Leonid Yakubovich
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich PAR[1] (Template:Langx, born 31 July 1945) is a Russian actor and television host, best known for hosting the game show Pole Chudes (the Russian version of the Wheel of Fortune – literally, The Field of Wonders – and the celebrity episode of Slaboye Zveno).[2] Yakubovich is one of the best-known television and internet personalities in Russia. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed economic sanctions on Leonid Yakubovich for his support of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
Biography
Yakubovich was born in Moscow to a Jewish family, His father was born in Belarus to Belarusian-Jewish parents.[4] In his youth, Yakubovich sought a practical profession, and studied metal craftsmanship. After finishing his education, he went to work at ZIL as a heat-gas technician. In college, Yakubovich started performing in the Russian KVN show.
In the 1980s he became a freelance satire writer and actor, and even played in the Russian children's "film-magazine" Yeralash. Even so, Yakubovich was not considered experienced enough for regular work in television until in 1991 he accepted Vladislav Listyev's proposal to host Pole Chudes. Listyev was previously a mentor to Yakubovich, and helped sharpen his acting skills, among others.
References
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- ↑ «Леонид Аркадьевич - молодец»: вспоминаем, как ведущий «Поле чудес» Леонид Якубович летал в Беларуси на самолетах, искал родных и привез прицеп дров пенсионерке ["Leonid Arkadyevich is a great guy": remembering how Leonid Yakubovich, the host of Pole Chudes, flew a plane in Belarus, searched for his relatives and brought a truck of wood to an elderly lady] - Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1 December 2021
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External links
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- Сайт «Поля чудес»
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Moscow
- Soviet male actors
- Russian game show hosts
- Jewish Russian comedians
- Soviet television presenters
- Russian television presenters
- People's Artists of Russia
- Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
- Russian male television actors
- Russian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
- Russian people of Jewish descent
- Jewish Russian actors
- Russian male comedians
- Comedians from Moscow
- Russian satirists
- Moscow State University of Civil Engineering alumni