Gennady Khazanov

Gennady Khazanov
Геннадий Хазанов
Gennady Khazanov; Геннадий Хазанов
Born	Gennady Viktorovich Khazanov; 1 December 1945; Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actor, Humorist, Parodist
Years active	1967-present
Title	People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991)
Awards	Full cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" ; Order of Friendship; State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995);

Gennady Viktorovich Khazanov (Russian: Генна́дий Ви́кторович Хаза́нов; born 1 December 1945) is a Russian stand-up comedian and part-time actor. His work includes parodies of Russian and Soviet politicians, and mockery of various sub-cultural groups in modern Russia.[1] After graduating from the Moscow Circus School in 1969 Khazanov worked as a master of ceremonies in Leonid Utyosov Orchestra. He began his solo career in 1973 at Moscontsert, a Moscow state concert organization. He gained early success with monologues of a culinary school student written by Lion Izmailov and Iurii Volovich, and of a brave parrot who cannot stop telling the truth written by Arkady Khait. In 1997 he became artistic director of the Moscow Variety Theatre.[2] In 1999, he was president of the Security Foundation of the Russian Jewish Community, which was set up to coordinate action against antisemitism in Moscow.[3]

He is an acquaintance of Russian President Vladimir Putin.[4] In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of Putin's position on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.[5]

References

"Variety Thertre". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
Tatiana Smorodinskaya (2013). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-136-78785-0.
Laurence Senelick (2015). Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-442-24927-1.
"Gennady Khazanov Talks Too Much with Old Acquaintance". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
"Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму". Ministry for Culture of Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.

External links

Official website (in Russian)
Gennady Khazanov on IMDb

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[1] "Variety Thertre". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[2] Tatiana Smorodinskaya (2013). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-136-78785-0.

[3] Laurence Senelick (2015). Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-442-24927-1.

[4] "Gennady Khazanov Talks Too Much with Old Acquaintance". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[5] "Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму". Ministry for Culture of Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.