10.11.2017, 12:06
Russian humorist and propagandist Mikhail Zadornov died on November 10 from brain cancer. What was his life like, and what led him to the path of hatred for everything Western?
Died Russian writer-satirist, humorist Mikhail Zadornov. He was 69 years old last years Zadornov fought a brain tumor, but all efforts were in vain.
Information about the death of the satirist was confirmed by TV presenter Regina Dubovitskaya: “Yes, indeed, Mikhail Nikolayevich died. I can’t say anything more, the information is unexpected,” she said.
Recall that in 2016, Zadornov, on his personal page on the social network, spoke about a “serious illness” that needed to be treated “immediately”. After that, Putin's lover was treated abroad, in the oncology department of the Berlin clinic "Charite" he underwent a brain biopsy.
This was followed by treatment in a number of Baltic countries. In one of the private clinics in Jurmala, he underwent surgery, a course of chemotherapy and a number of recovery procedures. However, despite temporary success, it turned out that all the efforts of doctors did not bring results.
One of Zadornov's friends anonymously added that, according to the latest assessments of doctors, Zadornov's treatment was called useless. Mikhail Zadornov even decided to abandon debilitating operations, instead of which he preferred droppers and quiet evenings with his family at his beloved Baltic dacha - in a country that he mocked for half his life.
Mikhail Zadornov at the university
Mikhail Zadornov was born in 1948 in Jurmala. Mikhail Zadornov was born in the Latvian resort city of Jurmala. His father, Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov, was a writer specializing mainly in historical topics. Mom - Elena Melkhiorovna Matusevich - came from an old noble family, was a housewife.
While still at school, Mikhail began to seriously get involved in the theater. According to relatives, in one of the children's performances, young Mikhail so masterfully played the role of a turnip that he was repeatedly pulled out for an encore. The next role was a costumed bear staged by " profitable place Ostrovsky - his character had no words, but Mikhail growled so convincingly that he was invited to the drama circle on a permanent basis.
Debuted in independent creativity Zadornov at the age of 18. But his work "Intersection Point" was not interested in any publication.
In his life, Mikhail Zadornov was officially married only once. His wife, Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina, the daughter of a high-ranking Latvian politician, studied with him at the same school, then was his classmate at the Moscow Aviation Institute. A beautiful and smart girl knew her worth, and therefore Mikhail had to win her heart for a long time. Young people met for a long time, and in the spring of 1971 they got married.
Relations in a young family went wrong at a time when the artist's career began to rapidly gain momentum. At this moment, Mikhail Zadornov began dating Elena Bombina - with a girl who was 16 years younger than the satirist, he met at one of his performances in the late 80s. Subsequently, she became his common-law wife. In 1990, Mikhail and Elena had a daughter, Elena Zadornova, the only child of Zadornov.
Daughter of Mikhail Zadornov (left) and civil wife(on right)
In 1969, Zadornov, after studying at the Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers
transferred to the second year of the Moscow Aviation Institute, which he graduated in 1974 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Zadornov stayed to work at the MAI for the youth theater "Russia" at the MAI, to which he devoted a substantial part of the student body: he was an actor, he himself acted as a playwright and director. Under his leadership, the theater became famous in Soviet republics and was awarded Lenin Komsomol. The life of Mikhail Zadornov was connected with "Russia" until 1980.
From 1974 to 1985 he worked in the magazine "Youth". Since 1984, he headed it, but soon left this job. Zadornov tried to act as a satirist on television since 1982, since 1985 Zadornov began his own literary career. Zadornov wrote satirical stories and essays, plays and humoresques.
In 1984, Zadornov delivered a monologue "The Ninth Car". It was this life sketch about how two wagons with the same number were mistakenly attached to the next train to Hungary, which later became calling card Zadornov.
In the late eighties, Mikhail Zadornov was already working as the author of humorous texts for other artists. Many well-known humorists, including Yevgeny Petrosyan, spoke with his monologues, and Zadornov himself regularly shared new observations with his characteristic irony in the new issues of Laughter Panorama, Full House and Satirical Forecast.
A peculiar indicator of the artist's popularity was the fact that on December 31, 1991, it was Mikhail Zadornov who congratulated the Russians on the New Year instead of Yeltsin, who was supposed to take the place of Gorbachev.
Watch New Year's performance of Zadornov in 1991:
Later, Zadornov received an apartment in the "nomenklatura" building on Osennaya Street, where Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Alexander Korzhakov, head of the presidential security guard, and other high-ranking officials lived. The fact is that the satirist often played tennis with Yeltsin and managed to make a good impression on the president. Then he clearly became close to the necessary politicians who influenced his work.
Political and racial motifs increasingly appeared in his performances in the 1990s.
1997 was marked by the release of a four-volume edition, 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 stretch, standing on the twine, or walked on his hands.
In the early 2000s, with the coming to power of the KGB nickname Vladimir Putin, the leitmotif of Zadornov's speeches became the "American" theme. Zadornov's signature phrase "Well, stupid!" and to this day does not leave the brains of Russians. After the scandal with the Russian Olympic team on winter games In 2002, in Salt Lake City, a satirist defiantly canceled an American visa.
Propaganda "Rurik. Lost true story" Zadornov
In 2012, he made a pseudo-historical propaganda film "Rurik. Lost Reality", which clearly defined his attitude towards people and all his subsequent work.
Since 2014, he has been imbued with hatred for Ukrainians and has repeatedly been noted for skeptical statements that made his hair stand on end. For example, regarding the Boeing that was shot down by DPR militants in 2014, he said that "the plane crashed because it was heavier than air."
Zadornov also actively supported the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the atrocities that the FSB arranged there, as well as the introduction of troops by Russia into the Donbass and the formation of the "DPR" and "LPR".
His biography, personal life, information about the family (wife and children) became the main topic of the day. He was known as a Soviet and Russian satirist, writer, radio host. The artist managed to gather full houses and convey positive emotions to the audience, and programs with his participation were always in the rating lists. Mikhail Zadornov loved his family, it is known that the artist had no children in his first marriage, but in a new relationship, he had a daughter.
First love and marriage
With my future wife Mikhail Zadornov met at the Riga gymnasium, in which, like her, he studied. A few years later they studied together in Moscow at the Aviation Institute. Velta, that was the girl's name. Mikhail liked her very much, he courted her for a long time, until the student reciprocated. Velta Kalnberzina was from the social significant family, her parents at that time were wealthy people, and the girl's father served as secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia.
Since the relationship between the young people was serious, in 1971 they filed an application with the registry office and in March they officially became husband and wife.
Relations between the spouses developed well, but there were no children in the family of Mikhail Zadornov and Velta Kalnberzin. After graduating from the institute, Mikhail's wife was invited to work as a teacher. It was this woman who soon became a real muse for the future comedian. She was lucky to be the first to hear the invented lines of the works, she supported Mikhail as best she could at the beginning of his career.
PHOTO: Mikhail Zadornov with his first wife
Subsequently, his wife often accompanied him on tours, arranged the life of the artist and took care of him with love. Mikhail Nikolaevich and Velta Yanovna have been in official relations for more than a decade. Even after parting former spouses managed to maintain friendly relations.
Velta Yanovna Zadornova, a smart, educated woman, is currently working as a professor at the Department of English Linguistics of the Faculty of Philology at a prestigious Moscow university.
Fateful meeting with Elena
Mikhail Zadornov did not always have time for his personal life, in the 80s Mikhail Nikolayevich toured the country a lot, at this stage he nevertheless met Elena Bombina. A young woman worked as an administrator, she immediately liked the artist. A relationship began between the satirist and Lena.
But Mikhail Zadornov already had a family, although there were no children in the marriage, he and his wife were in no hurry to divorce.
For a long time, the artist managed to hide from the public double life, at first even Velta did not know about the existence of Elena. Sometimes, Mikhail took turns taking women on creative trips.
But once in his interview, the phrase “my elder wife” escaped from his lips, the journalists decided that the satirist was joking as usual, but this turned out to be true.
A little later, Mikhail Nikolaevich began to appear in in public places with Elena. As you know, Lena is sixteen years younger than the satirist, but this age difference had no effect on their relationship. The woman always supported and loved Mikhail Nikolaevich, in turn, the famous satirist reciprocated her. In 1990, Elena gave birth to Mikhail Zadornov's daughter, the artist was very happy about this event, since he had no children in his previous marriage.
Pictured is a satirist with his wife and daughter
It should be noted that Elena was not mentioned more than once in scandalous stories, did not attribute novels to her on the side, she always remained faithful and loving Michael woman. In his interviews with journalists, the satirist often said that he had an ordinary normal family with a daughter.
Relationship with daughter
The daughter of Mikhail Zadornov is called Elena, this name was chosen in honor of the humorist's mother, the satirist was incredibly happy about the birth of the baby. When Lena was very tiny, he tried not to miss her first words, steps, but due to a busy work schedule, he was often not around.
A little later, he began to manage to spend more time with his daughter. Sometimes he took little Lena on tour, on the first such trip she was 4 years old. After the performance, the artist went backstage and saw his daughter crying. It turned out that the baby felt sorry for her dad, whom everyone laughed at.
Mikhail Nikolaevich often read stories and tales of children's writers to his daughter. When my daughter grew up, she already had her own library, carefully collected by Mikhail Nikolayevich. The daughter of a famous comedian loved to read Pushkin, Mayakovsky and other poets. In one of the rooms, physical development Lena, the comedian arranged a real mini gym, which included balls, jump ropes, hoops, and even a wall bars and a basketball hoop. Michael own example showed that it was necessary to play sports, so the girl learned how to walk on her hands, after which she demonstrated this exercise everywhere.
Since my daughter was very fond of animals, the first serious trip took place in Africa. The artist, like the girl, then received a lot of impressions. After Mikhail showed Lena Paris, Israel, they visited Novosibirsk together, Khabarovsk, Lena liked Vladivostok the most then.
Zadornov sought to show his daughter the nature of Russia, and together they visited the largest factories in the Urals. At school, Lena was not an excellent student, at one time her father told her that grades are not really important, but knowledge in the head is required.
When the girl reached adolescence, the satirist, like many parents, had a hard time communicating, as Zadornov himself said, there were a couple of moments when I wanted to get a belt. However, such situations did not arise, conflicts were resolved peacefully.
Today, the daughter of Mikhail Zadornov is twenty-seven years old, this is his only child in a family with Elena Vladimirovna Bombina. It is known that the girl studied in Russian Institute theatrical art.
Biography of Zadornov
The famous satirist was born in the summer of 1948 in the Latvian city of Jurmala. His father was a writer, and his mother worked as an editor in one of the newspapers. Mikhail graduated from the gymnasium, the field entered Technical University in Riga, having studied there for two years, he is transferred to the Moscow aviation institute.
IN student years the young man often participated in skits, played in KVN. From 1974 to 1978, Mikhail worked as an engineer at one of the institute's departments. At the same time, the future comedian did not forget about creativity and held the position artistic director in the student theatre. The guys went on tour with performances, which he later wrote about in youth magazines.
In 1982, viewers throughout our country were able to watch Zadorny's debut on television for the first time, he read the student's letter to his parents. Mikhail Nikolayevich spoke in the then popular program “Around Laughter”. At the same time, he was in charge of the humorous department in the magazine "Youth", collaborated with famous satirists.
In 1980, Zadornov began concert activity, his performances gathered full halls of grateful spectators. In the past few years, the satirist has written many books that you can read on the Internet or order them through the comedian's website for very modest money.
Mikhail Zadornov participated in radio broadcasts, so the program "Neformat" was especially popular among listeners. Mikhail kept his blog, often corresponded with fans of creativity, they, in turn, sent to the humorist entertaining stories, interesting names, funny signs and announcements.
The biography of Mikhail Zadornov was rich ...
In the fall of 2016, Mikhail Nikolaevich lost consciousness at one of the concerts, after an examination, a brain tumor was diagnosed. Later in Germany, the disease was confirmed. Mikhail did not give up, surrounded by the support of his family and friends, he fought for his life.
As a result of treatment, the satirist underwent several courses of chemotherapy therapy, which did not give much effect. At some point, Mikhail Nikolaevich left for Latvia in his Vacation home to be with family. There were rumors that the artist tried to be treated with the help of an Altai shaman.
The other day it became known that Mikhail Zadornov reconciled with the Russian Orthodox Church repented and accepted unction. Archpriest Andrei Novikov, rector of one of the Moscow churches, spoke about this event with the consent of the satirist's relatives.
On November 10, the sad news was announced that Mikhail Nikolaevich had died. Presumably, Zadornov will be buried on the territory of the Riga Forest Cemetery, next to his father. And fans are inexorably watching his family, bringing their condolences to the wife of Mikhail Zadornov, and his daughter (see photo above).
Video from the interview:
Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov. Born July 21, 1948 in Jurmala (Latvian SSR) - died November 9, 2017 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian satirist writer, playwright, humorist, comedian, one of the first stand-up comedians in Russia, member of the Writers' Union of Russia.
Father - Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov (1909-1992), Soviet writer, Honored Cultural Worker of the Latvian SSR (1969), laureate Stalin Prize second degree for the novel "Cupid Father" (1952).
Mother - Elena Melchiorovna Zadornova (née Matusevich).
Graduated from the Riga high school No. 10. In one of his speeches, he said that he first went on stage in the second grade, played turnip. Moreover, “it was pulled out so elegantly that Bis shouted, Bravo, they say, pull it out again!”.
In 1974 he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) with a degree in mechanical engineering.
In 1974-1978 he worked at the same institute at the department 204 "Aviation and space heat engineering" as an engineer, then as a leading engineer.
Began publishing in 1974. In the 1970s and 1980s, Mikhail Zadornov was the stage director of the MAI student theater "Russia". With the staff of the agitation theater he traveled to many corners of the USSR, 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", but 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 since the late 1980s, he began to perform his own works.
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 spoke with the New Year's address to the inhabitants of the country (by that time to the inhabitants of Russia, since the USSR ceased to exist on December 26). In his speech, which was broadcast on live, Zadornov was so carried away that he spoke a minute longer, so I had to delay the broadcast of the chiming clock. However, Boris Yeltsin's appeal was also recorded and even broadcast on television, but after Zadornov's appeal.
In 2010, at the end of December, Mikhail Zadornov again delivered a New Year's address. This time with the help of the Internet.
Since 1990, books by M. N. Zadornov have been published: “The End of the World”, “I Don’t Understand!”, “Return”, a one-act comedy “ Modern people”, a cheerful play for the sad movie “Blouse”, four volumes - “ great country with an unpredictable past”, “We are all from Chi-Chi-Chi-Pi”, “Tiny Stars”, “Hitch”. He acted in films (the film “I Want Your Husband” (1991), the film “Genius” (1991), “Depression” (1991).
In 1992 he was on the jury major league KVN in two quarter-finals. In 1998 he was a member of the jury at the KVN festival "Voicing KiViN 1998" in Jurmala.
Mikhail Zadornov is the winner of the Golden Calf and Ovation awards.
In 1996 he became a laureate of the Arkady Raikin Cup for 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 st., 4/2, where there were also apartments of B. N. Yeltsin, V. S. Chernomyrdin, A. V. Korzhakov and others
In December 2009, Mikhail Zadornov opened a library in Riga named after his father, Nikolai Zadornov. 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 in Arina Rodionovna's height - 160 centimeters. Mikhail Nikolayevich initiated the project, the monument was erected at the expense of his fund. Grand opening monument is scheduled for June 5, 2010, to the XXV regional Pushkin holiday, dedicated to the 211th anniversary of the poet's birth.
Currently, Mikhail Nikolaevich leads vigorous activity on the Internet - he has his own blog in LiveJournal and a blog on the website of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. Also, in the summer of 2010, Mikhail Zadornov registered in social network"VKontakte" and uploaded to its page unique videos 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 own channel on youtube.com, where he also posted these recordings.
Traditionally, Zadornov conducts his speeches standing, holding papers with the texts of his numbers in his hand. However, in Lately(since 2007) he includes in his programs the performances of gymnasts Irina Kazakova and Dmitry Bulkin, as well as the Yudi break dance team, whom he met at the Minute of Glory talent competition, where he was on the jury. With these young people, he sits on the splits, stretches, walks on his hands and stands on his head, flapping his legs. Since 2004, Zadornov’s friend and co-author has also taken part in Zadornov’s concerts: the satirist writer from Riga Harry Polsky, who since 2010 has been running a permanent heading “Zadornovosti” at concerts.
Mikhail Zadornov - also an author musical works. The song “Dadu Vnedrezh” by Mr. Dadud, allegedly performed by Mikhail Gorbachev, was 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 Yevgeny Petrosyan. As part of the “Fun Day” concerts, Mikhail periodically sings a special musical theme and even sings some monologues under it. On the official website of the satirist, mixes of his speeches made by Valery Tsarkov (Dj Valer) are posted: “The West is a trap”, “ New Year in Russian”, “Girya”, “Pops”.
He brought Maxim Galkin to the big stage and is still friends with him.
Mikhail Zadornov is widely known for his critical statements about modern Western (primarily American) culture and lifestyle. As a protest against discrimination against the Russian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, he canceled an American visa.
Since 2006, Zadornov has been actively performing with numerous amateur exercises in the etymology of Russian words that 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.
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 by making a non-commercial pseudo-documentary film “Rurik. Lost Reality". On May 14, 2012, a special website and forum were opened to raise funds for its creation and to discuss the filming process. The film premiered on December 12 on REN TV. Historians criticized the picture for pseudo-science, one-sidedness and populism in the approach to the topic. The anti-Normanist ideas of the filmmaker were characterized by Dr. L. S. Klein as "militant dilettantism".
A prominent place in the work of Zadornov is occupied by the reform Russian education, including the introduction of a mandatory USE. Since 2010, he has published a number of critical articles on this topic (“USE - a control shot at the education system”, “Narrow-minded, forward - 2”, “Treason”), spoke negatively about the Minister of Education Andrei Fursenko.
In his monologues, he repeatedly said that for several years he had not voted for anyone in principle. However, he nevertheless took part in the 2011 State Duma elections, supporting the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In the 2012 presidential elections in Russia, 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 in Soviet Russia.
He is a supporter of the Ringing Cedars of Russia movement and spoke very warmly about Vladimir Megre, with whom he is close friends. Some considered Zadornov's support actually a hidden irony, but in other interviews, Zadornov firmly expressed support for the movement.
March 11, 2014 signed the appeal of cultural figures Russian Federation in support of the policy of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. Included in the list of persons who are prohibited from entering Ukraine.
Vegetarian since the age of 50.
In 2009, Zadornov was accused of plagiarism for retelling a story about a hatul-madan (scientist cat) from the blog of a LiveJournal user of the Israeli writer Victoria Reicher (pseudonym Neivid). The writer apologized and settled the issue with compensation of 100,000 rubles. However, this is not the first time. Wide famous story The Brick Hunter's Notes is an adaptation of an American urban legend famous on the Internet in the Darwin Award version (1998).
Known in Runet, Dmitry Puchkov ("Goblin") expressed his negative opinion about the work of Zadornov.
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 to women: “All 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 indignation of the Internet community of the seaside capital.
Illness and death of Mikhail Zadornov
In early October 2016, it was announced that the satirist had canceled a number of his concerts due to illness.
He wrote on social networks: "I must bring to your attention, because otherwise they will soon crawl about me various rumors: I really have to cancel some of the concerts before the New Year. First of all, those that are far from Moscow, and flights and long-distance difficult journeys are required. In the body, unfortunately, a serious ailment was found, which is characteristic not only of age. It is necessary to treat immediately. I don’t want to give any clarifications, so as not to make our icteric journalists salivate. Otherwise, all this journalistic slush will begin, and I need balance and perfect calmness. Therefore, I remind you once again: some of the concerts in Moscow and cities close to Moscow remain. Details can be found on my website. And distant concerts are canceled for very good reasons."
Zadornov again came up with explanations, actually confirming the rumors about cancer. He announced the upcoming chemotherapy.
"Firstly, teach: there are no reliable newspapers in our time. Secondly, this is completely untrue. In general, I think that everything is not as hopeless as it sometimes seems. In any case, one must resist. Yes, the treatment will be difficult and long. And therefore, many concerts are canceled. For such therapy as chemistry, you need to save energy, not spill it on all sorts of side fuss, "Zadornov wrote.
In November 2016, the comedian was operated on in Germany.
In June 2017, he decided to forego therapy in order to devote all of his remaining time to his family and friends.
When it became clear that traditional medicine was powerless against the disease, desperate relatives transported the artist to a medical center in the Moscow region and invited a man whom the press dubbed "Polish Kashpirovsky" to him. The healer turned out to be a certain Leo Shah (real name - Lev Shakhnovich).
In the fall of 2017, it became known that during the fight against oncology,. He chose his confessor - Archpriest Andrei Novikov. He confessed at the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow, received the sacraments of unction and communion.
Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov.
November 15, 2017 - at the Yaundubulti cemetery, next to the grave of his father, Soviet writer Nikolay Zadornov. Before that, a funeral was held in Riga in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
Mikhail Zadornov - Well, stupid
The growth of Mikhail Zadornov: 178 centimeters
Personal life of Mikhail Zadornov:
First wife - Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina (b. 07/26/1948), daughter former first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia Jan Eduardovich Kalnberzin, studied in a parallel class at the elite Riga school No. 10 with Mikhail, then together at the Moscow Aviation Institute, got married in March 1971, teacher at the university.
The second wife - Elena Vladimirovna Bombina (b. 1964) - administrator of the satirist. Daughter - Elena Zadornova (b. 1990) entered the Russian University theatrical art - GITIS.
Filmography of Mikhail Zadornov:
1991 - Genius - cameo (uncredited)
1991 - Depression (Depresija - Latvia) - official covering drug trafficking
1992 - I want your husband - Andrey
Scripts by Mikhail Zadornov:
1992 - I want your husband
2003 - Buying your husband! (Pērku jūsu vīru! - Latvia)
2008 - Arkaim - standing by the sun (documentary)
Mikhail Zadornov - Prophetic Oleg. Found true
"We must pay tribute to our state, which teaches history boringly. As a result, it turned out that my film was hooked. The story is interesting! And there are a lot of lies about it. by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Kremlin. That's why I decided to shoot the next film. By the way, I sent my film about Rurik to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, and two months later Putin said that two points of view on the Ruriks should be presented in textbooks. As a result, in the textbook according to history, they brought what Karamzin wrote about, that Rurik could be a Slav, and not necessarily a Scandinavian, "says Mikhail Zadornov.
