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Alexander Maslyakov was born on November 24, 1941 in the city of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region. Father Vasily Maslyakov served as a military pilot, fought during the Great Patriotic War, and then was listed on the General Staff of the Air Force. Sasha’s mother Zinaida Alekseevna was involved in raising Sasha. Interestingly, four generations of the Maslyakovs were called Vasily, and only Zinaida decided to break this tradition by naming her son Alexander.

After graduating from school, the young man entered the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, which he successfully graduated in 1966. Further, at first Maslyakov worked in his specialty, but later decided to retrain as a journalist. Since 1969, he worked as a senior editor in the Main Editorial Office of Programs for Youth, and after that as a special correspondent. Since 1981, he worked as a commentator at the Experiment television studio.

Maslyakov came to television quite by accident, as a fourth-year student. As Alexander Vasilyevich recalls, the captain of the institute’s KVN team asked him to become one of the five hosts of a humorous program that was to be filmed by the winning team of the previous game. By chance, it turned out to be the MIIT team.

The humorous TV show “The Cheerful and Resourceful Club” appeared in 1961. Its prototype was Sergei Muratov’s program “Evening of Fun Questions” in 1957, which, in turn, was copied from the Czech analogue “Guess, Guess, Fortune Teller”. At the evening, questions were answered not by the teams, but by TV viewers. The creation of the program was carried out by the first television youth editorial office in the USSR, known as the “Festival Editorial Office of Central Television.” On the third episode of the TV show, due to an unfortunate mistake by the host, the program and the entire editorial office had to be closed.

Four years later, the creators of the “Evening of Fun Questions” released a new humorous program called “KVN”. The decoding of this name was twofold: in addition to traditional meaning“Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful” the name hinted at the KVN-49 TV brand, which was produced in those years.

The first host of the game was Albert Axelrod. Three years later he was replaced by Alexander Maslyakov. At first, Maslyakov was a co-host, and the Soviet announcer Svetlana Zhiltsova hosted the program with him. Subsequently, Alexander Vasilyevich became the sole presenter, which he remains to this day.

For the first seven years, KVN appeared exclusively in live. But later, since the teams’ jokes sometimes touched on Soviet ideology and reality, the releases began to be recorded, having previously cut out from them all points that were objectionable to the party leadership.

The head of Central Television, Sergei Lapin, did not like the club for its unpredictability and courage, and at some point the Committee began to closely engage in censorship of the program State Security. The KGB directives were sometimes simply absurd: for example, participants in the program were forbidden to wear beards, since this was a mockery of Karl Marx. And at the end of 1971, KVN was closed completely.

The break lasted for 15 years. But at the beginning of perestroika, in 1986, on the initiative of the captain of the MISI team of the 60s, Andrei Menshikov, KVN again appeared on the screens. Alexander Maslyakov remained the presenter.

The confidence with which the young man stood in the frame, his grammatically correct speech, innate tact and excellent sense of humor made Maslyakov an indispensable presenter. In addition to KVN in different years Alexander hosted various programs. Among them were the talent show “Hello, we are looking for talents.”

By the way, several times Alexander Maslyakov appeared in very unusual programs for himself. So, in 1976 he held the second edition intellectual game"What? Where? When?”, the author and creator of which is Vladimir Voroshilov. And in 1988 famous TV presenter held the April Fool's edition of Posner's program "Vzglyad".

Maslyakov also acted as the host of Sochi song festivals, in the late seventies he hosted the “Song of the Year” program, and also conducted reports with international festivals youth and students, which were held in Havana, Berlin, Sofia, Moscow and Pyongyang.

In 2013, he became a member of the jury of the TV show “Sense of Humor” together with Yuli Gusman.

In August 2016, it became known that the creative association “AMiK” filed a Federal service By intellectual property Russian Federation documents for registration trademark"Alexander Maslyakov."

Two years later, he was registered as a confidant of Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections on March 18, 2018.

Awards and Prizes of Alexander Maslyakov

Ovation Award (1994).

Honored Artist Russian Federation(September 13, 1994) - for services to the field of art.

Commonwealth Certificate Independent States(June 1, 2001) - for active work to strengthen and develop the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The highest award of the Academy of Russian Television - “TEFI” (2002) - “For personal contribution to the development of domestic television.”

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (November 21, 2006) - for huge contribution in the development of domestic television and many years of creative activity.

Order of Merit (Ukraine) III degree (December 14, 2006) - for significant personal contribution to development cultural relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, many years of fruitful creative activity.

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (November 12, 2011) - for great services in the development of domestic television and many years of fruitful activity.

Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015).

Order of Merit for the Kaliningrad Region (July 8, 2016) - for contribution to the development of the culture of the region and the popularization of the region.

Certificate of honor from the Moscow City Duma (October 19, 2016) - for services to the city community and in connection with the anniversary.

Honorary Worker of Culture of the City of Moscow (November 7, 2016) - for services to the development of culture and many years of conscientious work.

Insignia "For Merit" Sverdlovsk region» III degree (November 8, 2016) - for special merits in the field social development Sverdlovsk region.

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (November 24, 2016) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic television and many years of fruitful activity.

Order of Merit for the Republic of Dagestan (2016).

People's Artist of the Chechen Republic (January 18, 2017) - for a significant contribution to the development of pop art and cultural ties between peoples, an activity that has become widely known.

Medal “For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth” (Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation) (January 25, 2017) - for great personal contribution to strengthening the military commonwealth and assistance in solving the tasks assigned to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Order of Dostuk (November 22, 2017, Kyrgyzstan) - for his great contribution to strengthening friendship between the peoples of Kyrgyzstan and Russia, long-term and fruitful creative activity.

An asteroid (5245 Maslyakov), discovered by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, is named in honor of Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov.

Filmography of Alexander Maslyakov

2008 - Voices of fish - Maslyakov
1985 - How to become happy - competition host
1982 - I don’t want to be an adult - TV presenter
1975 - Ar-hi-me-dy! - Entertainer
1970 - The mechanical adventures of Tarapunka and Shtepsel

Family of Alexander Maslyakov

Wife - Svetlana Anatolyevna Maslyakova (nee Semenova, born October 11, 1947) - KVN director, came to television as an assistant to the KVN director in 1966. On October 2, 1971, Alexander and Svetlana got married.

Son - Alexander Alexandrovich Maslyakov (born 1980) - MGIMO graduate, CEO TTO "AMiK", presenter of the KVN Premier League.

Daughter-in-law - Angelina Viktorovna Maslyakova (Marmeladova) journalist, publicist, director of the KVN House (born February 14, 1980).

Granddaughter - Taisiya Maslyakova (b. 2006) since 2009, soloist of the group "Fidgets", since 2017, host of children's KVN.

Soviet and Russian TV presenter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the Ovation Prize 1994, academician of the Academy of Russian Television. Lives and works in Moscow. Founder and owner of AMiK (Alexander Maslyakov and Company) - organizer of KVN. He is the chairman of the jury of Minute of Fame.

Biography

60s

Alexander Maslyakov has been working in television since 1964. In 1966 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, in 1968 - the Higher Courses for Television Workers.

He was the host of the programs: “Hello, we are looking for talents”, “Come on, girls”, “Addresses of the young”, “Come on, guys”, “Cheerful guys”; reported from the World Festivals of Youth and Students in Sofia, Havana, Berlin, Pyongyang, Moscow; For several years he was a regular presenter at international song festivals in Sochi, and also hosted the “Song of the Year”, “Alexander Show” programs and many others.

In 1974, for illegal transactions with currency, he ended up in the YN 83/2 colony in Rybinsk Yaroslavl region. At that time, buying and selling dollars was considered a very serious crime, but the case was presented as insignificant, Maslyakov served a short sentence and was released early after a few months.

The first presenter of the program “What? Where? When?" (1975)

Maslyakov is a permanent presenter and director of the popular television program “KVN” (Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful), president International Union KVN and television creative association"AMiK". Several times Maslyakov himself sat on the jury Major League. Father Vasily Vasilyevich Maslyakov (1904-1996), originally from the Novgorod region, military pilot, navigator, participant in the Great Patriotic War, after the war he served in the General Staff of the Air Force. Mother Zinaida Alekseevna Maslyakova (born 1911), housewife.

His wife, Svetlana Anatolyevna Maslyakova, came to television as an assistant director of KVN in 1966. In 1971, Alexander and Svetlana got married.

80s

Now Maslyakov works as a director of KVN. Their son (born 1980) Alexander Maslyakov Jr. is a graduate of MGIMO, host of the programs “Planet KVN” (currently not broadcast), “Outside the Game” and “Premier League KVN”.

2000s

In 2002, Alexander Maslyakov was awarded the highest award of the Academy of Russian Television - “TEFI” “For personal contribution to the development of domestic television.” In 2006, President of the Russian Federation V.V. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of KVN, Putin awarded Maslyakov the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, “for his great contribution to the development of domestic television and many years of creative activity.”

Without exaggeration, we can say that the favorite TV presenter of millions of viewers Soviet Union, Russia, near and far abroad, today it is as popular and in demand as it was forty years ago.

Childhood, family

The biography of Alexander Maslyakov, the eldest, begins in Sverdlovsk on November 24, 1942. Sasha was born into the family of a military pilot and a housewife. The father of the future TV star, Vasily Maslyakov, was born in the suburbs of Novgorod. His life was closely connected with aviation. He fought on the fronts of the Second World War and was a military pilot and navigator. Later he served in the Air Force General Staff. Mom Zinaida Maslyakova took care of the house and raised her son.

In his youth, Alexander Maslyakov, whose biography will forever be associated with television, did not even suspect this. In 1966 he graduated from the Institute of Transport Engineers in Moscow, and two years later he became a television and radio broadcaster after completing special courses. I didn’t play in KVN at the institute, but I took part in various student productions and had absolutely no stage fright.

At this time, the MIIT student team in KVN was gaining weight and in 1963 won the final of the TV game. The team captain offered the handsome and charming Alexander the role of presenter. He did not refuse and the next day after his first broadcast he woke up famous throughout the Soviet Union.

TV presenter career

Alexander Maslyakov was noticed on television and they began to actively invite this talented

young man to work as a presenter of various youth programs. Any program he hosted instantly became super popular. All of them today make up the golden fund of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company - “Addresses of the Young,” “ Funny boys”, “Hello, we are looking for talents”, “Come on, girls”, etc. Alexander Maslyakov, whose biography was now inextricably linked with television, was so in demand in those years that without his participation it was impossible to imagine any youth program. He conducted brilliant reports from world youth festivals in Sofia, Berlin, Havana, Moscow, Pyongyang. For several years he hosted song festivals in Sochi, the “Song of the Year” program and other entertainment youth programs.

Why Maslyakov disappeared from the screens

At the end of the seventies, Alexander Maslyakov suddenly disappeared from the screens. The biography of the famous presenter took a sharp turn. As they say gossips, Alexander Maslyakov ended up in a colony in Rybinsk for illegal currency transactions. In those days it was a serious crime, but a few months later Alexander Vasilyevich was freed. However, he himself categorically denies this fact in his biography.

The disappearance of Alexander Vasilyevich from television screens coincided with the unexpected closure of the KVN program. As the presenter himself explains, the program was closed without explanation. Probably someone doesn't like spicy food anymore student jokes. After all, the program was originally intended to be entertaining, but you can expect from students not only jokes about their institute life, but also caustic political remarks.

After 14 years, Alexander Vasilyevich again took over the post of KVN host. His first and only partner, Svetlana Zhiltsova, refused to return.

On the issue of age

You can often hear the question: “How old is Alexander Maslyakov, has he not changed at all over the years?” On November twenty-four, two thousand and thirteen, the popular presenter turned seventy-one years old. As Alexander Vasilyevich himself believes, communication with young people and good humor give him strength and energy.

Many famous and popular people in Russia gathered at the celebration of the seventieth anniversary, which took place behind closed doors. On this day, everyone wished the hero of the day creative longevity, and the question of how old Alexander Maslyakov was did not arise. He is always young, and his sparkling humor can be the envy of young people.

Alexander Maslyakov: biography, KVN today

Today, our beloved presenter is the permanent director and director of the most popular KVN program of the AMiK association. Today it is chief ideologist, censor, and now the main one of the International KVN Union. In addition, Alexander Vasilievich is the chairman of the jury of another popular show- "Moment of glory".

Personal life

Maslyakov Alexander Vasilievich, whose biography knows ups and downs and

consists not only of one work, but for forty-two years he has been happily married to Svetlana Maslyakova, who has been the director of her favorite program for many years.

Son and successor

On April twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and eighty, a boy was born into the Maslyakov family in Moscow, who was named Alexander.

The close connection of his parents with the Soviet, and then Russian television predetermined his fate. WITH early age he was closely associated with his parents' main project. In his youth, Alexander dreamed of becoming a policeman; a career as a TV presenter was not part of his plans. Then the desire to get involved in politics appeared.

After leaving school, Alexander graduated from MGIMO, defended his dissertation, became a candidate of economic sciences, but never began his career as a diplomat. Today he is the presenter of the Premier League. Married to Angelina Marmeladova (now Maslyakova). The marriage produced a daughter, Taisiya.

Interesting Facts

• An asteroid discovered by the Crimean Observatory is named after the permanent presenter of KVN.
• Alexander Vasilyevich does not drink alcohol at all.
• Once Maslyakov hosted the “Vzglyad” program.

Future plans

Alexander Maslyakov, whose biography is inseparable from famous club comedians, dreams of opening a KVN House in Moscow. The TV presenter also plans to live to be a hundred years old without parting with humor.

Alexander Vasilyevich is popular and loved not only by television viewers. His services have been recognized by the state. In 2006 he was awarded the order“For services to the Fatherland” Fourth degree for contribution to the development of Russian television.

Alexander Maslyakov is one of the most famous TV presenters, producer, chief KVN player of Russia, born November 24, 1941 in Sverdlovsk.

Childhood

Maslyakov’s childhood was during the difficult war years. His father, an air force officer, went to the front from the very first days of the war. All worries about the baby fell on the shoulders of the mother, who had a very difficult time. Fortunately, my father survived the fighting and returned home. A few years later, he was appointed to the country’s General Staff and moved his family to Moscow.

The mother devoted her entire life to her husband and son, tried to give the child a good education and comprehensive development. In high school, Alexander became interested in journalism, tried to write himself, and dreamed of working as a reporter. But at the insistence of his father, he chose a serious profession and entered the Transport Institute.

He graduated from the institute, but worked in his specialty for only a short time - a little more than a year. Already in his senior year, he simultaneously studied at the school of State Television workers and at the same time became interested in playing KVN. This determined future fate future showman.

On Soviet television team game KVN first appeared in 1961. According to the director's plan, it was supposed to be an analogue of the Czech humorous program. However, after the third episode it was closed, since the jokes of the participants touched on Soviet ideology.

But gradually it changed a little, and in this format three years later it returned to the screens and won the hearts of millions of television viewers.

Maslyakov began playing in his fourth year, immediately joining the main team of MIIT, which quickly became popular and often took first place in KVN tournaments. Once, as the winning team, they were asked to film a short program, and the captain gave the role of its host to Maslyakov. This work captured him so much that he decided to devote his life to television and KVN.

After completing the courses, Maslyakov left his job in his specialty and received a position in the Main Editorial Board of youth programs. At first he worked as a senior editor, then as a special correspondent, and later moved to the Experiment television studio, where he hosted a number of programs.

Maslyakov first appeared on the KVN stage as a presenter in 1964. Then his partner in the program was the already well-known television announcer Svetlana Zhiltsova. But she soon left the program, and since then Maslyakov has been the only and permanent host of the popularly beloved television program.

At first, KVN was filmed only on live broadcasts. But after several unsuccessful jokes from the participants, the program came under the close attention of State Security Service employees. Soon, live broadcasts were banned, and only the version of the program that was passed by strict Soviet censorship began to appear on screens. Naturally, greatly abbreviated. In 1971 the program was banned altogether.

AMiK

The program was revived during perestroika, when official censorship disappeared, and participants could say whatever they wanted from the stage. Guest presenter updated version veteran KVN performer Maslyakov again became the program’s member. After the first release of the program, everyone started talking about it again.

With my wife

Literally a year later, the KVN movement covered the entire country. What is noteworthy is that even after the collapse of the USSR, in an era of total crisis and shortages, the program continued to be published and only gained more popularity. She even saved some from depression - a nation that knows how to laugh at itself will never die.

Delighted by such interest in the program, Maslyakov decided to devote himself entirely to his favorite activity. He created the author's creative center"AMiK", which developed scripts and created new KVN programs. Now the participants not only performed on television, but also gave numerous concerts throughout the country, organized by Maslyakov’s company.

With son

Already in 1992, the program went beyond the CIS and acquired an international format. The first international game took place between the CIS and Israel teams. Later, teams from other countries joined the movement: the USA, Germany, and the former socialist camp. A little later they started to pass annual festivals“Voting KIVIN”, which gathered thousands of armies of KVN fans.

With pleasure

The entire Maslyakov family is involved in the development of KVN. His wife, Maslyakov’s former assistant in the program, is his right hand in company. The son recently replaced his father as General Director, the daughter-in-law is the director of the KVN House. Maslyakov’s grandson is also growing up, also a future KVN player.

TASS DOSSIER. On December 1, 2017, the press service of the International KVN Union reported that Alexander Maslyakov resigned from the position of director of the State Unitary Enterprise "MMC "Planet KVN" for at will. He held it from December 4, 2013 to July 21, 2017. According to the press service, “the dismissal procedure was initiated by Maslyakov at the beginning of 2017 due to the need to bring him labor activity in accordance with the requirements of federal legislation."

Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was born on November 24, 1941 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). His father Vasily Vasilyevich (1904-1996) was a military pilot, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, his mother Zinaida Alekseevna (1911-1999) was a housewife.

In 1966 he graduated from the energy department of the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers (now the Russian University of Transport, MIIT), in 1968 - the Higher Courses for Television Workers.

He spent his early childhood with his mother in evacuation in Chelyabinsk. After the father returned from the war, the family lived in Baku (Azerbaijan SSR, now Azerbaijan), Kutaisi (Georgian SSR, now Georgia) and Moscow.

He studied at Moscow school No. 643, and was involved in an amateur art group.

IN student years completed an internship at the Lublin Foundry and Mechanical Plant, and participated in university amateur performances. After graduating from the institute, he worked for a year as an engineer at the Giprosakhar design institute, and at the same time studied at courses for television workers.

In 1964, while a student, together with Svetlana Zhiltsova, he began working on television as a co-host of the humorous game show “The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful” (KVN; aired since 1961). In 1971, the KVN television program was closed by the leadership of the USSR State Television and Radio. Maslyakov continued to work on television, was the host of the programs “Hello, we are looking for talents!”, “Addresses of the Young”, “Come on, guys!”, “Come on, girls!”, “Jolly guys”, “Try yourself", television festival "Song of the Year", international youth festival of political song "Red Carnation" (Sochi, Krasnodar region). In 1976, he became the first host of the game show "What? Where? When?" (the creator of the program is Vladimir Voroshilov, aired since 1975). Worked as a youth reporter Central television on World festivals youth and students (1973, Berlin, GDR; 1978, Havana, Cuba; 1985, Moscow).

In 1986, on the initiative of the captain of the KVN team of the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (MISI; now the Moscow State Civil Engineering University) of the 1960s, Andrei Menshikov and playwright Boris Salibov, the program “The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful” was revived. From this moment until the present time, Alexander Maslyakov has been its presenter.

President of the International KVN Union.

In 2006, Alexander Maslyakov and his wife co-founded the television creative association (TTO) "AMiK" (Alexander Maslyakov and Company), the organizer and producer of the KVN television program.

In the 2000s, Alexander Maslyakov was a teacher at the Moscow state university culture and arts (now - Moscow State Institute of Culture; Khimki, Moscow region).

Member of the Russian Television Academy.

In 2012, he was a member of the Moscow electoral “People's Headquarters” of the candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994). Awarded the Orders "For Merit to the Fatherland" II (2016), III (2011) and IV (2006) degrees, Alexander Nevsky (2015), "For Merit" III degree (2006, Ukraine), "Dostyk" II degree (2007, Kazakhstan). Has the gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (1996).

Awarded the badge of St. Sergius of Radonezh (2016, Moscow region).

Winner of the Ovation (1994) and TEFI awards (1996, 2002).

Honorary Worker of Culture of the City of Moscow (2016). Honorary citizen of Sochi (2016).

He took part in writing the books “We are starting KVN” (1996), “We are starting KVN. Continuation” (2004), author of the book “KVN is alive! The most complete encyclopedia" (2016).

Performed cameo roles in the films "Ar-hi-me-dy!" (1975, director Alexander Pavlovsky), “I Don’t Want to Be an Adult” (1982, Yuri Chulyukin), “Obstacle Course” (1984, Mikhail Tumanishvili), “How to Be Happy” (1985, Yuri Chulyukin), etc.

Headed the jury television show“Minute of Fame” (2007-2013), was a member of the jury of the TV show “Sense of Humor” (2014; both - Channel One).

Married. Wife - Svetlana Anatolyevna Maslyakova, KVN director. Son Alexander (born 1980) is a graduate of Moscow state institute International Relations, Candidate of Economic Sciences, host of KVN Premier League games, General Director of TTO "AMiK".

Filmed about the TV presenter documentaries“The personal life of Alexander Maslyakov” (2006, director Alexey Alenin) and “70 is not a joke, 50 is a joke” (2011, Alexander Ivanov), “Telebiography. Episodes” (2016).

The main belt asteroid 5245 Maslyakov, discovered in 1976, is named in honor of Alexander Maslyakov