The prototype of KVN was the program "Evening of funny questions", organized by journalist Sergei Muratov on the model of the Czech program "Fortune-telling, guessing, fortune-teller". In the program "An Evening of Funny Questions", which was released in 1957, viewers answered the questions of the presenters, and humor was especially welcomed. The idea was completely new for that time. For the first time in a Soviet TV show, not only the presenters, but also the audience participated. In addition, "Evening" was broadcast live. Produced the program "Festival Edition of the Central Television", the first youth edition on Soviet television, founded by Sergei Muratov in 1956.
"An Evening of Funny Questions" was very popular, but it aired only three times. On the third transfer, a prize was promised to everyone who would come to the studio in a fur coat, hat and felt boots (it was summer) and with a newspaper for December 31 of last year. The host of the program, composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, forgot to mention the newspaper. Of course, almost all viewers had winter clothes. A crowd of people in fur coats and felt boots burst into the studio, swept away the policemen, and complete chaos began. The broadcast was stopped, but the transmission was not replaced by anything. Until the end of the evening, the televisions showed the screensaver "Break for technical reasons." The transmission was closed.
The closed resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU regarding "VVV" was published only a few years ago (according to the textbook "Television Journalism" edited by A. Ya. Yurovsky, Moscow, 2005). [source not specified 154 days]
Four years later, on November 8, 1961, Elena Galperina called Sergei Muratov and said that the people needed their transfer. A number of former creators of the program "Evening of Cheerful Questions" released a new TV show - KVN. The first presenter - Albert Axelrod - left the program in 1964, Sergey Muratov and Mikhail Yakovlev left KVN with him. Axelrod was replaced by MIIT student Alexander Maslyakov (since then he has been the permanent host of this program), along with him, the program was hosted by announcer Svetlana Zhiltsova. The abbreviation KVN stood for "Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful", but in addition, it was the brand of the then TV - KVN-49. Teams have already competed in the KVN program. Since the teams often sneered at Soviet reality or ideology (it was precisely such jokes that viewers liked the most [source not specified 154 days]), from some point they began to be broadcast not in live broadcasts, but in B recordings, and jokes that were dubious from an ideological point of view cut out [source not specified 154 days]. The program irritated the source not specified For 154 days, the head of the central television, Sergei Lapin, soon became involved in the KGB. Censorship became more and more severe over time, to the point that it was impossible to go on stage with a beard - this was considered a mockery of Karl Marx. source not specified 154 days / At the end of 1971, after the proceedings between Lapin and Muratov, the program was closed.
KVN, like the Evening of Funny Questions, was very popular. A KVN movement sprang up all over the country. In imitation of the transmission of KVN games, they were arranged in schools, pioneer camps, etc. KVN qualifying tournaments were held in universities throughout the country, the best teams got on television.
They revived KVN in 1986, the beginning of perestroika. The initiator was the captain of KVN MISI of the 1960s Andrei Menshikov. The leader, like u before closing, was Maslyakov. After the revival of the founders of KVN, they were invited first by the jury, and then as guests of honor. The first presenter of the program, Albert Axelrod, offered his image of Maslyakov, but the presenter did not like this idea. After a few releases, the teams reached the same high level as the KVN of the 1960s. The KVN movement has reappeared, and the games are organized in Western Europe (Western European League of KVN), Israel and the USA. The first international game of the CIS - Israel (1992, Moscow) and even the world championship between the teams of the USA, Israel, the CIS and Germany (1994, Israel) are being held (with stunning success). KVN becomes one of the most popular Russian TV shows.
Many KVN participants, after completing their playing careers, became popular TV presenters by organizing their own humorous programs. Among them are Yuli Gusman, Bakhram Bagirzade, Oleg Filimonov, Valdis Pelsh, Alexei Kortnev, Sergei Sivokho, Tatyana Lazareva, Mikhail Shats, Sergei Belogolovtsev, Timur Batrutdinov, Mikhail Galustyan, Garik Martirosyan, Garik Kharlamov, Alexander Pushnoy, Gennady Khazanov.
Rules of the game
Performance of the student team
In KVN they play according to different rules, sometimes they can change right during the game, which happens even in the most important major league. However, there are rules that are followed in any case in all leagues, which makes KVN a recognizable game.
Firstly, KVN is played in teams. At the very least, the team must contain at least two members (the smallest team that performed at a high level - the "Team of Small Nations" - at one time consisted of only two players). Each team must have a captain. The KVN captain must also represent his team at the captains' competition, if he was included in the game program. Most teams perform in original costumes that distinguish the players of this team from other players. Costumes within one team can be the same, designed in the same style or personal, unique for each team member.
Secondly, the game should be divided into separate contests. Usually, each competition is given, in addition to the nominal (“Warm-up”, “Music Competition”), an original name that sets the theme for the entire performance. The game itself also receives an original name that defines the overall theme of the game. Each competition must be judged by a jury headed by its chairman.
KVN contests
Greetings
This contest is played from the beginning of the game. In it, team members introduce themselves and their team. The greeting consists mainly of text jokes and thumbnails.
Warm up
A competition in which the teams must come up with a funny answer in thirty seconds to questions asked by other teams, the audience, the jury and / or the presenter.
STEM (Student Variety Miniature Theater)
A short competition that was coined in 1995. The main principle of the competition is that there should not be more than three KVN players on the stage at the same time. In the 2008 Major League season, the three-man rule became optional.
BRIZ (Bureau of rationalization and inventions)
A short literary competition in which teams need to present some kind of invention or phenomenon.
Musical competition
A competition that focuses on musical numbers - songs, dances or playing instruments. In 1995, they came up with the One Song Contest (SPC), in which only one melody can be used, and in 2003, the Musical Final, which is a final song contest, in which teams need to write a beautiful and funny final song.
Biathlon
A competition invented by the Belarusian KVN. The team members “shoot” with jokes, and after each round the jury removes the less liked team from the distance. The winner receives 1 point, and in case of a draw - 0.9 points for each of the finalists of the competition.
News Contest
Similar to BREEZE, but looks like a joke news release. Like u “warm-up” u at “biathlon”, all the playing teams stand on the stage in this competition.
Homework
Long contest, played at the end of the game. In the absence of the "Musical" it is sometimes played as a "musical homework".
Freestyle
A free competition in which teams are allowed to play in any style and show any numbers. The competition was created in 2003.
Film competition
A competition that needs to shoot a video clip or dub a famous film.
Captains competition
Individual competition for captains of competing teams.
One Song Contest (SOP)
League KVN
Official leagues of MS KVN (TTO AMiK) for 2009
Central Leagues Editors
Major League Moscow Andrey Chivurin (KhAI), Leonid Kuprido (BSU)
Premier League Mikhail Gulikov (Transit), Valentin Ivanov (KhAI), Alexey Lyapichev (NZM)
Ukrainian Higher League Kyiv Andrey Chivurin (KhAI), Valentin Ivanov (KhAI)
First Aiga Minsk Leonid Kuprido (BSU), Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI)
League "Start KVN" Voronezh Valentin Ivanov (KhAI), Anatoly Shulik
League "KVN-Asia" Krasnoyarsk Sergey Ershov ("Pelmeni"), Dmitry Shpenkov (MPEI)
Slobozhanskaya League Kharkiv Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI), Dmitry Prokhorov (SSU)
Ural League Chelyabinsk Sergey Ershov ("Pelmeni"), Ilgam Rysaev ("4 Tatars")
Northern League Khanty-Mansiysk Vyacheslav Myasnikov (Pelmeni), Alexey Eks (Left Bank)
Luga "Povolzhye" Kazan Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI), Dmitry Kolchin (SOK)
Camp "KVN-Siberia" Novosibirsk Yuri Kruchenok (BSU), Renat Aktuganov (Sib. Siby)
Ryazan League Ryazan Alexander Yakushev ("Prima"), Vadim Ermishin ("Warlock")
Laga of Moscow and Moscow region Moscow Alexey Lyapichev (NzM), Oleg Valentsov
Krasnodar League Krasnodar Mikhail Gulikov ("Transit"), Ilgam Rysaev ("4 Tatars")
First Ukrainian League Odessa Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI), Dmitry Prokhorov (SSU)
Inter-regional leagues Editors
Dnieper League Dnepropetrovsk Evgeniy Gendin ("KVN Theater" DGU "")
Pacific League Khabarovsk Andrey Minin ("Maximum"), Alexey Petrenko ("Bot. Garden")
Far Eastern League Vladivostok Alexander Madich (Team of Vladivostok), Evgeniy Usov (Okean-Nakhodka)
League "Kavkaz" Vladikavkaz Timur Karginov ("Pyramid"), Zaur Baitsaev ("Pyramid")
League "West of Russia" Kaliningrad Ilya Romanko (Pyatigorsk), Pavel Pavlovsky (GUU)
Astana League Astana Kumar Lukmanov (Astana), Nurlan Koyanbaev (Astana)
League "Caspian" Astrakhan Artyom Usov ("4 Tatarina"), Alexey Lyapichev (NZM)
League "Polesie" Gomel Yury Kruchenok (BSU), Ilya Zuev (Belarusian national team)
League "Baltika" Saint-Petersburg Timofey Kuts (Team of St. Petersburg), Taymaz Sharipov (Team of St. Petersburg)
Liga "KVN-Plus" Nizhny Novgorod Ivan Pyshnenko ("Sports Station"), Konstantin Obukhov ("Sports Station"), Alexey Yurin ("NZ" Nizhny Novgorod)
League divisions Editors
All-Russian Junior League Moscow
Moscow Student League Oleg Valentsov, Pavel Pavlovsky (GUU team)
Moscow Student League 2 Moscow Oleg Valentsov, Pavel Pavlovsky (GUU team)
Major League
Main article: Major League of KVN
The Higher League of the revived KVN has existed since 1986, when KVN reappeared on television. Until 1993, this league was the only official one, and in 1993 the first league appeared, the champion of which received an automatic ticket to the top league of the next season. Thus, the level of the major league began to grow from year to year, and most teams got there already having played in the first league. Later, in 1999, other official leagues of KVN appeared, teams with experience of playing in various official leagues of TTO AMiK began to get the highest. The number of top league teams increased from 6 to 12 and 15 teams in the B season. Typically, the top league consists of three games of the 1/8 finals, two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final, although at different times there have been experiments with repechage games and double semi-finals. The champion of the highest league is considered the champion of the entire club and receives the right to play in the KVN Summer Cup. The leader of the league is Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov, the jury is attended by well-known people, recently the permanent members of the jury are Konstantin Ernst (chairman of the jury), Julius Gusman, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Efremov and Igor Vernik. The remaining members of the jury change from game to game.
From 1986 to 2009, 138 KVN teams played in the major league.
Premier League
Main article: KVN Premier League
The Premier League was opened In 2003, it became the second television league of Channel One. Younger KVN teams play in the Premier League, mostly champions and finalists of various official leagues. In 2004, it was decided that the champion of the first league would fall into the television league, that is, into the higher or premier league, only the champion of the premier league automatically falls into the higher league. In addition, the Premier League season includes teams that lost the 1/8 finals of the Premier League, which are offered to continue the Premier League season. The premier league season pattern changes from season B season: sometimes the season starts with a premier league festival (which functions as a qualifying game), then three or four round of 16 games are played, two or three quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final. At the moment [when?] most of the teams of the higher league are graduates of the Premier League, among them are the champions of the Club in 2005, "Narts from Abkhazia" and "Megapolis", as well as the champion of 2007 MPEI team, "Ordinary People", Champion 2008 "Maximum" (Tomsk). Alexander Maslyakov Jr. leads the Premier League, and well-known KVN players sit in the jury. From 2003 to 2007, 86 teams played in the Premier League (the Premier League only reached 86 in 2001). Until the 2007 semi-finals, the jury made decisions in the Premier League by meeting, but since the fall of 2007, scoreboards have appeared in the Premier League. In addition, it was decided not to put on the jury editors of the league and KVN players working with competing teams. The champions of the Premier League were the teams "Region-13" (2003), "Left Bank" (2003), "Maximum" (2004 and 2005), "Megapolis" (2004), "Sportivnaya Station" (2006), "SOK" (2007), "Triod and Diode" (2008), "Polygraph Poligrafych" (2008), "Parapaparam" (2009).
Club Champions
Higher League-1987 Odessa OSU Odessa Gentlemen
Major League-1988 Novosibirsk NSU
Higher League-1989 Kharkiv HVVAIU
Major League-1990 Odessa OSU Odessa Gentlemen
Higher League-1991 Novosibirsk NGU
Major League-1992 Yerevan Baku YSMI Boys from Baku
Higher League-1993 Novosibirsk NSU Only girls in jazz
Premier League-1994 Yerevan YSMI
Major League-1995 Moscow Kharkov Armed Forces of the Russian Federation KhAI Squadron of hussars
Major League-1996 Makhachkala DSU Makhachkala vagabonds
Higher League-1997 Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog Yerevan Transit New Armenians
Major League-1998 Tomsk Children of Lieutenant Schmidt
Major League-1999 Minsk BGU
Major League-2000 Yekaterinburg USTU-UPI Ural dumplings
Higher League-2001 Minsk BGU
Major League-2002 Chelyabinsk-Magnitogorsk County town
Major League-2003 Sochi Burnt by the Sun
Major League-2004 Pyatigorsk Team of Pyatigorsk
Major League-2005 Sukhumi Narts from Abkhazia Megapolis
Major League-2006 Moscow RUDN University
Major League-2007 Moscow MPEI Ordinary people
Major League-2008 Tomsk TSU MaximuM
Deal of the day: performance of the KVN team
One of the most successful television products of domestic television - the game "KVN" - on November 8 turned 55 years old. The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov, and the date was chosen due to the fact that it was on November 8, 1961 that the first game of the club of the cheerful and resourceful went on the air.
Among the first hosts were VGIK students Elem Klimov, Alexander Belyavsky, aspiring film actresses Natalya Zashchipina and Natalya Fateeva. Over time, a permanent duo of presenters formed - Albert Axelrod and Svetlana Zhiltsova. Since 1964, Alexander Maslyakov has been the permanent host of KVN.
Over the years, the program has experienced closure due to Soviet censorship on television. Many of the jokes of the students who participated in the games of the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful did not please the party leadership. However, in 1986, KVN experienced a "reset". This date is considered the beginning of the current format of the popular game. On the occasion of the club's anniversary, we decided to recall the most famous and successful teams of the last thirty years.
"Odessa Gentlemen"
The first champion of the Major League of KVN of the new format. It is rightfully considered one of the most successful club teams. She has two championship titles to her credit. The second was won in 1990. It is considered one of the smartest and most stylish teams, which in their jokes combined subtle Odessa humor with topical issues of that time. One of the main attributes of the guys from Odessa State University was a white scarf. In addition, the inhabitants of Odessa were the first of many cheerful and resourceful people to continue their activities on television, having founded the program "Gentleman Show".
"Novosibirsk State University"
The team from Novosibirsk State University won the Major League three times in 1988, 1991 and 1993. It seems that such a result is unlikely to be able to repeat ever one of the club's teams. Siberians won almost every tournament they participated in. Their jokes really went to the people. It is NSU that owns the cult phrase: "Let the party steer", which largely characterized the process of "perestroika" in the country.
During its existence, the composition of the NSU team has changed several times. It was attended by Tatyana Lazareva, Alexander Pushnoy, Andrey Bocharov, Konstantin Naumochkin, Mikhail Zuev. In addition, it was on the KVN stage that the first appearance on the screen of the four-year-old Pelageya took place. Note that some members of the team later also tried their hand at the television project "OSP Studio".
"Children of Lieutenant Schmidt"
The pride of the Altai KVN. The history of the team began in 1996, when the show theater "Kaleidoscope" from Barnaul and the theater of miniatures "Lux" from Tomsk merged. The name was chosen for a long time, deleting options one by one from the list.
The debut performance of the team "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" took place in 1996, when the Siberians won the local League. However, already in 1998, KVN players made their debut in the Major League and became champions on the first try. Then, at the KVN music festival in Jurmala, the team won "KiViNa in gold". "Children" won all significant awards in KVN: Summer Cup, Champions Cup, Friendship Cup, President's Cup of Ukraine, also became champions of KVN-Siberia three times. More than half of the members of that well-known team come from Barnaul. The project "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" lives on today: team members perform various concerts around the country.
"Makhachkala tramps"
One of the most titled teams in the history of KVN. The team has actively participated in festivals since its inception. In 1995 they were awarded the highest award of the music festival in Jurmala and were awarded the "Golden KiViN". A year later, they repeated their success. In 1996, Makhachkala residents became champions of the Major League. In just seven years, the team has won everything that is possible in KVN. They have three full-length comedy films to their credit.
"New Armenians"
The "New Armenians" team was formed in 1994. The basis of the created team was the KVN players of the first Armenian League of KVN in 1993. The team was first called "Relatives from Yerevan". In the 1996 Major League season, the team reached only the semi-finals, where they lost to the Makhachkala Vagrants. In 1997, "New Armenians" were able to enter the season again and, having taken first places in all games, reached the final, where they shared the title of champion with the team "Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit". In addition, "New Armenians" twice became the owners of "KiViN in Light". After their breakup, many team members actively continued their television careers. The greatest success was achieved by Garik Martirosyan and Artashes Sargsyan, who recently received a prominent position on the Match. TV channel.
"Belarusian State University"
The last great team to win the Major Leagues twice. The team appeared at the KiViN-1998 festival. According to the results of the festival, the team gets into the First League, where it becomes the champion. After that, the team receives a residence permit with a rank higher. In the first season, the team gets to the semi-finals, where it is inferior to the "Team of St. Petersburg". However, Alexander Maslyakov, by his decision, got the team to the final, where she defeated the St. Petersburg team, "New Armenians", becoming champions. The team from Belarus repeated this success two years later, beating Burnt by the Sun in the decisive game. In the same 2001, the team became the owner of the "Big KiViN in the Golden" at the Jurmala Music Festival.
"Ural dumplings"
They broke into the Higher League of KVN in 1995. For the first time, the team included members of the student construction teams of the Ural Polytechnic Institute. Cheerful tangerine shirts have become their hallmark. For many years they went to their victory in KVN, but they managed to do this only for the fifth season. It was in the "Dumplings" that Sergey Svetlakov became famous. "Ural dumplings" became one of the most popular KVN teams. Since 2009, they have been releasing their own comedy show on the STS channel with almost the same composition.
"Burnt by the Sun"
The KVN team, which many call the best in history. Initially, the team was headed by Ruslan Khachmamuk, but in 2002 he left and Mikhail Galustyan took his place. In 2000 and 2001, "Burnt by the Sun" became the silver medalists of the season, in 2003 - champions, and also took the KVN Summer Cup three times. It is rightfully considered the last titled team in the history of the game. We offer you to watch one of the brightest numbers of this cheerful southern team.
"County town"
This team was formed in 1999 as a result of the merger of two others - MGPI from Magnitogorsk and "Countrymen" from Chelyabinsk. In 1999, the Uyezdny Gorod team became the winner of the First League of KVN, the final of which was held in Kazan. In 2000, the team entered the Major League of KVN. But only two years later they deservedly received the title of champion of the Major League of KVN. And in the same year, at the festival in Jurmala, "County Town" won a small KiViN. It was a stellar year for the team. For three seasons, the "County Town" team participated in the Highest League of KVN. Now the team is actively touring.
"Union"
The most successful KVN team of recent years. Major League Champions 2014. "Union" - singing team. A characteristic feature is the performance of small fragments of reworked songs, called "carapules" in a professional environment. Because of their style, the Soyuz team has never been left without prizes at the Voting KiViN festival over the past five years.
People always strive to get away from everyday worries and troubles. In this they will be helped by various activities that allow you to relax both in body and soul. To cheer up, you can visit the entertainment center, sauna, etc. But there is another option. You can turn on the TV at a certain time and watch a humorous TV show, such as KVN, Standup and much more.
Favorite show of many generations
The club of the cheerful and resourceful is a humorous program, a game of several teams. They perform in front of the audience, competing in wit. Participants are asked various tricky questions, the answers to which should please both the audience and the jury.
Let us consider in more detail what kind of club this is, we will list some KVN teams, a list of their participants and the years when they gained popularity. Among them there are those that keep the brand and continue to be of interest to fans for several decades now.
Famous KVN teams, list of KVN players
There are several alliances of teams called leagues. The central leagues include: Higher, Premier, First, Slobozhanskaya, Ural, Northern, Ryazan, Volga and others. Interregional ones include: Dnieper, Pacific, Astana, "Kavkaz", "Polesie" and so on.
In 1986, the Major League of KVN appeared. Most often on television you can see the games of teams that are included in it. The host of the KVN program is Alexander Maslyakov. The Premier League is led by his son. His name is Alexander Alexandrovich Maslyakov. Since 1987, more than 200 teams have participated in the Major League. And the Club of cheerful and resourceful is not going to stop there.
List of KVN teams (Major League)
The following teams have participated in the Major League in different years:
- Moscow Engineering Construction Institute. They performed three times.
- Engineering and Construction Institute of the city of Voronezh. The team played 3 games and advanced to the semi-finals.
- Sevastopol Instrument-Making Institute. They pleased the audience and the jury with two performances.
- Chemical-Technological Institute of Moscow. Played 4 games. advanced to the final).
- Team "Ural janitors" of the Ural Polytechnic Institute. This is one of the record holders. The team took part in 7 games and reached the final.
- Odessa State University "Odessa Gentlemen". We played 8 games and became champions.
In subsequent years, teams from Dnepropetrovsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Ural universities, MGIMO, the Medical Institute in the city of Ivanovo and the Aviation Institute in Kharkov participated in the league. As well as other educational institutions.
Major League Game Winners
Novosibirsk (NSU) became champions in 1987-1988. In 1989 - Kharkovites, in 1995 - the team "Squadron of Hussars".
The team of the Belarusian State University became the champion in 2001. The year 2002 brought good luck to the famous "county town". In 2003, "Burnt by the Sun" (Sochi) won. 2006 was a good year for the team
Over the past decade, the champions have become: "Ordinary People" (MEU), "Maximum" (TSU), the team "PriMa" (Kursk), the Team of the Krasnodar Territory, "SOK" from Samara, "Triod and Diode" (Smolensk), "City of Pyatigorsk", "Soyuz" (Tyumen), Team of the Kamyzyak Territory, "Asia MIX" (Bishkek).
We list the list of KVN teams of 2017.
Made it to the final:
- "Radio Liberty" (Yaroslavl).
- "Sparta" (Astana).
- Team of the Great Moscow State Circus.
- Team "Plyushki named after Yaroslav Gashek" (Tver).
Qualified for the semi-finals:
- Team of Georgia.
- "Player" (Tambov).
- "Benevolent Roman" (St. Petersburg).
- Team of the Kaliningrad region.
- "Russian road" (Armavir).
- Team of the Trans-Baikal Territory.
The list of KVN teams can be divided by country. For example: Russia has 154 teams. Ukraine has 37. Kazakhstan is represented by 6 teams. Belarus - 6, Georgia - 5, Armenia - 3, Azerbaijan - 2. Abkhazia, Uzbekistan, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan - one team each.
Russia became the champion 21 times, Ukraine - 5, Armenia -3, Belarus - 2.
The audience especially remembered: “Ural dumplings”, “Children of Lieutenant Schmidt”, “New Armenians”, “Burnt by the Sun”, “County Town”, “Only Girls in Jazz”, RUDN University, “Makhachkala Tramps”, “Four Tatars” and some other.
Some members of the KVN teams (the list with a photo can be seen below) have become very popular. They are invited to various TV shows. Everyone's favorite Sergey Svetlakov, inimitable Mikhail Galustyan, charming Garik Martirosyan, Dmitry Brekotkin, Ararat Keshchyan and others. Bold humor and witty remarks have become a kind of their hallmark.
Jury members
All games are judged by people who are close to television and understand what it means to have a sharp mind, artistry and the ability to stay on stage. Just saying a "smart" thing is not a win. Participants must present themselves in the best possible way, get used to this or that role.
The jury evaluates the performances of the teams and gives them marks.
As judges, you can often see such famous figures as Leonid Yakubovich, Igor Vernik, Valdis Pelsh, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Efremov and others.
The list of KVN teams is updated annually. I would like to hope that the new members will delight the audience with interesting jokes and sketches, just like the old ones. The transfer of the Club of cheerful and resourceful is one of the most beloved programs not only of the adult generation, but also of children.
KVN today is not only an abbreviation for a popular TV show. This is a game that connects several generations and a huge number of representatives of different countries and cultures. After the next birthday of the club, let's remember the history of KVN, the founders and how it all began.
In the beginning it was VVV
Although the official history of KVN dates back to 1961, the basis of the popular program was laid a little earlier. In 1957, on the eve of the World Festival of Youth and Students, the center of which Moscow was chosen, at the Komsomol meeting it was decided to introduce the humorous program "An Evening of Merry Questions" into the television program. It is worth noting that the prototype of this program was the Czechoslovak TV show "Guess, Guess, Fortune Teller". The creators of this game were Sergey Muratov, Albert Axelrod and Mikhail Yakovlev, and the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky and the aspiring actress Margarita Lifanova were chosen as the hosts of the program.
The format of the TV show "Evening of funny questions" was significantly different from KVN, to which we are accustomed. First of all, the game was broadcast only live, and its participants were directly the audience. Unfortunately, despite its great popularity, the program went on the air only three times, due to an overlay on the air, the project was canceled.
The birth of a club of cheerful and resourceful
Only four years after the closing of the Evening of Funny Questions program, the idea of creating a humorous TV game "The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful" (or simply KVN) was born. The authors of the games of the humorous club were the same people who were engaged in the games of BBB. "An evening of funny questions" was closed due to overlap with the audience, who wished to participate in the program. In this regard, the founder of KVN Sergey Muratov decided to make the game purely television. Yes, and the name KVN came in handy: in those days, this was the name of the KVN-49 TV brand. It was at this time that the format of the game-competition in wit between different teams, familiar to us from childhood, was laid.
The debut of the new TV show took place in November 1961, and Albert Axelrod and Svetlana Zhiltsova turned out to be the hosts of KVN some time after the start of the broadcast of the games.
Members of the club's first games
Unlike the current teams, the first members of the club were students of institutes and universities. In the debut game, the participants were teams from MISI (Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering) and the Institute of Foreign Languages. The first programs were broadcast live in the same way as the "Evening of Funny Questions" program had once been. And although there was no script as such initially, and some of the competitions were invented on the go, and the rules were improved in the process, the popularity of KVN grew at an amazing rate.
The KVN movement quickly spread throughout the country. Games began to be held not only among students, but also among schoolchildren and vacationers in pioneer camps, at enterprises. To get into the game that was on TV, the teams had to go through a serious selection, which only the best of the best managed to overcome.
Leading KVN - Alexander Maslyakov
Until 1964, Albert Axelrod was the main host of the TV show, but he left the TV project along with other founders - Sergei Muratov and Mikhail Yakovlev. Instead of Axelrod, Alexander Maslyakov, a student of the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, was appointed to the post of game manager, who to this day is the leader of the club's major league games.
However, the program was not destined to be on television for a long time. The players were often ironic about the ideology of the Soviet regime, so the records of the club's games began to be censored. Over time, censorship became more severe, and sometimes even reached the point of absurdity. So, KVN participants could not go on stage with a beard - the censors saw this as a mockery of Karl Marx. And in 1971, due to the overly sharp jokes of the teams, the program was closed by decision of the head of the central television, Sergei Lapin.
We start KVN
Thanks to the efforts of one of the participants in the first KVN, the TV show was aired again. The new founder of KVN Andrey Menshikov, the captain of the MISI team, left the format of the program and the presenter (Alexander Maslyakova). But there were some innovations: an invited jury appeared (in the first editions, these were the founders of the game), new contests and a scoring system. Among other things, the host of the program had to take on the role of editor.
So, in 1986, the first game of the revived club of the cheerful and resourceful was shown on the country's television screens. It was at this moment that the club's anthem "We start KVN" appeared, and past games began with a song performed by Oleg Anofriev.
The TV show needed only a few episodes to reach the same level of popularity as previous projects. The Kvnov movement also revived, moreover, it spread not only in Russia, but also in some countries of Western Europe and in the United States of America.
KVN today
To date, KVN is one of the highest rated television programs. Kvnov games are held not only in schools and universities, but also in various enterprises. This humorous club brings together participants not only from Russia and neighboring countries, but also from many European countries. Since the return of the game to television screens, more than 100 different teams have taken part in the major leagues alone.
And although the rules of the game can change even during the competition, regardless of the level of the league (including in the major league of KVN), there are several basic, mandatory conditions. Firstly, KVN is a team game, one participant will not be released onto the stage. The team must have a captain or front man representing it at the captains' competition, if such is included in the program. Secondly, teams are tested for their ability to joke in several competitions, for example, it can be a warm-up, homework or biathlon. Moreover, each game has a thematic name that sets the direction.
On television, you can now see the games of the major leagues, premieres, international and releases of children's KVN.
The most famous kvnschikov
In the very first KVN games, which took place from 1961 to 1971, the participants were such celebrities as Boris Burda, Mikhail Zadornov, Gennady Khazanov, Leonid Yakubovich and Julius Gusman (who has long been a permanent member of the jury of major league games).
In addition, almost all the founders of the popular comedy television project "Comedy Club" left KVN. So, Garik Martirosyan led the team "New Armenians", Mikhail Galustyan - "Burnt by the Sun", in which Alexander Revva also performed, Semyon Slepakov - the team of the city of Pyatigorsk, Pavel Volya and Timur Rodriguez were members of the team Valeon Dasson.
In addition, over the years, Alexey Kortnev, Vadim Samoilov, Alexander Pushnoy, Pelageya, Alexander Gudkov, Vadim Galygin, Ekaterina Varnava and many other kvnschiks who became famous took part in the club's games.
The KVN team "Ural dumplings" releases a show of the same name, in which, like in KVN, Dmitry Sokolov, Dmitry Brikotkin participate. The first team that continued to joke on television in their own show was "Odessa Gentlemen", by the way, with their light hand, or rather, a joke uttered in one of the games, Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was proclaimed the president of the club of the cheerful and resourceful.
The best KVN teams. What are they?
To earn the title of the best KVN team, the participants needed to win the major league games. Over the long history of the TV show, the cup of winners has received many teams, each of them can be called the best.
Over the years, the best were the participants of one of the most titled teams "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt", the national team of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, the Tomsk team "Maximum", "County Town", "Juice", "Triod and Diode", "SOYUZ", "Asia MIX" and many others.
Who was on the jury of the major league of KVN?
Celebrities are invited to the KVN jury - show business stars, former KVN participants, producers, actors or TV presenters. And although the composition of judges changes regularly, it is never less than 5 people. So, let's remember the most eminent members of the referee team of the club.
In the entire history of the KVN game, a huge number of celebrities have been in the role of judges. So, the founder of KVN Andrey Menshikov was present at the first games as a member of the jury. As mentioned earlier, a permanent member of the jury of major league games - He has been evaluating the ability of the participants to joke for over 30 years. - the chairman of the judging panel of the game of the major league - is present at almost all games of this level. Permanent members of the jury also include Leonid Yakubovich, Ekaterina Strizhenova, Valdis Pelsh and Mikhail Galustyan.
In addition, at various times, media personalities participated and continue to participate as members of the jury of the major league in KVN: Alexander Abdulov, Igor Vernik, Semyon Slepakov, Ivan Urgant, Andrey Malakhov, Pelageya, Leonid Yarmolnik, Andrey Mironov, Vladislav Listyev, Larisa Guzeeva and a lot others.
KVN participants connected their lives with humor. Even after their journey in the Major League on Channel One ended, they created new humorous platforms, succeeded and got rich.
Let's see who the KVN stars have become over the years.
1. The "New Armenians" team was formed in 1994, they have repeatedly become finalists of the Major League of KVN
The life of many participants after the game changed dramatically, they became popular and rich. The most famous members of the "New Armenians" team: Garik Martirosyan, Arman Saghatelyan, Artur Janibekyan.
Garik Martirosyan - captain since the 1997 season. One of the authors of the Comedy Club.
Host of popular TV shows on TNT, as well as on other channels: Minute of Glory, Dancing with the Stars, ProjectorParisHilton. Co-author and producer of "Our Russia", "Eggs of DestinyIn 2012, Forbes estimated Martirosyan's fortune at $2.8 million.
Arman Saghatelyan - captain until the 1997 season.
He is a public relations specialist, in 2013 he became the press secretary of the President of Armenia, in 2016 he was appointed to the position of executive director of the Public Radio Company of Armenia
Artur Dzhanibekyan has been the head of the Gazprom-Media Entertainment Television sub-holding since 2015 and the CEO of the TNT channel since 2016. Imagine the scale of his fees
2. "KhAI" - the KVN team of the Kharkov Aviation Institute, the champion of the Higher League of KVN in 1995
Most of the team members linked their lives with KVN forever. After the games on central television, they started editing local and regional teams.
The most popular of the team is Andrey Chivurin.
He was the editor of the Higher League of KVN in 1996-2012 and the Higher Ukrainian League of KVN, currently - editor of the show "League of Laughter", screenwriter
3. "Makhachkala vagabonds" - the KVN team of the Dagestan State University, the champion of the Major League of KVN in 1996
Shaban Muslimov - team captain
He created the writers' agency "Authors Guild". Head of the production company "Russian Pictures". Scriptwriter and director of the series "Happy Together". Participated in many projects: "The Return of Mukhtar" (RTR), "My Fair Nanny" (STS). He wrote scripts for many shows, such as: "Star Factory" (Channel One), "Song of the Year" (Channel One), the TEFI ceremony and others.
Khalil Musaev is an actor. Active participant in the projects "Highlanders from the mind" and "Give youth!"
Karen Mkrtchyan after KVN took up social activities.
General Director of the Youth Center of Culture in Makhachkala, Director of the State Budgetary Institution "Dagestan-Concert". Honored Art Worker of the Republic of DagestanHelps the Dagestan KVN teams. 
4. "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" - an association of students from Tomsk and Barnaul. In 1997, the "Children" became the champions of the Major League
Petr Vins after KVN began a film career
After the games, Peter began his film career - he starred in the films "Day of the Hamster, or Russian Happiness", "Hello, we are your roof", "The Best 3D Film", "Steel Butterfly", "Nightingale the Robber", "Invisibles", in TV series “Who is the boss in the house”, “The house that the housing office built”
Vitaly Gasaev - one of the voices of the team
sang in the rock band "Jolly Roger", and began his solo career when he won the competition for young performers "Show-Transit" in Novosibirsk. In 1995, he played the role of Judas in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. For 19 years he has released 9 solo albums and is still touring with concerts in Russia.
Dmitry Nikulin is engaged in touring activities
Involved in TV projects, works in the theater. Participated in the show "33 square meters", "To spite the records" and the TV show "Thank God you came!".
Alexander Pushnoy is the most famous member of the team
Known as the creator of the APOG contest in the program Good Jokes, the host of the programs Galileo, Who is Smarter than a Fifth Grader?, Song of the Day. Now he is engaged in scoring films, writes music for computer games, and leads rock festivals.
5. "Ural dumplings" - a creative association from Yekaterinburg, a program of the same name on STS, winners of the Major League of KVN in 2000
Sergey Svetlakov left the team to pursue his own projects
One of the founders of the Comedy Club in Russia. Host of the show "ProjectorParisHilton", the jury of "Dances" and "Comedy Battle". Filmed in an advertisement for the mobile operator Beeline. Member of the comedy show "Ural dumplings", "Comedy Club", in the role of the old man Mitrich on TNT. He starred in the film "Eggs of Destiny", "Christmas Trees".
Andrey Rozhkov scriptwriter "Big Difference"
Sergei Netievsky founded First Hand Media in 2012, after which he released successful humorous sitcoms
He is a producer, author and presenter of "Ear of Moscow", "Ural dumplings", creative producer of the sketch show "Unreal Story", screenwriter of the feature film "Freaks" (2010).By decision of the collective meeting, he was dismissed from the post of director of the Ural dumplings, but he appealed this decision in court.
Sergey Ershov - participant of the "Ural dumplings" on STS
Known for his role in the series "Real Boys", participation in the project "Money. Sex. Radiculitis". In March 2014, he opened a European-level nightclub in Yekaterinburg called "Hills 18/36".
Julia Mikhalkova-Matyukhina - model, actress. She was a TV presenter on local channels, weather forecast
In 2016, to participate in the elections of deputies of the State Duma, she put forward her candidacy for the preliminary vote of United Russia. Under pressure from the regional administration and at the request of the Yekaterinburg Metropolitan, she withdrew her candidacy from the elections.
Dmitry Brekotkin often flashes on all television screens, as since 2013 he has been the face of Tricolor TV advertising
He played various roles in “Thank God, you have come!”, “Show News”, “Very Russian Detective”, “Give Youth!”, “Big Difference”, “Southern Butovo” and other humorous programs.
6. "Burnt by the Sun" twice became the winners of the Major League
Mikhail Galustyan and Alexander Revva are one of the most famous duets of KVN. On account of their successful miniatures, which are still loved by millions of viewers
Both of them after the games became participants in various humorous programs. Alexander Revva - resident of the Moscow "Comedy Club", jury "One to One", singer - Artur Pirozhkov, producer.Mikhail Galustyan acted as a producer of the films “Nannies”, “That Carloson!”, “Ticket to Vegas”, “A Gift with Character”, “8 New Dates”, “One Left”, is also a resident of the “Comedy Club”, acts in films .
7. "County town" - the team of the cities of Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, champion of the Major League 2002
Sergey Pisarenko and Evgeny Nikishin are another creative duet that continues to work together.
Both are in films.From October 2010 to February 20, 2011, they hosted the program “Laughter in the Big City”, since 2012 - “Parade of Podes” on the New Channel (Ukraine), “Be a Muzhik” (Pepper).
Stanislav Yarushin - showman, actor
Filmed in the series "Univer" in the role of Anton Martynov. Presenter of the programs “Big City” (STS), “Color of the Nation” (STS), “Everything is our way!” (STS), “Yesterday Live” on the First.
8. "Odessa Gentlemen" - KVN team of Odessa State University. Two Season Champions
Oleg Filimonov - winner of the Golden Ostap, TEFI, Teletriumph awards, winner of the international festival of satire and humor Master Gambs, at which he was awarded an honorary prize - a personal "twelfth" golden chair
He is the author of the script for the TV shows "Naked and Funny" (Inter, Peretz) and "Funny People" (Pepper).
Svyatoslav Pelishenko was the captain of the team.
In the future, the winner of the TEFI television award as a screenwriter of the television program Gorodok (2007), host, starred in episodes of various TV seriesSvetlana Fabrikant currently holds the position of head of the regional headquarters of the Strong Ukraine party. Prior to that, she worked for a long time at the My Odessa shopping mall, was the general director.
9. "Guys from Baku" - Azerbaijani KVN team from Baku. 1992 season champions
Timur Vainshtein is the General Producer of JSC NTV Television Company
Member of the Academy of Russian Television, Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts, Member of the Board of the Association of Film and Television Producers. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Moscow Film School. He is a producer of more than 150 projects, most of which were shown in the prime time of the largest Russian TV channels.
Bahram Arif oglu Bagirzade is a comedian, director, presenter.
Member of the Union of Cinematographers, as well as the Association of Cartoonists of AzerbaijanPublishes glossy magazines in Baku, own books, acts in films.
