Yevgeny Petrosyan
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Yevgeny Vaganovich Petrosyan (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; born 16 September 1945) is a Soviet–Russian comedian of Armenian and Jewish descent.[1][2][3][4] In 2005 he was named among the most influential figures in contemporary Russia, in a survey conducted by independent polling agency The Levada Centre.[5] A popular comedian since the days of the Soviet Union,[6] Petrosyan was the host of TV variety show Crooked Mirror.[7]
Personal life
Yevgeny was married to actress and humorist Yelena Stepanenko (born 1953).[8] Their engagement was in 1985. On August 3, 2018, the Russian mass media announced that Yevgeny and Yelena are getting divorced. They had made 1.5 billion rubles together while married and that money will now be divided among the two by the court of law.
During a 2023 New Year show, Petrosyan openly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9] In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Yevgeny for his support of the invasion.[10][11]
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External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Entertainers from Baku
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Russian male comedians
- Russian satirists
- Russian television presenters
- Soviet television presenters
- Russian male television actors
- Soviet male television actors
- Russian people of Armenian descent
- Russian people of Jewish descent
- Russian humour