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Oly Danka, model and TV presenter

Oly Danka, model and TV presenter

Oly Danka, model and TV presenter

Oly Danka is a TV presenter of the program Stylistics on U channel, singer, model, and stylist.
Pretty girl was born on March 12, 1989 in Moscow. Her father is the professor and her mother is an engineer. Olya has a younger sister and a brother.
You know, the girl began to work as a model when she was 14 years old. Olya graduated from the Music school, took part in music competitions and festivals. But her main passion was TV.
For the first time Olya appeared on TV as a presenter of the program Your Doctor.
She graduated from the Medical University, School of Television and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
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Denis Kosyakov, actor and stand-up comic

Denis Kosyakov russian actor

Denis Kosyakov – Russian actor


Denis Kosyakov is a Russian film and theater actor. He participated in comedy TV projects Killing League, Comedy Battle and Slaughter Night on TNT. You know, he became the winner of the first season of the comedy TV project Laughter Without Rules.
The future actor was born on May 1, 1984 in Zelenograd. At the age of 11 Denis began to visit Zelenograd theater studio.
He’s graduated from the Shchukin Theatre School and works as an actor in the Mayakovsky Theatre. In 2005, one year before graduation, Denis got his first role in the TV series Soldiers 4.
Actually, in 2007, Denis performed in the popular Russian program Comedy Club on TNT channel.
By the way, Kosyakov is an author of the TV series Zaitsev + 1 on TNT channel. Mikhail Galustyan and Philip Kotov played the main roles. A little later, Gerard Depardieu joined the cast.
On March 3, 2014 he became a presenter of the TV show Ready For Anything.
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Pavel Vinogradov, TV presenter

Pavel Vinogradov tv presenter

Pavel Vinogradov – Russian TV presenter


Pavel Vinogradov is a Russian TV presenter, editor of humorous and entertaining TV shows.
The boy was born on April 11, 1983 in Moscow. At school he was engaged in sports (karate), and also enjoyed snowboarding and skateboarding.
He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation. At the institute, he was invited to play KVN, and Pavel agreed. He became the captain of his institute team named Exception to the Rules. Eugene Otstavnov, better known as Bear Mashechkin was in his team.
Pavel graduated from the Institute in 2006 and decided to work on television. At first he worked as the editor of many TV shows, for example Intuition, humorous show Laughter Without Rules, Killing League.
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Mariya Kravchenko – Comedy Girl

Mariya Kravchenko - Comedy Girl

Mariya Kravchenko – Comedy Girl


Mariya Kravchenko is a Russian actress, participant of the project Comedy Woman, former member of the TV comedy show KVN.
Pretty girl was born on January 13, 1985 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. You know, Mariya graduated from music school.
In 2006, she graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
Prior to February 2013 the girl worked at the Moscow Academy of Finance and Law Department as a director of youth programs.
By the way, Mariya was the presenter of the TV show Offside (together with Alexander Maslyakov Jr. and Ekaterina Varnava).
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Ekaterina Skulkina – Comedy Woman

Ekaterina Skulkina

Ekaterina Skulkina – Comedy Woman


Ekaterina Skulkina is one of the brightest stars of the TV project Comedy Woman. She acts in films, theater plays, as well as comedy TV projects.
Future comedienne was born on June 3, 1976 in Yoshkar-Ola, USSR. Her father was a military general, and her mother worked as a Russian language and literature teacher.
Katya was a very bright and talented child. During her school years, she was active in social work, participated in the organization of school concerts and festivals. By the way, Ekaterina acted in all school plays and also showed herself as a director and scriptwriter.
In 1996, the girl graduated from medical school and worked as a nurse. A year later, Katya moved to Kazan, where she entered the Kazan State Medical University.
By the way, in 1999, Skulkina first appeared in a republican league of KVN in the team of her university. She was a participant and one of the leaders of the team Four Tatars in the TV comedy show KVN (2003-2006). In 2003, her team became the champion of the First League. They also won Large KiViN in gold at Jurmala Festival.
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Vlad Sokolovsky, singer and dancer

Vlad Sokolovsky, singer and dancer

Vlad Sokolovsky, singer and dancer


Vlad Sokolovsky is a Russian singer, songwriter and dancer. You know, he danced in show-ballet Todes, sang in the band BiS. Now he is a solo artist, who works in R&B and euro-pop styles.
Vsevolod (his real name) was born on September 24, 1991 in Moscow. His father Andrei Alexandrovich is a popular choreographer, and his mother Irina Vsevolodovna is Honored Artist of Russia, director. The boy has sister Darina Serbina.
Since childhood Vsevolod was engaged in choreography and singing. In 1997 the little boy starred in the episode of the movie Afyory, Muzyka, Lyubov.
Together with Russian singer Philip Kirkorov Vlad performed the hit My Bunny when the boy was only three years old. And in 1996, he sang this song in the TV project Morning Star. In 2012 Vlad sang the same song in the program Property of the Republic with singer Nyusha.
By the way, in 2002 and 2004 Sokolovsky took part in a musical circus show Fairy Journey.
Also Vlad played in the musical based on Sergei Mikhalkov’s story Celebration of Disobedience in 2004.
Besides, Vlad regularly performed with the band X-Mission, took part in the filming of their music videos.
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Eleonora Guerra and Italian genius

Eleonora Guerra and Italian genius

Eleonora Guerra and Italian genius


Eleonora Yablochkina (Eleonora Guerra) is a Russian woman, who became a muse and a wife of great Tonino Guerra. By the way, Tonino was a cult Italian poet, writer and screenwriter, painter, sculptor, designer, gardener, philosopher, storyteller, dreamer and romantic.
“When he fell in love with Lora he fell in love with Russia”, said Russian poet Bella Akhmadulina.
Lora met Tonino Guerra in Moscow in 1975. The marriage of a Soviet woman with a foreigner was almost impossible. But even the party leadership of the USSR could not resist their great love.
Yablochkina was a 34-year-old widow. Her husband, Alexander Yablochkin, died right at the entrance to Mosfilm. Despite the great age difference, Lora was very fond of her husband and after his death she was depressed for a long time. She continued to write letters to him, went to the cemetery and categorically did not want to communicate with anyone.
When the great director Michelangelo Antonioni arrived to Moscow with his out-of-competition film Profession: Reporter in the framework of the IX International Film Festival, she was not going to go anywhere. But Inna Konovalova simply persuaded her.
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