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Biography, life story of Olga Ushakova
Olga Ushakova is a Russian TV presenter.
Childhood and youth
Olya was born in Crimea on April 7, 1982. Her father was in the military. Because of the work of the head of the family, the Ushakovs constantly moved from place to place - they lived either in Russia or in Ukraine. In one city they stayed for a maximum of six months. For any other child, such frequent changes would be stressful, but for a strong and active Olya, this was not at all the case. On the contrary, Olya grew up as a very sociable girl, everywhere she managed to make friends. At the same time, she also managed to study well. It is worth noting that Olya went to school at the age of six. And she graduated, by the way, with a gold medal.
It cannot be said that Ushakova's childhood was cloudless. When she migrated from Ukraine to Russia and back, other peers often teased her - sometimes as a katsapka, sometimes as a khokhlushka. Olya could stand up for herself only with the use of physical force. The girl's parents were called to school more than once for fighting. And for Olya herself, this was a plus - negligent classmates, those who called her names, began to be afraid of her, and in a teenage environment this is synonymous with respect.
After school, Olga Ushakova entered the Kharkov National University named after V.N. Karazin and successfully completed it.
Career
After receiving a diploma of higher education, Olga Ushakova went into private business with her then boyfriend. Already at the age of 23, Ushakova took the post of head of the Ukrainian branch of a trading company whose activity was to promote European brands.
Very soon Olga moved to Moscow. In the capital of Russia, Ushakova seriously thought about what she should do next. The girl suddenly remembered her childhood hobby. A long time ago, when she was little, Olya loved to pretend to be a television announcer, using any available objects as a microphone. Beloved Ushakova advised her to take a chance and make her childhood dream come true. And Olya made up her mind.
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In 2004, Olga Ushakova came to Russian television, Channel One, as an intern. Without a specialized education, Olga began to fight her way to glory with her perseverance and perseverance. As a result of long and difficult studies, she managed to get rid of the Ukrainian accent and learn to speak clearly and smoothly, as required by the norms of Russian television. She learned to write news stories in combat (in the sense of working tasks).
For nine years, Olga hosted the News program, then she began to appear on the Good Day program, and in 2014, already an experienced professional, Ushakova took the place of a TV presenter on the Good Morning show. A year later, Olga received the well-deserved TEFI award.
Personal life
Olga never named the name of her first spouse (according to some reports, this marriage was not registered). The only thing she always told the public is that her first husband is a wonderful person, a real support that any woman dreams of. It is known that the chosen one was somewhat older than Lena.
From her first husband, Ushakova gave birth to two daughters-weather. Daria was the first to be born, later Ksenia was born. Dasha is a girl with special needs. It so happened that Ushakova's daughters were born in the same year (Olya found out that Ksyusha would be when Dasha was only three months old), so the sisters went to school together in the same class.
Daria and Ksenia are active and versatile girls. From childhood, they became interested in music, choreography, ballet, horseback riding, chess. When asked what they would like to become when they grow up, Dasha replied that she was a translator, and Ksyusha was a designer or a singer.
In the summer of 2017, Olga Ushakova married restaurateur Adam. A beautiful wedding ceremony took place in Cyprus. And in January 2018, the lovers delighted the public by announcing that they would have a baby at the end of April. In this regard, Ushakova said, she temporarily leaves her job and goes on a well-deserved maternity leave.
Name: Olga Ushakova
Date of Birth: April 7, 1982
Zodiac sign: Aries
Age: 36 years
Place of Birth: Crimea, Russia
Height: 172
Activity: TV presenter
tags: TV presenter
Family status: Married
Olga Ushakova - TV presenter of Channel One, co-host of the Good Morning program, winner of the TEFI-2015 award.
Olga Ushakova was born in the Crimea. The future TV presenter was born on April 7, 1981. In addition to the girl, 2 more children were growing up in the family.
The Ushakovs led a "nomadic" lifestyle: their father was a military man. I had to move quite often. The family stayed in one place for no more than six months. Therefore, life itself taught Olga sociability. The girl had to look for new friends in every new place, to establish contacts with teachers and classmates.
For other children, such “migrations” turned out to be stressful, but for Olga, moving became an adventure. The girl liked to settle down in a new place and make friends. Olga had good relations with new classmates, she learned to quickly gain authority in the team. Sometimes I had to use my fists for this.
As Ushakova said in an interview, conflicts arose on ethnic grounds. When the family moved to a city located on the territory of Ukraine, Olga was called a “katsapka”, when in a Russian city - “Khokhlushka”. Being the most weighty argument, physical strength won. Parents were called to school, but Olya's authority in the team became stronger.
The "nomadic" childhood of Olga Ushakova became an excellent soil for the development of the qualities necessary for the profession, which the girl dreamed of from a young age. Olya often, playing, portrayed a television announcer. Picking up any object that remotely resembles a microphone, the girl could “cover events in the world” or “conduct a concert” for a long time.
And Olga Ushakova could talk for a long time and on any topic. The girl was fond of reading and "swallowed" books instantly. I went to school at the age of 6 and was an excellent student. Any "four" or even more so "troika" was perceived as a tragedy and subject to instant correction.
Ushakova graduated from school at the age of sixteen with a "gold medal". But she had to forget about her childhood dream for a long time. Olga entered Kharkov University. At the end, together with a loved one, she began to engage in entrepreneurship. At the age of 23, Ushakova managed a branch of a trading company in Ukraine specializing in the promotion of European brands.
After moving to Moscow, finding herself in a new place, Olga suddenly thought: should she continue her business or is it better to switch to something new. And then Ushakova remembered her childhood dream, which predetermined the girl's creative biography. Olga did not take a decisive step, but her common-law spouse convinced her to try.
Ushakova came to the main federal channel of the country in 2004. Olga passed the test and was taken as a trainee. At first glance, the girl's career on television developed rapidly. In fact, Olga, a person without a journalistic education, had to work hard before she was allowed to air.
First of all, Ushakova had to get rid of her accent and develop diction. Olga completed an internship in several departments in order to get to know the TV “kitchen” better. She learned how to write articles and create news stories. After that, the journalist was entrusted with conducting a news program, which she did for 9 years.
It was interesting for the TV presenter to face the news of the day every day, which required the announcer to be efficient and have an excellent memory. Work in the Novosti program required Olga to be reactive, which the girl developed in her youth. Olga was very fond of bungee jumping, climbing mountains, diving into the depths of the sea, but with the start of work at the Ostankino television studio, these desires faded into the background.
Then Olga began to appear in the Good Day block, where the famous announcers of the Soviet Union Igor Kirillov and Anna Shatilova, Olga Ushakova's childhood idols, were frequent guests of the studio.
In 2014, Olga Ushakova "grew up" to the host of the Good Morning program on Channel One. To charge people with positive, set them up for a working mood - the spectacular and charming presenter coped with this task remarkably. This is evidenced by the TEFI award, which was received by the morning program in 2015 for the first time in its history. This is the merit of TV presenter Olga Ushakova.
On the days of the release of Good Morning, Olga Ushakova’s working day begins at half past three in the morning, since the program goes on the air at 05:00. Get to work, put on makeup and tune in to the positive must be in time in a short time. The presenter notes that such responsibility invigorates and mobilizes, so the girl manages to get out of bed neither light nor dawn quickly.
For Olga Ushakova, working on television is a drive and a regular dose of healthy adrenaline. The journalist jokingly says that a “live addiction” has appeared, from which one can no longer get rid of.
Olga Ushakova is a versatile and passionate person. The girl loves her own house, garden and animals very much. She practices yoga and loves horseback riding. And Olga is fidgety and easy-going. Probably, this quality was instilled in the girl from childhood. Olga can easily pack up and go to Austria for the weekend to visit the Vienna Opera.
In addition to the sea coast, which has a good effect on Olga's state of mind, the TV presenter fell in love with Moscow. When Ushakova's sister arrives in the capital, Olga happily takes her relative to the museums and galleries that she visited herself.
The personal life of Olga Ushakova is an unloved topic for discussion. The TV presenter does not voice the name of the father of her children. According to some reports, the couple lived in a civil marriage. The presenter speaks of a man only in excellent tones. Her husband supported Olga when the girl, after moving to the capital, decided to try her hand at television.
From the words of Ushakova, it is known that the husband was older and was the support that every woman dreams of. The man gave Olga a lot in terms of spiritual and intellectual development. According to the TV presenter, one can understand that now the spouses maintain friendly relations at a distance.
Olga Ushakova has 2 daughters. The girls have different surnames, although they have the same father. Why so - Olga does not tell. It is known that daughters are the weather. The TV presenter found out about her second pregnancy less than three months after the birth of Dasha's eldest daughter. The first girl was soon found to have developmental features, but this did not stop Olga from being a mother for the second time. The second daughter, Ksyusha, was born in the same year as her older sister. They go to school together in the same class.
Ushakova's daughters are as versatile as her mother. Dasha and Ksyusha are fond of horseback riding, they go to music and choreographic schools. They are happy to go to the chess club and the ballet studio. And the girls are just as restless as their mother: they love to travel and are easy-going.
Dasha has already decided on the choice of profession - the girl wants to be a translator. The youngest daughter is engaged in drawing, including the image of clothes and accessories, and declares her intention to master the profession of a designer. But recently, Ksenia began to show extraordinary vocal abilities, because of this she decided to devote more time to singing.
At the beginning of last year, information appeared that Olga Ushakova was in a relationship with a new chosen one who works in the restaurant business and does not live in Russia. The couple managed to maintain a harmonious relationship at a distance. Olga's daughters immediately got along with the new mother's chosen one. Olga Ushakova said in an interview that she was in no hurry to register a marriage, but she was already thinking about a third child.
In the summer, the media surprised fans with TV presenter news about the wedding of Olga and her chosen one in Cyprus. Later, Ushakova herself posted a wedding photo on her personal Instagram account.
Currently, the professional qualities of Olga Ushakova are constantly improving. Last year, the TV presenter hosted a Direct Line with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For Olga, this live broadcast was already the 5th in a row. Working in an emergency mode, taking into account the coverage of a very large amount of information, exact names, figures, has become an integral part of Olga Ushakova's life. The girl cannot imagine existence without the adrenaline that live work gives.
The girl also remembers about the rest. In November last year, pictures taken in the pool of a hotel in the United Arab Emirates, where Ushakova was vacationing this year, appeared on the personal page on Instagram of the TV presenter. In the photo, the girl appeared in a seductive swimsuit in a playful pose, which was appreciated by the fans of the TV star.
Projects
- 2005 - "News" on the air of the "Good Morning" program
- 2010 - Night News
- 2013 - "Good afternoon"
- 2014 - "Good morning"
Olga Ushakova and Timur Solovyov in the Good Morning program
Olga Ushakova has been appearing in the Good Morning program on Channel One for more than three years. At the end of January, the TV presenter shared with fans the good news about the imminent replenishment in the family.
Yesterday, Olga posted a tender photo on Instagram with her husband and child, signing it: “04/14/18. 9 months after the wedding, our miracle was born. They say that children conceived on a honeymoon will be happy ... So be it.
It is known that the TV presenter gave birth to a girl. The baby was born in one of the most prestigious maternity hospitals in the capital - Lapino Clinical Hospital "Mother and Child". The first ever photograph of the third daughter of Olga Ushakova was taken by a professional photographer working at the hospital.
A post shared by Olga Ushakova(@ushakovao) on Apr 4, 2018 at 9:54am PDT
Olga Ushakova with her husband AdamOlga Ushakova is raising two daughters of the same age: 12-year-old Daria and 11-year-old Ksenia. The older girl was diagnosed with neurological disorders resembling high-functioning autism. Olga admitted: “Raising special children in our country is like surviving on a desert island.” The TV presenter almost did not talk about the father of the girls and did not name him, however, that the daughters bear his last name.
Olga lived in a civil marriage for several years with a much older man, having met him in Ukraine. After her lover moved to Moscow, the TV presenter followed him. According to her reviews, the man communicates well with her daughters and helps her raise them.
Olga began dating her current husband, restaurateur Adam, in October 2013. The TV presenter carefully guards her personal life and does not tell anything about her spouse. It is known that Adam most of the time does not live in Russia. The couple got married on July 17, 2017 in Cyprus. Adam, even before the wedding, found a common language with Olga's daughters. “They have fun together. The husband is generally deft with children, and all the children, familiar and unfamiliar, always circle around him, ”said the TV presenter.
Morning is good if it starts with good thoughts and charming Olga Ushakova. This charming TV presenter of the Good Morning program on Channel One has been charging viewers with positive for more than a year. Looking at Olga, it's hard to believe that this young woman has two daughters, Dasha and Ksyusha, who have already gone to the third grade. The TV presenter told us about her methods of raising daughters and how to become a happy mother.
- Olga, you manage to successfully combine family and career, while you look so great that you serve as an excellent example for many mothers. How do you do it?
“My priority has always been and is children. I was in no hurry to get out of the decree, although I understood that on television “a holy place is never empty” and in a couple of years you can lose your positions. Of course, I love my job and cherish it, but I know that work can be changed, you can even start from scratch, you can try yourself in new areas, and grown-up children can no longer be made babies and you won’t return all the precious moments lost, and educate there will be no chance again. Therefore, if you have to choose, then I have no doubts.
Fortunately, life does not often put me in front of such a choice, so I manage to combine everything successfully. I come home after work in the morning, that is, I already pick up the children from school myself. Due to the floating schedule, it is possible to plan weekends for children's holidays and go somewhere with them. We often go to events together. There is also enough personal time now, daughters are growing up, spending half a day at school, they have more and more interests of their own, sometimes friends come to play for the whole day, and then a mother with a clear conscience can go to the gym or hairdresser.
- Most mothers do not immediately decide on a second baby, remembering the difficulties that arise in the first months and years. Did you plan on having your second child so soon?
- The key point here is “remembering the difficulties”, but I didn’t even have time to get scared - I got pregnant with the second when my first child was only 3 months old. I won’t say what we planned, but we assumed such a possibility, that is, we left, so to speak, this issue to the will of fate. Fate turned out to be favorable to us, and we had another wonderful daughter. I call it "the happiest accident" in my life.
- The first pregnancy flew by unnoticed, I worked until the seventh month, then went on vacation, and then - immediately on maternity leave. Toxicosis tormented me a little, it was rather unpleasant when the symptoms rolled in early in the morning when you were broadcasting news on the air. I carried a sliced lemon with me. When everything is gone, it remains only to enjoy your condition. I was active, did not gain much excess weight, buttoned up essential jackets almost until the very vacation. But in recent months it was not easy - she was in the hospital, then at home - with droppers. But even this did not bother me, there was time to relax, prepare for the birth of a child both mentally and from the point of view of everyday life.
Shortly before the appearance of my daughter, when the threat of premature birth was removed, I rearranged the entire apartment, equipped the nursery, plunging everyone at home into shock, ran around the shops, walked up the stairs, in general, the “nesting syndrome” did not bypass me.
But the second pregnancy was more difficult. At first there was a very strong toxicosis, which I didn’t recognize right away, because I was busy with the baby, and I thought that I was just very emaciated, lost weight to the bones, while still managing to keep breastfeeding, then somehow quickly I became quite overweight and clumsy, just when the older one had to jump, walk by the handles, etc. But on the other hand, the second birth was very easy, and this compensated for all the difficulties of the previous nine months.
- What difficulties did you face after the birth of your daughters? After all, growing the weather is very difficult ...
“My mother helped me a lot. For the first six months, she lived with us, and we “changed” children depending on the situation. But in general, my strategy was initially such that the children should not be separated, but rather, plan the day so that, if possible, we spent as much time together as possible. The youngest was born in mid-July, besides, she slept for a long time and calmly in a stroller on the street. We used this time for the older one to “come out”. Instead of a baby walker, she had a stroller with her younger sister. The more we synchronized the girls' daily routine, the easier it became. Over time, the difficulties with the weather give way to advantages.
– Many women who have known the joy of motherhood say that having children has radically changed their lives. But not the regime and the pace of life, which, of course, is already becoming different, but it changed them as a person. Tell us, what feelings did you have after the birth of the first and second daughters?
Of course, motherhood changes a woman. Everything that seemed important before fades against the backdrop of responsibility for children and their future. It seems to me that with the birth of children, I became more filled or something, real. And even in appearance it is reflected. Looking at my old photos, I see some kind of rigidity in myself that I did not realize. And then true unconditional love came into my life. I began to take care not only of the children, but also of myself. After all, now I am a mother and should be responsible. Everything that I do, I do with an eye on my daughters, I think what example I set for them, I understand that their happiness to some extent depends on how I live my life. They taught me to love not only themselves, but the whole world in its most diverse manifestations.
– Modern mothers, especially with the advent of Instagram, constantly compare themselves with others and these comparisons are usually not in their favor. How to stop comparing yourself with someone more successful and form an inferiority complex in yourself?
- I have never compared myself with anyone, and the feeling of envy is alien to me. Lucky with the character in this sense, I guess. I can be sincerely happy for someone, someone can motivate me. Probably, this is how you need to set yourself up when you look at someone else's life through the prism of social networks. At the same time, we must not forget that the life that is put on display rarely reflects reality. Few people are ready to talk about their failures publicly and put their shortcomings on public display. Therefore, all this gloss should not be perceived as true happiness.
Think about what is good in your life. If this is not a slender figure immediately after childbirth, then perhaps the best and most caring father of your children. If not magazine-style breakfasts, then maybe you've been lying in bed all morning with your kids, fooling around or just cuddling up in each other's arms. We do not have to be perfect, we have the right to be disheveled in the morning if the child has been playing tricks all night. We don't owe anything to anyone, especially the Internet community. Well, if you would like to get closer to some kind of Instagram ideal, then close the Internet, do not waste precious time, but go for a run. Just 20 minutes of exercise a day instead of contemplating someone else's life - and maybe in a month you will also have something to brag about.
- What is the most difficult thing for you in raising children?
- I understand what responsibility lies on the mother of girls for their further female happiness, because we are now laying certain patterns that they will then reproduce in their own lives. The price of your mistakes is the future of children. But things don't always go smoothly in life. And for me this is the biggest difficulty - to explain adult problems to little girls without destroying their faith in love, to educate them as women who will not repeat my mistakes.
It is still quite difficult to balance between the desire to shelter them from all adversity and the desire to grow a strong independent personality. This is also hard work on yourself - to learn to let go of those for whom you are ready to give your life.
- Do the daughters get along well with each other or do they have any conflicts?
- There are conflicts, and quarrels, and resentment - without this, nowhere. But I know for sure and I see how they love each other, feel responsible for their sister (our roles of older / younger are constantly changing), stand up for each other. For a while they were one. In the last two years, I have seen how they separate, become completely different, different interests stand out from each other. But sisterly love does not become less from this. And for me, as a mother, this is the greatest happiness - to watch how they move to the same bed in the morning and giggle about something about their own.
– Your girls have been going to school for several years, probably, each of them already has favorite subjects and a predisposition to certain sciences? They are already thinking about choosing a future profession. What do they dream of becoming?
– Professions change with a frequency of about once a month. But I see that, in general, a predisposition to certain professions has already been outlined. For example, the eldest - Dasha - loves foreign languages, shows interest not only in those that are taught at school (English and French), but sometimes takes an Italian, Spanish or German dictionary from the shelf, sits down, flips through silently, and then, as if by the way produces a phrase. At the same time, she reads a lot, and she has a good memory, so literacy in her native language is also in full order.
But Ksyusha, although she is an excellent student and does well in absolutely all subjects, is clearly a creative person: she draws beautifully, models clothes, hairstyles, and now she can quite well apply makeup, create a full-fledged image, thought out to the smallest detail. Everything, of course, can still change, but certain inclinations in girls are already visible.
- Do you think parents should influence the choice of the child in terms of choosing a profession, school, friends?
- My task as a parent is to raise healthy children, physically and psychologically, give them a versatile education, show them the world and opportunities, and then they themselves will decide where to direct their steps. I will support them anyway. After all, by my example I know how important it is to have a job you love, and not to suffer from 9 to 6 five days a week.
As for friends, I do not promise. I have educated, kind daughters and friends they now choose the same. But I myself was a teenager and I remember that when the period of rebellion comes, then good girls can suddenly find a tear-off friend and go all out. Now I can only take preventive measures: not to “beat” children, not to put grades at the forefront, give them a sense of freedom and the right to choose, and also help strengthen my own inner core so that the child is a leader, not a follower. But there is also a set of qualities with which a child is born, and it is impossible to re-educate them. I already see the risks and keep my finger on the pulse. I will try not to miss the moment and, if necessary, then, yes, I will intervene. But again, in a cunning way, so that the child thinks that he himself decided that way. The task is not easy, but there is no choice.
- Do you have family traditions and rituals, for example, joint walks on weekends, kisses before going to bed, regular trips somewhere?
The usefulness of family traditions cannot be overestimated. Of course, we also have them. In the evenings, we lie in bed and talk about how the day went, we always try to sit down at the table together, we go to our favorite cafe on Saturdays. We have a tradition called English Friday, when we speak only English all day long. We like to cook together.
There are certain traditions for the holidays, we love Easter most of all, we bake Easter cakes together, paint eggs, in the morning I get up before everyone else and set the table, take out our Easter decorations, then I hide a basket of chocolate eggs in the garden and after breakfast the girls start hunting. When someone is sad, we practice “magic hugs”, and, you know, I convinced the children so often that this is a great medicine, that they really began to help.
What do you like to do with your daughters together?
"Anything, as long as we're together!" Any homework turns into a real party if the three of us take on it. Recently they cleaned the leaves in the garden, raked everything into a huge pile, and then jumped into it and threw leaves. As a result, almost everything had to be reassembled, but how much fun we had. I love traveling with children, I want to instill in them my passion for discoveries and new experiences. Unfortunately, the new generation scares me with their resistance to adventure, sometimes it seems that among the three of us, the child is me, and those two are my parents. But I manage to stir them up, then they also sincerely begin to enjoy what they might not have noticed.
- Olga, you often communicate with fans on social networks, willingly respond to comments on Instagram. Do you allow your daughters to use gadgets and the Internet?
Yes, they have both phones and tablets. But in social networks, of course, they are not yet registered. Sometimes I show them my pages, ask permission if I want to post a photo with them, then read them comments if, for example, they are congratulated on their birthday. They themselves can watch funny videos about kittens on YouTube or cartoon series, prepare reports for the school. I still keep an eye on it with one eye, because sometimes the Internet can involuntarily slip you some kind of filth. As for games, they can download them themselves, but I make sure that most of them are useful, for example, logic games or mathematical applications, well, and the rest, so to speak, for the soul and fun.
- What do you think is missing today's children? For example, many representatives of the older generations are sure that children now live in abundance - information, opportunities, even some simple things, the same toys, and this affects them badly ...
– I partly agree with this. Our children do not have hunger in the good sense of the word. What is easily obtained is little appreciated. I remember how we passed books from hand to hand, what I read still lives in my memory, I tried to remember every word, because the book had to be given away. I remember how happy I was even with new tights. Children today have fewer reasons to be happy. It's not their fault that they were born into the age of consumption. So I try my best to teach them to enjoy what money can't buy: a beautiful sunset, an unusual bug in the forest. When there's a thunderstorm outside, we stick to our windows and watch nature rage like it's the biggest theatrical production in the world.
When we take off in an airplane, I rant about how amazing it is that we humans can fly, we look at the clouds, we enjoy the sensations. I must say that it is not easy to stir up today's ten-year-olds, but I believe that teaching children to enjoy life, to be surprised, to look for answers to questions is almost more important than teaching them good manners.
- Olga, tell us how, in your opinion, children should be raised so that they grow up as worthy people and at the same time be happy?
“You have to be a worthy person yourself – that’s the first thing. When it comes to happiness, it's more difficult - you can't force someone to be happy. But you need to try to put into the child the idea that happiness lives inside him, it should not depend on external circumstances, on the weather, on school friends. I say “try” because most likely a person comes to this understanding on his own, but at least a seed can be sown in a child’s head.
- Tell me, what does it take to be a happy mother?
– I always say that happiness is in harmony. Including maternal. For some, it means coming home from work to children and hugging them. For some, happiness is being at home all the time. It is important to hear yourself, understand what you really want and follow it. Without guilt and self-reproach. With the birth of children, a woman does not die, she should not dissolve in them, otherwise who will they take an example from? From the ghost of your own mother? And the point here is not to run away from home and take care of yourself. Even being with children, a woman must provide herself with her own space, her time, respect for her needs from those close to her. Trust me, you will do it for their good too. After all, you are now the center of their universe. This center should be strong and self-confident. Trite, but true: if a woman does not love herself, then it is difficult for others to love her.
A happy mother is just a happy woman, and only she knows what constitutes her personal happiness. Yes, at some moments we sacrifice ourselves for the sake of our loved ones, sometimes we need to completely surrender to household chores, but in all this the main thing is not to lose ourselves, not to shut up our inner voice. A family will only be happy when it takes into account the interests of everyone. Easy in words, sometimes harder in practice, but this must be strived for. Awareness is already half the path to success.
“From a long relationship, I got a tremendous experience and two beautiful daughters,” the TV presenter of Channel One gave her first personal interview.
Olga Ushakova. Photo: Instagram.com/ushakovao.
From the outside it may seem that success came to her easily. She came to Moscow from Ukraine, conquered the capital and, without a journalistic education and experience, became the face of the country's main channel. In fact, before luck smiled at Olga, she had to work hard. For almost a year, our heroine was a trainee, worked in different departments - from editorial to international, learned to write and create stories. And only then hit the blue screen. For nine years she hosted a news program, and now she charges people with positive in Good Morning. Olga owes her “luck” to a lot of work, willpower and desire. But she managed to decide on her calling thanks to one wise man.
Olga, your day starts at five in the morning. Is there any way to look cheerful and fresh?
Olga Ushakova:“This is our broadcast at five in the morning, and my “day” begins at half past three in the night. I am very invigorated by the sense of responsibility. When I open my eyes and understand that I need to go to work, despite the fact that I want to sleep, I jump up so cheerful! Well, make-up artists provide me with a blooming appearance. (Laughs.)
Do you have a routine, do you go to bed before eleven?
Olga:“Since I started working at Good Morning, I have not had a clear regimen. In the "News" everything was more predictable. I knew perfectly well what time I would finish the work when I got home. Here the working days can be a couple of times a week or once every two weeks. So these early rises happen periodically, and forcing yourself to wake up in the middle of the night if there is no morning air is cruel.
Why do you love your job?
Olga:“When I worked in news programs, I answered this question like this: because every day there is news. This is a drive, endlessly vivid sensations. But even now in “Good Morning” I am no less interested, this is also a live broadcast, responsibility. And a kind of drug - a kind of "straight addiction", the need for a daily healthy dose of adrenaline. At one time, I was a very extreme teenager, I didn’t try anything! As soon as I started working on television, the desire to jump from the bungee, climb somewhere or dive completely disappeared.
Who was that wise person who advised you to direct your energy in a peaceful direction?
Olga:“You are right, really wise. This is the father of my children. We met in Ukraine, where I lived then, but over time I had to move to Moscow, because usually a woman follows a man. And then the question arose, what should I do. In Ukraine, I worked in business. And by the age of twenty-three she became the head of one of the branches of a large trading company. We promoted fashionable foreign brands to the market. But once in Moscow, I thought: is it worth continuing to work in this direction, or maybe try something new? And then my man asked a question that radically changed my life: “What did you dream about when you were a child?” I replied that I wanted to be a news anchor. Indeed, as a child, I constantly portrayed announcers, read newspaper articles, trying to memorize the text as much as possible. And later I began to imagine that I was interviewing, pestering my friends, tormenting them with questions. I have always been interested in listening to other people, leading them to some kind of revelation. But to become a TV presenter - it was then such an unrealistic dream from the category of “I want to become a princess”, as if it were even stupid to dream. However, this person managed to make me believe in myself, and I decided to try. When I came to Ostankino on the highway (these are such television tests), they looked at me, appreciated the recording, and it turned out that the camera “loves” me. However, there was one serious problem - the accent. I remember that I was indignant then: “What accent? Where?! I have a Russian-speaking family and have lived most of my life in Russia.” But now, looking through the records of those years, I understand that the accent was really quite strong, and I still had the audacity to doubt! Nevertheless, I was accepted for an internship. On Channel One, no one needs just pretty “talking heads”. The leader must be able to write, take part in the creation of the program. So for many months I studied the television kitchen from the inside, tried myself in different departments, learned to write. In parallel, I was engaged in the technique of speech. I remember that period with gratitude. People who I consider information gurus shared their experience with me. And finally, when I already began to doubt that I would ever get into the frame, one presenter moved to another position and the vacant place was offered to me. True, there was a very difficult schedule, I had to work at night, but it was another step towards my dream.”
Some people think that getting on Channel One is like pulling out a lucky ticket. Are you the lucky one of fate?
Olga:“I’m not afraid of this word, yes. All my dreams come true. I am sure that what I dream about now will also come true. Probably because I visualize the picture well. (Laughs.) What is the percentage of working capacity here, and what kind of luck, luck, it’s hard to say.
So, you moved to Moscow. What impression did the city make on you?
Olga:“Before I got here, I was tormented by“ reverse deja vu ”: it seemed to me that I was not in my place, I was not living my life. Some second, fleeting visions that disturbed me. And in Moscow, I felt that I had found my city and belonged to it. They say that Moscow will chew it up and spit it out, but apart from the fact that the climate does not suit me, everything else is fine! I love dynamics, rhythm. Recently my sister came from the Crimea, and I showed her the sights of the capital. I was touched by literally everything. I thought: “What a beautiful city we have, what good people live here.” For example, a gloomy grandmother-controller sits in a museum and, as if by the way, says: “You have such a beautiful coat - if you don’t want to take it to the wardrobe, you can take it with you.” This is how many Muscovites do some nice things with absolutely unfriendly faces.
Are you attracted by the cultural life of the capital?
Olga:“Moscow, of course, provides great opportunities for its own development. I love theatres, cinema. But I am not limited to Moscow in this regard, I love cultural trips abroad. I like to plan my weekend so that I can go to Austria and go to a concert at the Vienna Opera, for example. I can break somewhere in the middle of the week, if the schedule allows. I am a very mobile person. Friends often joke that, probably, in childhood I was taken away from the gypsies. In fact, my entire family led a nomadic lifestyle. Dad is a military man, and we moved every six months: different cities, schools, houses. For some it's stressful, but for me it's an adventure. After all, every yard is a new playground that has yet to be mastered. And this desire to change places remained. My children became hostages of the “gypsy mother”. (Laughs.) Now they have already grown up, and they can be left alone. (Olga has two daughters: Daria is eight years old, and Ksenia is seven. - Approx. Aut.) And before that I took them with me, and they were not always happy, because Disneyland is not everywhere, but I try to combine ours with them interests. I still get pleasure even from trains when you travel for a day or two. Once Dasha got very frightened on the plane (there was wild turbulence), and the psychologist advised us to avoid flights for some time so that she would forget the unpleasant sensations. And during the year we traveled to Europe by train: to Germany, France, Holland. The Moscow-Amsterdam train is still the same, the shelves are narrow, in three rows - they have different carriages. It didn't bother me at all. Sitting at home is not for us. We even got to Spain by train, can you imagine?! Children - either they got used to it in early childhood, or it was passed on to them with genes - they are also travel frogs, they always ask: “When are we going somewhere?” Now it has become more difficult: my daughters are studying, already the second grade. The difference between them is a year, but when the time came for Dasha to go to school, the youngest said: “I want to too!” They are very close, and the thought of even a short separation is painful for them. So Ksyusha passed all the tests, and they took her. ”
Well done!
Olga:“I also went to school from the age of six. It was hard to physically cope with the loads, but I was glad when I graduated from school at sixteen. And with a gold medal. She was an excellent student, every “four” is a tragedy. Not to mention the “triples”, which happened extremely rarely, but I even got sick from stress. I naturally started to get sick! Our frequent migrations taught me communication skills, the ability to easily find a common language with people. Because every time in the class you are new - and you had to build relationships. Despite short stops at one school or another, I still had friends everywhere. I even managed to gain some prestige. True, sometimes with fists. When we traveled around Russian cities, they teased me with a khokhlushka, and when we stopped in Ukrainian ones, with a katsapka. So parents were sometimes called to school because of my bad behavior: again your daughter had a fight at recess! Indeed, I could crush the side of the offender. Most of my fights at school were about this national issue. I'm also easily pissed off if my family gets hurt. If someone distorted my last name, I felt offended, because this is my father's last name, no one dares to laugh at it. It's the same now - I can get into some kind of skirmish to protect a person close to me.
It is probably not easy to build relationships on television: there is competition, envy of other people's successes.
Olga:“My ability to adapt and fit into the team helped here. I worked in different teams, I had a huge number of chief editors. And I got along with everyone."
Was there initially awe in front of those who are commonly called TV stars?
Olga:“On one of my first visits to Ostankino, when I came to apply for a temporary pass, I met Leonid Yakubovich in the corridor. I remember he walked towards me, I looked at him, and then suddenly said: “Hello!” He seemed so familiar and familiar to me, I watched his program for so many years. He greeted her in return, unsurprised. And here I fell into some kind of semi-conscious state. "Wow! Yakubovich just greeted me!“ This is not awe, rather, respect. My dad is a military man, so the sense of subordination is in my blood. I always address managers as you, although informal communication is accepted in the creative team. But I believe that a person does not just occupy a high chair, and do not stoop to familiarity. Although, probably, I could “make friends” with someone and build a career in a different way. This behavior is unusual for me, and I don’t want to break myself. ”
Do fans write to you?
Olga:“Before, everything was much more romantic. They wrote real letters to the address: Academician Korolev Street, 12. Now they send emails or write to pages on the Internet, sometimes without a signature, they can send some nasty stuff. But mostly I still get good letters. This kind of feedback is important to me personally. I feel for whom I work. After all, when you sit in front of the camera, it turns out that you are broadcasting into the void. And so you can imagine the people who are currently at the screen. My biggest fan was my grandmother. When I started the broadcast on Novosti and said: “Hello,” she answered: “Hello, granddaughter!” My grandmother lived in the Crimea, and we rarely saw each other, but at that moment I seemed to feel our connection. Unfortunately, she passed away this year. For me, this is a huge loss from which I still have not recovered.
Is the man who showed you the way satisfied, how is your career going?
Olga:“Although he, along with my mother, is one of my most severe critics, I think he is proud of me in his heart. In the summer, we had a special project “Good Day”: we invited famous people and talked with them on various topics for forty minutes. The announcers of Central Television Igor Kirillov and Anna Shatilova also came to our studio. Just the kind of people I copied as a kid. During the program, I caught myself thinking: “Olya, do you even understand what is happening now? What a huge step from the moment when you, a child in stretched pantyhose, sit and try to retell a newspaper article on an imaginary TV, and now when you are interviewing these very legendary personalities! Indeed, I have come a long way.”
You are also the mother of two children. And when did everyone have time? ..
Olga:“Despite my great love for my work, my family still comes first. I realized that I definitely wouldn’t go to work a month after the birth of a child, a wild maternal instinct woke up in me. It so happened that when the eldest, Daria, was three months old, I became pregnant again. And she was on maternity leave for a long time. It's already been a little year. It is difficult to leave a child when all these ghouls-ghouls, smiles, first words begin. Thank God, the youngest did all this early enough: she said her first words and took her first steps. So my mother went to work with a clear conscience.”
Are your daughters just as beautiful?
Olga:“Of course, for me they are the most beautiful! But they don't look like me at all. One blonde with blue eyes, the other blonde. I have brown eyes and dark hair. True, the youngest has my facial expressions and mannerisms, so I call her “mini-me”. But when we travel, when leaving Russia we always face a problem. Children are interrogated: who is this aunt to you? Too dissimilar, even the names are different.
Why are they different? Do you have a civil marriage?
Olga:“I don’t want to go into detail on this topic. I think Oscar Wilde said it: if I love someone, I don't say his name because I don't want to share that person with others. I'm not sure I reproduced it verbatim, but the meaning is clear. In any case, when in a couple one person is public and the other is not, this is always a problem. One thing I can say is that I learned the most important thing from my long-term relationship: two wonderful children and a tremendous experience. And these same children received the best father in the world, which you can only wish for. I am glad that during these years my life partner was a man who gave me a lot in terms of spiritual and intellectual development. He is older than me and in many ways became my mentor. God forbid that the children take from him as much as possible.
What are their hobbies?
Olga:“Oh, they are very busy people: they have dancing, and horseback riding, and ballet, and the piano. By the way, I learn a lot thanks to children. I enrolled them in a riding school, and then I decided to try it myself. When I realized that they play the piano better than me, I also began to study. At school, they started going to a chess club, and recently my daughter asked: “Mom, will you play a game with me?” She had absolutely no doubt that I could do it! So now I'm learning to play chess to keep up. Children are a powerful stimulus for their own development. Besides, you don't want them to become smarter than you so quickly! My daughters and I read a lot. I started reading at the age of four. My older sister taught me. She was no longer interested in playing my games, and she came up with such an activity for me. And I still have that love for books.”
You are a very versatile person. How, for example, horse riding can be combined with yoga?
Olga:“I don’t go deep into yoga philosophy, I don’t chant mantras, I don’t meditate. It's more of a way to keep yourself in good physical shape. Well, it relaxes mentally. And horse riding is also a good find both physically and as a psychotherapy. It is vital for me to have contact not only with people, cars, asphalt, but also with nature, animals.”
And do you have pets?
Olga:"Dog. Our friend came for his daughter's birthday and brought a puppy. At first I thought it was a toy - the dog looked so touchingly puppet. And now it is a joy for the whole family, a pet that ideally suited us in terms of temperament. Lou Lou woke me up for work today. I didn’t sleep for several nights because of my daughter’s illness, and yesterday they brought down the temperature, and I fell asleep with a clear conscience and forgot to set the alarm. Woke up to the barking of dogs. I think: “Well, that’s it, I’ll get up now, I’ll tear off my ears.” I open my eyes - and it's getting light outside the window, and I've been on my way to work for about twenty minutes. So Lou Lou saved me. Perfect dog! She has a character that I would like to meet in a person. She intuitively knows when to leave me alone. I don’t shout, I don’t be rude at such moments, but, apparently, vibes come from me: “Don’t come near - it’s dangerous!” Unfortunately, not everyone reads them. (Laughs.) And Lulusha waits for me to leave, and then he comes up and, as if nothing had happened, begins to flirt with me, play. Without any resentment. It would be great if people felt the same way about each other.”
What else is important to you in a life partner? Talent, charisma? You are surrounded by such people.
Olga:“No matter how boring it sounds, now my life is work and home. At work, I do meet a lot of interesting people, but I don't look around. And I try to program anything. Here, by the way, unlike all the other life goals of my chosen one, I never visualized. Here I rely on Providence. What is important to me? Understanding. At my age, I realized that no one can be changed. You either accept the person or you don't. You are not the Lord God and not a mother. And if you don't like something, either accept it or move on. I imagine relationships as a scale: while there are more pluses, you put up with the shortcomings. As soon as it begins to outweigh the negative, it is worth considering, why is all this necessary at all? Relationships are about making each other happy. I am an independent, self-sufficient person, and I have no other interest than to receive positive emotions, to feel love and understanding from a man.
