Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, was born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian actor, comedian and politician who is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

Prior to his acting career, Zelensky obtained a degree in law from Kyiv National Economic University. Nonetheless, Zelensky pursued comedy and created a production company, Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons and TV comedy shows, including Servant of the People, in which Zelensky played the role of President of Ukraine. The series aired from 2015 to 2019 and was immensely popular.

A political party bearing the same name as the television show was created in March 2018 by employees of Kvartal 95. Zelensky announced his candidacy for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election on the evening of 31 December 2018, alongside the New Year's Eve address of President Petro Poroshenko on 1+1 TV Channel. A political outsider, Zelensky had already become one of the frontrunners in opinion polls for the election. Zelensky won the election with 73.2% of the vote in the second round, defeating Poroshenko.

Identifying as a populist, Zelensky’s achievements include dissolving parliament and winning a legislative election landslide, managing the pandemic and subsequent economic recession, and tackling corruption in Ukraine. Despite promising to end the Russo-Ukrainian War, Zelensky has been unable to do so. In recent years, critics claim that Zelensky’s government has taken an authoritarian turn.

On 26 November 2021, Zelensky announced that a group of Ukrainians and Russians was planning a coup against him at the beginning of December. However, his opponents argue that the president misled the public to rally popular support against Ukrainian businessman Rinat Achmetova.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky ( born January 25, 1978 in Kryvyi Rih ) is the sixth and current President of Ukraine since May 20, 2019. Prior to taking office, he gained popularity as a showman, actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. He was a co-owner and artistic director of Kvartal-95 Studio (2003-2019) and general producer of the Inter TV channel (2010-2012).

He began his political career in 2019 and ran for president of Ukraine in 2019. According to the results of the voting, he was elected President of Ukraine.

He began his career by participating in the KVN in the teams "Zaporizhzhya - Kryvyi Rih - Transit", "National Team of Kryvyi Rih" and "95th Quarter", in the last of which Volodymyr Zelensky was the captain, actor and author of most issues. In 2003, after leaving the KVN, Zelensky's "95th Quarter" team began giving concerts on television. Already as "Studio Quarter-95" in 2005 the team created the show "Evening Quarter", in which Vladimir Zelensky appears as an ideologue, author, director and leading actor. In 2010-2011 he worked as a general producer of the Inter TV channel. During his career he has appeared in numerous TV projects, most notably as an actor ("Evening Quarter"), host ("Kyiv Evening", "League of Laughter") and judge ("Comedian Laughs").

Volodymyr Zelenskyi has participated in the production of more than two dozen films and TV series as an actor (including "Love in the Big City", "8 First Dates", "I, You, He, She, She"), a producer (such as "Matchmaker", "I'll Be There", "Love in the Big City 3"), screenwriter ("Matchmaker"), and was a dubbing actor ("Horton", "The Adventures of Paddington" and others).

During 2015-2018, Volodymyr Zelensky played the role of Vasyl Holoborodko in the TV series "Servant of the People" - a history teacher who is elected President of Ukraine. The TV series has been repeatedly accused of political advertising, and the first three episodes of the third season of the series were released just before the first round of the 2019 presidential election, in which Volodymyr Zelensky participated as a nominee 15 and won the largest number of votes. After winning the second round of elections, he was elected President of Ukraine.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky (Ukr. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky; born. January 25, 1978, Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk Region) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. He is the sixth and current president of Ukraine since May 20, 2019.

Before being elected president, he was widely known as a comedian, producer and screenwriter. He was the captain of the KVN team "95th Quarter", and then the founder and artistic director of the studio "Kvartal-95"

Childhood and youth

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky was born on 25 January 1978 in Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian SSR, to a Ukrainian-Jewish family. He speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English[10].

Grandfather - Semyon Ivanovich Zelensky (1924, Krivoy Rog - ?), Ukrainian, participant of the Great Patriotic War. During the war - the commander of a mortar platoon, then - the commander of a rifle company 174th Guards Rifle Regiment 57th Guards Rifle Division. In 1944 he was awarded two Orders of the Red Star, the war ended in the rank of Guards Lieutenant.

Father - Alexander Semenovich Zelensky (born December 23, 1947), mathematician, programmer, doctor of technical sciences, professor, head of the department of computer science - a teacher at the same university where Vladimir studied. His father lived and worked for 20 years in Mongolia, built a mining and processing plant in the city of Erdenet.

Mother - Rimma Vladimirovna Zelenskaya (born September 16, 1950), has an engineering education, work experience of 40 years, now retired.

As a child, he lived with his parents for four years in Mongolia, where his father worked. Finished the first grade there, after which Vladimir and his mother returned to Krivoy Rog[. He studied at school № 95 with profound study of English. During his school years he was engaged in Greco-Roman wrestling, weightlifting, collected stamps, played the piano, ballroom dancing, played basketball and volleyball. He participated in school amateur activities and was a guitarist in the school band. At the age of 16 he received a grant to study in Israel for free, but his father was against it.

Graduated from high school in 1995. At school he dreamt of becoming a diplomat and even prepared to enter MGIMO, but enrolled to study law at the Krivoy Rog Economic Institute of the Kyiv National Economic University, from which he graduated in 2000. He never worked in his field of study.

Creative Career

KVN

In the 11th grade he organized a team of graduates and played KVN with a team of teachers, the students won. After school he played in KVN team "Young Krivoy Rog", then was invited to the KVN team "Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit" for the production of dance numbers; gradually Zelensky role in the team expanded, and he began to participate in the numbers. Simultaneously with Zelenskiy in "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-Transit" came the future actors of the "Kvartal-95" studio: Denis Manzhosov, Yuriy Krapov, Alexander Pikalov. It was them, after the season of 1997, in which "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-Transit" became the champion, that created a new team called "The 95th Quarter". Vladimir Zelensky became not only an actor and captain, but also one of the leading writers.

From 1998 to 2003 the "95th Quarter" played in the Higher League KVN, team members practically lived in Moscow and constantly toured the cities of the CIS. As a member of the "95th Quarter" in 2002 Zelensky reached the semifinals of the Higher League and twice (in 2000 and 2001) became the winner of the "KiVIN in shining light" - the second prize of KVN music festival "The Voice KVN".

Prior to his acting career, Zelensky obtained a degree in law from Kyiv National Economic UniversityKyiv National Economic University. Nonetheless, Zelensky pursued comedy and created a production company, Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons and TV comedy shows, including Servant of the People, in which Zelensky played the role of President of Ukraine. The series aired from 2015 to 2019 and was immensely popular.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky (Ukr. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky; born. January 25, 1978, Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk Region) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. He is the sixth and current president of Ukraine since May 20, 2019.

Before being elected president, he was widely known as a comedian, producer and screenwriter. He was the captain of the KVN team "95th Quarter", and then the founder and artistic director of the studio "Kvartal-95"

Childhood and youth

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky was born on 25 January 1978 in Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian SSR, to a Ukrainian-Jewish family. He speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English[10].

Grandfather - Semyon Ivanovich Zelensky (1924, Krivoy Rog - ?), Ukrainian, participant of the Great Patriotic War. During the war - the commander of a mortar platoon, then - the commander of a rifle company 174th Guards Rifle Regiment 57th Guards Rifle Division. In 1944 he was awarded two Orders of the Red Star, the war ended in the rank of Guards Lieutenant.

Father - Alexander Semenovich Zelensky (born December 23, 1947), mathematician, programmer, doctor of technical sciences, professor, head of the department of computer science - a teacher at the same university where Vladimir studied. His father lived and worked for 20 years in Mongolia, built a mining and processing plant in the city of Erdenet.

Mother - Rimma Vladimirovna Zelenskaya (born September 16, 1950), has an engineering education, work experience of 40 years, now retired.

As a child, he lived with his parents for four years in Mongolia, where his father worked. Finished the first grade there, after which Vladimir and his mother returned to Krivoy Rog[. He studied at school № 95 with profound study of English. During his school years he was engaged in Greco-Roman wrestling, weightlifting, collected stamps, played the piano, ballroom dancing, played basketball and volleyball. He participated in school amateur activities and was a guitarist in the school band. At the age of 16 he received a grant to study in Israel for free, but his father was against it.

Graduated from high school in 1995. At school he dreamt of becoming a diplomat and even prepared to enter MGIMO, but enrolled to study law at the Krivoy Rog Economic Institute of the Kyiv National Economic University, from which he graduated in 2000. He never worked in his field of study.

Creative Career

KVN

In the 11th grade he organized a team of graduates and played KVN with a team of teachers, the students won. After school he played in KVN team "Young Krivoy Rog", then was invited to the KVN team "Zaporozhye - Krivoy Rog - Transit" for the production of dance numbers; gradually Zelensky role in the team expanded, and he began to participate in the numbers. Simultaneously with Zelenskiy in "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-Transit" came the future actors of the "Kvartal-95" studio: Denis Manzhosov, Yuriy Krapov, Alexander Pikalov. It was them, after the season of 1997, in which "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-Transit" became the champion, that created a new team called "The 95th Quarter". Vladimir Zelensky became not only an actor and captain, but also one of the leading writers.

From 1998 to 2003 the "95th Quarter" played in the Higher League KVN, team members practically lived in Moscow and constantly toured the cities of the CIS. As a member of the "95th Quarter" in 2002 Zelensky reached the semifinals of the Higher League and twice (in 2000 and 2001) became the winner of the "KiVIN in shining light" - the second prize of KVN music festival "The Voice KVN".

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, pronouncedwas born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian actor, comedian and politician who is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, pronounced [wol 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian actor, comedian and politician who is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky ( born January 25, 1978 in Kryvyi Rih ) is the sixth and current President of Ukraine since May 20, 2019. Prior to taking office, he gained popularity as a showman , actor , comedian , director , producer and screenwriter . He was a co-owner and artistic director of Kvartal-95 Studio (2003-2019) and general producer of the Inter TV channel (2010-2012).

He began his career by participating in the KVN in the teams "Zaporizhzhya - Kryvyi Rih - Transit", "National Team of Kryvyi Rih" and "95th Quarter" , in the last of which Volodymyr Zelensky was the captain, actor and author of most issues . In 2003, after leaving the KVN, Zelensky's "95th Quarter" team began giving concerts on television. Already as "Studio Quarter-95" in 2005 the team created the show "Evening Quarter" , in which Vladimir Zelensky appears as an ideologue, author, director and leading actor. In 2010-2011 he worked as a general producer of the Inter TV channel. During his career he has appeared in numerous TV projects, most notably as an actor ("Evening Quarter"), host ("Kyiv Evening" , "League of Laughter") and judge ("Comedian Laughs").

During 2015-2018, Volodymyr Zelensky played the role of Vasyl Holoborodko in the TV series "Servant of the People" - a history teacher who is elected President of Ukraine. The TV series has been repeatedly accused of political advertising, and the first three episodes of the third season of the series were released just before the first round of the 2019 presidential election, in which Volodymyr Zelensky participated as a nominee 15 and won the largest number of votes. After winning the second round of elections, he was elected President of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych ZelenskyyVolodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, pronounced [wol 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian actor, comedian and politician who is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

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He began his political career in 2019 and ran for president of Ukraine in 2019. According to the results of the voting, he was elected President of Ukraine .

He began his career by participating in the KVN in the teams "Zaporizhzhya - Kryvyi Rih - Transit" , "National Team of Kryvyi Rih" and "95th Quarter" , in the last of which Volodymyr Zelensky was the captain, actor and author of most issues . In 2003, after leaving the KVN, Zelensky's "95th Quarter" team began giving concerts on television. Already as "Studio Quarter-95" in 2005 the team created the show "Evening Quarter" , in which Vladimir Zelensky appears as an ideologue, author, director and leading actor. In 2010-2011 he worked as a general producer of the Inter TV channel. During his career he has appeared in numerous TV projects, most notably as an actor ("Evening Quarter"), host ( "Kyiv Evening" , "League of Laughter" ) and judge ( "Comedian Laughs" ).

Volodymyr Zelenskyi has participated in the production of more than two dozen films and TV series as an actor (including "Love in the Big City" , "8 First Dates" , "I, You, He, She, She" ), a producer (such as "Matchmaker" , " I'll Be There " , " Love in the Big City 3 " ), screenwriter (" Matchmaker "), and was a dubbing actor ( " Horton " , " The Adventures of Paddington " and others).

During 2015-2018, Volodymyr Zelensky played the role of Vasyl Holoborodko in the TV series "Servant of the People" - a history teacher who is elected President of Ukraine. The TV series has been repeatedly accused of political advertising , and the first three episodes of the third season of the series were released just before the first round of the 2019 presidential election , in which Volodymyr Zelensky participated as a nominee 15] and won the largest number of votes. After winning the second round of elections, he was elected President of Ukraine

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky ( born January 25, 1978 in Kryvyi Rih ) is the sixth and current President of Ukraine since May 20, 2019. Prior to taking office, he gained popularity as a showman , actor , comedian , director , producer and screenwriter . He was a co-owner and artistic director of Kvartal-95 Studio (2003-2019) and general producer of the Inter TV channel (2010-2012).

He began his political career in 2019 and ran for president of Ukraine in 2019. According to the results of the voting, he was elected President of Ukraine .

He began his career by participating in the KVN in the teams "Zaporizhzhya - Kryvyi Rih - Transit" , "National Team of Kryvyi Rih" and "95th Quarter" , in the last of which Volodymyr Zelensky was the captain, actor and author of most issues . In 2003, after leaving the KVN, Zelensky's "95th Quarter" team began giving concerts on television. Already as "Studio Quarter-95" in 2005 the team created the show "Evening Quarter" , in which Vladimir Zelensky appears as an ideologue, author, director and leading actor. In 2010-2011 he worked as a general producer of the Inter TV channel. During his career he has appeared in numerous TV projects, most notably as an actor ("Evening Quarter"), host ( "Kyiv Evening" , "League of Laughter" ) and judge ( "Comedian Laughs" ).

Volodymyr Zelenskyi has participated in the production of more than two dozen films and TV series as an actor (including "Love in the Big City" , "8 First Dates" , "I, You, He, She, She" ), a producer (such as "Matchmaker" , " I'll Be There " , " Love in the Big City 3 " ), screenwriter (" Matchmaker "), and was a dubbing actor ( " Horton " , " The Adventures of Paddington " and others).

During 2015-2018, Volodymyr Zelensky played the role of Vasyl Holoborodko in the TV series "Servant of the People" - a history teacher who is elected President of Ukraine. The TV series has been repeatedly accused of political advertising , and the first three episodes of the third season of the series were released just before the first round of the 2019 presidential election , in which Volodymyr Zelensky participated as a nominee 15] and won the largest number of votes. After winning the second round of elections, he was elected President of Ukraine

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, pronounced [woloˈdɪmɪr olekˈsɑndrowɪtʃ zeˈlɛnjsjkɪj]; bornwol 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian actor, comedian and politician who is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

On 26 November 2021, Zelensky announced that a group of Ukrainians and Russians was planning a coup against him at the beginning of December. However, his opponents argue that the president misled the public to rally popular support against Ukrainian businessman Rinat Achmetova.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Зеленський, pronounced [woloˈdɪmɪr olekˈsɑndrowɪtʃ zeˈlɛnʲsʲkɪj]; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian actor, comedian and politician who is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

Prior to his acting career, Zelensky obtained a degree in law from Kyiv National Economic University. Nonetheless, Zelensky pursued comedy and created a production company, Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons and TV comedy shows, including Servant of the People, in which Zelensky played the role of President of Ukraine. The series aired from 2015 to 2019 and was immensely popular.

A political party bearing the same name as the television show was created in March 2018 by employees of Kvartal 95. Zelensky announced his candidacy for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election on the evening of 31 December 2018, alongside the New Year's Eve address of President Petro Poroshenko on 1+1 TV Channel. A political outsider, Zelensky had already become one of the frontrunners in opinion polls for the election. Zelensky won the election with 73.2% of the vote in the second round, defeating Poroshenko.

Identifying as a populist, Zelensky’s achievements include dissolving parliament and winning a legislative election landslide, managing the pandemic and subsequent economic recession, and tackling corruption in Ukraine. Despite promising to end the Russo-Ukrainian War, Zelensky has been unable to do so. In recent years, critics claim that Zelensky’s government has taken an authoritarian turn.

On 26 November 2021, Zelensky announced that a group of Ukrainians and Russians was planning a coup against him at the beginning of December. However, his opponents argue that the president misled the public to rally popular support against Ukrainian businessman Rinat

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