from Riga school No. 10. After receiving secondary education, he entered the Riga Polytechnic Institute (now Riga Technical University). After studying there for two years, he transferred with the loss of his course to the Faculty of Engines aircraft» Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), which he graduated in 1974. IN student years began to engage in amateur artistic activities, took part in games of the Club of Cheerful and Resourceful.

In 1974-1978 worked at the Moscow Aviation Institute as an engineer and leading engineer at the Department of Aerospace Thermal Engineering.

In 1975, he wrote his first interlude - “Who is Louder” - for pop artists Alexander Livshits and Alexander Levenbuk.

In the second half of the 1970s. was artistic director, playwright and director of the student variety theater of the Moscow Aviation Institute "Russia". The team toured the republics Soviet Union, performed at Komsomol construction sites, etc. Mikhail Zadornov’s essays about the theater’s trips were published in the magazines “Youth”, “Young Guard”, “Far East”.

In 1982, the satirist made his first performance on the USSR Central Television: during one of his pop concerts, he performed the monologue “Letter from a First-Year Student to Parents.”

In 1984, in the program “Around Laughter,” he presented the feuilleton “Two Ninth Cars,” which brought him wide fame.

In 1984-1985 was the head of the satire and humor department in the magazine "Youth". After leaving this publication, for two years he worked as the head of the theater of the Club named after. F. E. Dzerzhinsky (now - Cultural Center Federal service security of the Russian Federation).

In the 1980-1990s. Some works by Mikhail Zadornov were performed by other artists. The closest collaboration was with Evgeny Petrosyan (monologues “Autogenic training”, “In the smoking room”, “Chromosome set”, etc.).

In the second half of the 1980s. Mikhail Zadornov began performing his own concert programs.

Since the early 1990s. was a participant in the satirical and humorous television programs “Full House”, “Funny Panorama”, etc.

On December 31, 1991, he was the host of a holiday television program and spoke live on the First TV Program with a New Year's address to the residents of Russia. He delayed his speech, and therefore the midnight chimes were shown with a minute delay. President Boris Yeltsin's congratulations were broadcast a day earlier.

The satirist's monologues dedicated to political topics. At the end of the 1980s. he criticized the CPSU in the early 1990s. performed a parody of Mikhail Gorbachev (“Daduda”). A remix made of it in the mid-1990s. musician Igor Kezley, gained great popularity. Since the mid-2000s. Zadornov in his monologues often criticized “ American image life" and the fact that Russians imitate him.

In October 2016, Mikhail Zadornov reported on the social network VKontakte about a “most serious illness” and an upcoming course of chemotherapy. He underwent treatment in Europe.

He has published about 40 books. Most of them include humorous and satirical texts. Several artistic and journalistic works that are not scientific in nature (“Glory to the Family!”, “Prince Rurik. Where did the Russian Land Come From,” “Runes of the Prophetic Oleg”, etc.) present the author’s personal view on the history of the Slavs and the origin of the Slavic languages.

Author of the plays “The Last Try, or I Want Your Husband” (1987), “Blouse” (1996) and “Once Upon a Time in Africa, or Love with a Brain Explosion” (2014). IN different time performances based on the play “The Last Attempt, or I Want Your Husband” were staged in Krasnoyarsk drama theater them. A. S. Pushkin, Volgograd Musical and Drama Cossack Theater, as well as in enterprises. Since 2014 in the Moscow provincial the theater is on the play “Spring”, based on the stories of Mikhail Zadornov.

He played himself in the detective drama by Viktor Sergeev “Genius” (1991). He also starred in the films “Depression” (1991, directed by Alois Branch) and “I Want Your Husband” (1992, Sergei Nikonenko).

Director and screenwriter of documentary-historical films “Rurik. Lost Story" (2013) and " Prophetic Oleg. Found reality" (2015). Screenwriter of the documentary film “Arkaim - Standing by the Sun” (2008, director Stanislav Egerev).

In 2016, he was one of the hosts of the television program “Saltykov-Shchedrin Show” (NTV).

He was the founder and president of the Commonwealth Foundation, which provided assistance to Russian residents of the Baltic states (1992-1996).

Member of the Writers' Union of Russia and the editorial board of the magazine "Yunost".

Awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1975).

International laureate literary prize named after Vladimir Gilyarovsky (2016, nomination “Humor”).

Married. Wife Velta Yanovna Zadornova - Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Department of English Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Moscow state university them. M. V. Lomonosov. Has a daughter, Elena (born 1990). Her mother is the satirist's assistant Elena Bombina.

Dedicated to the life and work of Mikhail Zadornov documentary Elena Krasnikova “Unformatted Man, or 6:5 in favor of Zadornov” (2013).

The main belt asteroid 5043 Zadornov, discovered in 1974, is named in his honor.

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Today, November 10, it became known that he died famous comedian, writer Mikhail Zadornov. He will forever be remembered by fans for his sharp expressions that hit the mark.

The word “marriage” is divided into two words: “for” and “courage”. This means that those who have been married for a long time should be given a “Marriage” medal.
Long live that which makes us, in spite of everything...
There are people who live for money, and there are people who live for money.
They don't smoke, don't drink, don't swear - they're animals!
Love kills not lies, but truth
Humanity, at least the reasonable part of it, misses such feelings as affection and tenderness
If a woman says “no”, it means “yes”, but later.
We despise the West, but this does not stop us from copying it in everything
It is much easier for our people to come up with an all-terrain vehicle than to fix the roads
We - amazing people. We want to live like everyone else, but at the same time we try to be different from others

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Mikhail Zadornov is a popular satirist who was known and loved not only in Russia, but also in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Zadornov's monologues have always been topical, full of subtle irony, and their heroes are perfectly recognizable in Everyday life, therefore, all the satirist’s speeches invariably scattered into quotes, attracted many spectators and were a great success.

When did the career of this bright satirist begin and what was his path to big stage? Our article, which is entirely dedicated to one of the best comedians on the modern Russian stage, will help you find out all this.

Mikhail Zadornov - biography

Name: Mikhail Zadornov
Birthday: July 21, 1948
Place of birth: Jurmala, Latvian SSR
Date of death: November 10, 2017 (age 69)
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Eastern horoscope: Rat
Occupation: satirist, writer, screenwriter

Mikhail Zadornov was born in the Latvian resort city of Jurmala. His father, Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov, was a writer specializing primarily in historical topics. Mom - Elena Melkhiorovna Matusevich - came from an old noble family and was a housewife.

While still at school, the future satirist began to get seriously interested in theater. As some of his acquaintances claimed, in one of the children's performances young Mikhail He played the role of the turnip so masterfully that he was pulled out again for an encore. The next role was a costumed bear in the production of Ostrovsky’s “A Profitable Place” - his character had no words, but Mikhail growled so convincingly that he was invited to the drama club on a permanent basis.

Despite his success in the acting field, after school Mikhail Zadornov decided to enter the Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers, since there was a good handball team there, and the future satirist was fascinated by this game. early years. However, his further sports career did not work out - one day during training he fell and broke his meniscus.

Your debut literary work(an unpublished story “Intersection Point”) Zadornov wrote at the age of 18, having been on an expedition to the Kuril Islands (the plot was based on impressions from the trip). Alas, the story did not impress the magazine editors and was not published.

In 1969, Zadornov transferred to the second year of the Moscow Aviation Institute, from which he graduated in 1974 with a diploma in mechanical engineering, simultaneously receiving an offer from management to remain at MAI as an employee. Mikhail agreed, but rather not because of the prospects of becoming a researcher, but for the sake of the youth theater “Russia” at the Moscow Aviation Institute, to which he devoted a significant part of his student years: he was an actor, he himself acted as a playwright and director. Under his leadership, the theater gained fame in Soviet republics and was awarded with a prize Lenin Komsomol. Mikhail Zadornov’s life was connected with “Russia” until 1980.

Zadornov's first publications were published in 1974. The satirist was published within the Yunost magazine, and in 1984 he headed its satire and humor department. However, already in 1985 he left his post, devoting himself to his own literary career.

In 1982, Zadornov made his debut on television with the monologue “A Student’s Letter Home” about the misadventures of an unlucky student. Two years later, he appeared on the program “Around Laughter” with the monologue “The Ninth Car”. It was this life sketch about how two carriages with the same number were mistakenly attached to the next train to Hungary, which later became business card Zadornova.

The audience also fell in love with the bold (at that time) monologue “Open Letter to the Secretary General” - about the preparation of the leadership of a small town for the visit Secretary General THE USSR. The very fact that this work, full of pointed satire, was voiced from a television screen signaled changes in the socio-political life of the country. However, the feuilleton firmly settled in Zadornov’s repertoire and still sounded just as relevant even after many years.

In the late eighties, Mikhail Zadornov began working as the author of humorous texts for other artists. Many famous comedians performed his monologues, including Yevgeny Petrosyan, and Zadornov himself regularly shared new observations with his characteristic irony in new issues of “Funny Panorama”, “Full House” and “Satirical Forecast”.

In 1988, Zadornov’s first collection of stories, “A Line 15 Thousand Meters Long,” was released as part of the anthology “The Crocodile Library.” The following collection, “The Mystery of the Blue Planet,” was published with a circulation of 100 thousand copies.

A unique indicator of the artist’s popularity was the fact that on December 31, 1991, it was Mikhail Zadornov, and not Boris Yeltsin, who had not yet assumed presidential powers in place of Mikhail Gorbachev, who congratulated the residents of the collapsed state on the New Year.

Despite the fact that in his speeches the comedian often “attached” the country’s leadership and the president himself, this did not prevent him from getting an apartment in the “nomenklatura” building on Osennaya Street, where Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Chernomyrdin, the head of the presidential security guard Alexander Korzhakov and other high-ranking officials lived. officials. The fact is that the satirist often played tennis with Yeltsin and managed to make a good impression on the president.

In the nineties, he also tried himself as a screenwriter and film actor. One of the most famous works Zadornov became the film “I Want Your Husband”, filmed in 1992 according to his own script. There were only three actors in the film; In addition to Mikhail Nikolaevich, Ekaterina Voronina and Anna Dubrovskaya were involved in the filming. According to the plot, a young beauty Oksana appears to a woman named Elena, who is preparing to celebrate a porcelain wedding, and offers to buy out Elena’s husband, who, as it turns out, has already cheated on his wife. long years. Recognizable “Zadorn” dialogues and a subtly conveyed imprint of a bygone era ensured the film recognition and love from the audience.

A year earlier, he also appeared in the Latvian production “Depression” with cameo role official, as well as in Viktor Sergeev’s film “Genius” (cameo).

1997 was marked by the release of a four-volume book, which included the best works of the satirist at that time. Since 2000, every year Zadornov presented to the public at least two or three new concert programs. He invariably went on stage in a suit and with papers in his hands, and after the concert he showed the audience his stretching, doing the splits, or walking on his hands. His performance schedule was, without exaggeration, crazy: he once had to give as many as 8 concerts in one day.

In the early 2000s, the leitmotif of Zadornov’s speeches became “American” themes. Zadornov’s signature phrase “Well, stupid!” and is still heard today. After a scandal involving discrimination against the Russian Olympic team at winter games In 2002, in Salt Lake City, the satirist demonstratively canceled his American visa. Subsequently, “amateur etymology” appeared in his repertoire, as well as frequent criticism of Russian education, the Unified State Exam and the Minister of Education Andrei Fursenko in particular.

In 2012, Mikhail Zadornov shot the pseudo-documentary film “Rurik. Lost story", which was later shown by the REN-TV channel. The film told about the confrontation between supporters of the “Norman theory” and those who argued that the Vikings could not rule Russia. His work was criticized, claiming that last years It was precisely this pseudo-historical and openly politicized approach that began to prevail in the work of the pop satirist.

Since the beginning of the 2010s, Zadornov has maintained contact with fans of his work via the Internet. In addition to the official website, the satirist maintains a blog on LiveJournal, a channel on Youtube (Zador TV) and his own VKontakte page. Quite a large part of the satirist’s repertoire consists of so-called “observations” - notes from life sent by readers.

In 2016, Mikhail Zadornov, Alexey Kortnev and Dmitry Kolchin became co-hosts of the original satirical program “Saltykov-Shchedrin Show”. On air, the hosts and guests joked about real-life incidents.

Personal life of Mikhail Zadornov

In his life, Mikhail Zadornov was officially married only once. His wife, Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina, the daughter of a high-ranking Latvian politician, studied at the same school with him, then was his classmate at the Moscow Aviation Institute. A beautiful and intelligent girl knew her worth, and therefore Mikhail had to win her heart for a long time. The young people dated for a long time, and in the spring of 1971 they got married.

Relationships in the young family went wrong during the period when the artist’s career began to rapidly gain momentum. At this moment, Mikhail Zadornov began dating Elena Bombina - he met a girl who was 16 years younger than the satirist at one of his performances (she was an administrator at that festival) in the late 80s.

Subsequently, she became his common-law wife. In 1990, Mikhail and Elena gave birth to a daughter, Elena Zadornova, Zadornov’s only child. Having inherited her father's artistic genes, she graduated Russian Academy theater arts (RATI).

In 1998, Mikhail Zadornov, once a drinker, became a vegetarian and began actively promoting healthy image life, in particular yoga. The satirist more than once spoke about his choice in the style of “amateur etymology”: “Meat in English sounds like meat: me (me) + eat (eat”), that is, “to eat yourself.” In addition, it has been proven that human DNA and pig DNA are largely similar, which means pork kebabs obviously won’t do you any good.”

Zadornov also spoke about supporting the Ringing Cedars of Russia movement, which promotes the ideology of so-called “family estates” - plots of land measuring at least a hectare on which members of one family can arrange their home in accordance with the rules of the eco-community.

Death of Mikhail Zadornov

In the fall of 2016, Mikhail Zadornov admitted to having serious health problems, due to which he had to leave the “Saltykov-Shchedrin Show” program and cancel concerts in far corners of the country. He did not advertise the name of the disease, but very soon Andrei Malakhov in his program accidentally declassified the satirist’s illness - it turned out that Zadornov had cancer. Mikhail Nikolaevich did not deny the information, but asked fans not to make a fuss, adding that he was undergoing chemotherapy and was trying to follow the precepts of Daria Dontsova: “The main thing is not to give up and keep yourself in good shape!”

On October 23, Mikhail Zadornov became ill during a performance at the Meridian Palace of Culture. He was taken by ambulance straight from the concert. Doctors recorded the man having an epileptic seizure due to nervousness.

At the beginning of 2017, Regina Dubovitskaya spoke about the satirist’s condition, saying that Zadornov had undergone a serious operation and had a long course of treatment ahead of him. “He really wants to return to the audience and delight his fans with books,” she added.

Unfortunately, the treatment did not help, nor did the conversion to the Orthodox faith (in early November, Mikhail received unction in the capital’s church Life-Giving Trinity). On November 10, 2017, Mikhail Zadornov passed away. He was 69 years old.

BIOGRAPHY

Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala (Latvian SSR, USSR). November 10, 2017 at the age of 69.

Maternal grandfather - Melchior Iustinovich Pokorno-Matusevich - a nobleman, graduated from a military school in Dinaburg, was a tsarist officer from 1903, spent three years in the Gulag, and in the 1960s became an accountant after courses. Mother - Elena Melkhiorovna Zadornova (nee Pokorno-Matusevich; 1909-2003) - was born in Maykop, Polish by nationality, came from the old Polish gentry family of the Pokorno-Matusevichs and the Olizarovsky family, famous in Rus', which dates back to King Stefan Batory, She was married twice, her first husband was a ministerial worker; in 1930, Mikhail Zadornov’s elder half-brother, Lolliy, was born. My mother worked as a proofreader for a Ufa newspaper, and met her second husband at work.

The older sister is Lyudmila Nikolaevna Zadornova (born 1942) - an English teacher at the Baltic International Academy.

Mikhail Zadornov graduated from Riga secondary school No. 10. In one of his speeches he said that he first appeared on stage in the second grade, playing a turnip. Moreover, “he pulled himself out so elegantly that they shouted: “Encore, Bravo, pull him out again!” In 1974 he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) with a degree in mechanical engineer. In 1974-1978 he worked at the same institute at department 204 “Aerospace Thermal Engineering” as an engineer, then as a leading engineer.

Began publishing in 1974.

In the 1970-1980s, Zadornov was the artistic director, stage director and actor of the MAI student theater "Russia". With the propaganda theater team, he traveled to many corners of the USSR and all-Union construction sites, and was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize.

In 1984-1985 - head of the department of satire and humor in the magazine "Youth".

He made his debut on television in 1982 with the monologue “A Student’s Letter Home.” Real popularity came in 1984, when Zadornov read his story “The Ninth Car”. Many famous artists read Zadornov’s stories and miniatures from the stage, and starting in the late 1980s, he began performing his works himself. Since the early 1990s, Zadornov has been the author and presenter of famous television programs such as “Full House,” “Funny Panorama,” “Satirical Forecast,” and “Mothers and Daughters.”

Mikhail Zadornov is famous for the fact that on December 31, 1991, at 23:45, it was he, and not, as usual, the head of state or the announcer, who gave a New Year’s address to the residents of the country (by that time to the residents of Russia, since the USSR ceased to exist on December 26). In his speech, which was broadcast live, Zadornov got so carried away that he spoke a minute longer, so he had to delay the broadcast of the chimes. However, Boris Yeltsin’s address was also recorded and even broadcast on television, but after Zadornov’s address. In 2010, at the end of December, Mikhail Zadornov again delivered a New Year’s address. This time via the Internet.

Since 1990, books by M. N. Zadornov have been published: “The End of the World”, “I Don’t Understand!”, “The Return”, a one-act comedy “Modern People”, a funny play for a sad movie “Blouse”, a four-volume set - “A Great Country with unpredictable past”, “We are all from Chi-Chi-Chi-Pi”, “Tiny Stars”, “Zadorinka”.

Mikhail Nikolaevich starred in the films: “Genius” (1991), “Depression” (1991), “I Want Your Husband” (1992).

In 1992, he was on the jury of the KVN Major League at two quarterfinals. In 1998, he was a member of the jury at the KVN festival “Voting KiViN 1998” in Jurmala.

Mikhail Zadornov is a laureate of the Golden Calf and Ovation awards. In 1996 he became a laureate of the Arkady Raikin Cup at the international festival “MORE SMEHA”, Riga.

Alexander Korzhakov wrote in his book “Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk”: “Our housemate was the satirist writer Mikhail Zadornov. His friendship with Yeltsin began in Jurmala, during a vacation. Misha knew how to amuse Boris Nikolayevich: he fell funny on the court, deliberately missed, and made jokes. And just like that, half-jokingly, I gained confidence... After the vacation, we continued doubles tennis matches. And suddenly Zadornov quietly turned to me: “Sasha, I found out about the new house. And I live in a very bad area; they set up a toilet in the drunkard’s entrance. An alcoholic actually lives on the floor above. Take it with you." We took…"

Zadornov was active on the Internet through his blog on LiveJournal and a blog on the website of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

- Good night, Earth. I wish good night to everyone who has darkness outside!, - reads Zadornov's last post on LiveJournal, published on the eve of his death.

Traditionally, Zadornov performs his performances standing, holding in his hand papers with the texts of his performances. However, recently (since 2007) he has included in his programs performances by gymnasts Irina Kazakova and Dmitry Bulkin, as well as the breakdance team “Yudi”, whom he met at the “Minute of Glory” talent competition, where he was on the jury. With these young people, he does the splits, does stretches, walks on his hands and stands on his head, flapping his legs. Also taking part in Zadornov’s concerts since 2004 is his friend and co-author: satirist writer from Riga Harry Polsky, who since 2010 has been running a regular “Zadornovosti” column at concerts.

Mikhail Zadornov is also the author of musical works. The song “Dadu Vnedrozh” by Mr. Dadud, supposedly performed by Mikhail Gorbachev, is cut from a speech by Mikhail Zadornov, in which he parodied the President of the USSR with his voice, ridiculing his illiteracy. The idea to write a feuilleton was given by Evgeny Petrosyan. As part of the “Fun Day” concerts, Mikhail periodically hums a special musical theme and even sings some monologues to it. The satirist’s official website zadornov.net contains mixes of his performances made by Valery Tsarkov (Dj Valer): “The West is a Trap,” “New Year in Russian,” “Kettlebell,” “Pop music.”

Mikhail Zadornov at the premiere of the program “It’s hard to live easily” in St. Petersburg, 2010. Photo: Daria Pichugina

VIEWS

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A prominent place in Zadornov’s work is occupied by the reform of Russian education, including the introduction of a mandatory Unified State Exam. Since 2010, he has published a number of critical articles on this topic (“Unified State Examination is a test shot at the education system”, “Narrow-minded, forward - 2”, “Betrayal”), and spoke negatively about the Minister of Education Andrei Fursenko.

On March 11, 2014, he signed an appeal from cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. Included in the list of persons prohibited from entering Ukraine.

PERSONAL LIFE

The first wife is Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina (born 1948), daughter of the former first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia, Jan Kalnberzin, studied in a parallel class with Zadornov at the elite Riga school No. 10, and then at the Moscow Aviation Institute, married in March 1971, teacher at the university.

The second wife is Elena Vladimirovna Bombina (born 1964), administrator of the satirist.

Daughter - Elena Mikhailovna Zadornova (born 1990), in 2009 she entered the Russian University of Theater Arts - GITIS.

CRITICISM

In 2009, Zadornov was accused of plagiarism for retelling the story about Khatul-Madan (cat-scientist) from the blog of LiveJournal user of the Israeli writer Victoria Reicher (pseudonym Neivid). The writer apologized and settled the issue with compensation of 100,000 rubles. Zadornov's widely known story "Notes of a Brick Hunter" is an adaptation of an American urban legend, famous on the Internet in the Darwin Award version (1998).

SANCTIONS

Zadornov was banned from entering the United States and Ukraine.

AWARDS

1975 - Lenin Komsomol Prize
1979 - Golden Calf Award
1999 - Ovation Award
2008 - Order of Honor
2011 - Prize “Word to the People”, established by the newspaper “Soviet Russia” for the pamphlet “NATO is a coward, Gaddafi is a man”
2012 - Medal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation “90th anniversary of the formation of the USSR”
RAMBLER award on behalf of Internet users - “according to Hamburg!”

DATA

An asteroid was named in honor of Mikhail Zadornov.
He brought Maxim Galkin to the big stage.
Vegetarian since about 50 years old.

ILLNESS AND DEATH

Everyone in the post-Soviet space knew the famous writer and satirist Mikhail Zadornov. His monologues were especially popular. The biography of Mikhail Zadornov and personal life today are of interest to many fans of his work. It is known that the artist had a family and a daughter, Elena, whom he loved very much.

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Biography

Mikhail Zadornov was born in Jurmala in 1948. His father creative person And famous writer, mother is a representative of an ancient noble family. From an early age, the child was interested in the world around him, loved to listen to fairy tales and stories that his parents read to him. At the age of seven, Misha became a student at one of the most prestigious gymnasiums in Riga. Studying was very easy for the future satirist. Having completed secondary education, he entered a technical university.

Childhood photos of Mikhail Zadornov

After studying the first two courses, Mikhail transferred to Moscow to the Faculty of Aircraft Engines of the Aviation Institute. During his studies, Zadornov participated in skits, and in his final years he performed in KVN.

In 1974, he began working as a leading engineer at the same institute where he studied. Creative path The future satirist began with the comedy “Who is Louder” written by him. In the late 70s, Mikhail became a playwright and director of student theater.

Famous satirist in his youth

The artist’s first performance on television took place in 1982, it was a short monologue in a letter from a first-year student to his parents. In subsequent years, Zadornov developed as a satirist, his speeches received standing ovations. In the last years of his life, Mikhail Nikolaevich wrote several books, actively gave concerts, participated in radio broadcasts and made films. The biography of Mikhail Zadornov is probably known to many fans. In his personal life there were two marriages, there could have been children, but there is only one daughter.

First marriage

Mikhail’s first chosen one was a girl with whom he studied together at the gymnasium, and then in Moscow. Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina was the daughter of the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia. The future artist courted her for a long time before winning Velta’s favor. In the early 70s, Mikhail and Velta submitted an application to the registry office and got married a month later.

Velta Kalnberzina - the first wife of a famous comedian

Mikhail's wife was educated and smart woman, she supported all his creative endeavors.

It was Velta who was the first to listen to the works of Mikhail Nikolaevich for many years; she can rightfully be called the artist’s real muse. From the biography and personal life of Mikhail Zadornov it is known that there were no children from his first marriage.

Today ex-wife Mikhail holds a responsible position as a professor in the English language department of the Faculty of Philology in Moscow.

Elena Bombina

At its very peak creative career in the 1980s, Zadornov met another woman, Elena Bombina. They met at one of the humor festivals, where the girl worked as an administrator. Mutual feelings arose between them, and Mikhail had to lead a double life.

Even on tours, women often took turns with the artist. Lena was younger than Mikhail Nikolaevich for sixteen years. In 1990, the couple had a daughter, she was named after the comedian’s mother Elena.

Mikhail Zadornov and Elena Bombina

In the first years, Zadornov managed to hide his secret personal life, and the public perceived the satirist as a decent and loving family man. The first wife did not know about the existence of Elena Bombina, however, rumors quickly spread. Most likely, this happened when Mikhail, in one of his interviews, threw out the phrase “My eldest wife.”

Of course, everyone took these words as a joke, but soon Mikhail Nikolaevich appeared at one of the premieres with a young beautiful woman, among his friends he introduced her as his wife.

The first wife did not take the relationship between Mikhail and Elena seriously for a long time, but she was still able to be happy for her husband, because he had a daughter. Despite the age difference, Elena always loved Mikhail and remained his faithful wife.

Daughter Elena

Mikhail loved his daughter Elena very much. When the girl was very little, Mikhail spent a long time reading children's books to her and playing with her. A little later, the famous father began to take Lena with him on tours and travels. Zadornov tried to show her the world, they got acquainted with United Arab Emirates, Vienna, Paris, Greece, Africa and many other countries. Elena and her dad visited many remote, non-tourist corners of Russia. Zadornov, like any loving father, tried to give his daughter everything that he himself was deprived of in childhood.

M. Zadornov with his daughter Elena

Zadornov's daughter is smart and beautiful girl never used my name famous father. She did not take part in TV shows or other television projects.

Mikhail Nikolaevich was proud of her and was glad that Elena Bombina and her daughter appeared in his life. Today, the daughter of Mikhail Zadorny is 27 years old, it is known that the girl graduated from the Russian University of Theater Arts. We remind you that from the biography of Mikhail Zadorny and his personal life it is known that the satirist has no children in his first marriage to Velta Kalnberzin.

Disease

In October 2016, the satirist began to have health problems. So at one of his concerts he fainted. The arriving doctors hospitalized Mikhail Nikoloevich and conducted examinations. Soon a disappointing diagnosis of a brain tumor was made. At that time, the satirist was active creative life, performed, wrote books, took part in filming. Zadornov did not hide the diagnosis from fans and spoke about his illness himself.

Zadornov fought cancer for two years

The concerts were canceled and Mikhail began undergoing treatment. It is known that in Germany such a complex procedure as a brain biopsy was carried out, after which doctors selected a treatment regimen for him. The first chemotherapy gave some improvement in health, after which a course of treatment with strong drugs was again required.

When Mikhail Nikolaevich realized that the doctors were unable to help him, according to rumors, he tried to be treated by Altai shamans.

After which Zadornov spent some time in his country house in Latvia with friends and family. On its pages in in social networks there were a lot of “health” wishes from fans and friends. The satirist’s relatives did not give interviews about the condition of Mikhail Nikolaevich, but there were disappointing rumors. Recently the satirist was baptized in Russian Orthodox Church, repented and received the sacrament of unction.

Zadornov resorted to treatment with alternative medicine

The event took place in Moscow in the Kazan Cathedral. This information, with the permission of the relatives of Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov, was shared by the rector of the church, Archpriest Novikov. This morning it became known about the famous satirist and writer. Mikhail Nikolaevich turned 69 this summer. Relatives reported that the satirist Mikhail Zadornov will be buried in Riga at the Forest Cemetery, next to his father.

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