Biography
A bright, rapid ascent, an equally brilliant stay at the top of show business - such is the life of a young talented artist. The comedian's stage jokes have long been dismantled into phrases by the people, and the parodies he creates have caught on so well that they sometimes become more popular than their originals.
Maxim has been fond of parody since childhood
Childhood and youth
Maxim was born on June 18, 1976 in the Moscow region in the town of Naro-Fominsk. Dad - Alexander Alexandrovich served as Colonel General of the armored forces, was the head of the Main Armored Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. He was also later elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the second convocation. The comedian’s mother, Natalya Grigorievna, a candidate of sciences in physics and mathematics, worked all her life as an honorary employee at the Research Institute for the Theory of Earthquake Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Maxim's nationality is Russian.
Since childhood, Maxim and his parents often moved. When he was three years old, the family left for Germany. Later the family moved to Odessa, my mother’s homeland. There the boy completed his first three grades. Then the family left for Transbaikalia, and the young man already graduated from school in Moscow.
Maxim's height is almost 180 cm, and his weight is 75 kg.
Comedian career, development of creativity
The artist's talent awoke in little Maxim very early. He made his first debut at three and a half years old in kindergarten. The young artist portrayed a chicken, for which he earned applause and praise. While studying, the boy was awarded more respectable roles: the drunken streak, Don Karl, the wise Solomon, Count Nulin. The young artist did not miss a single school performance. Even then, the boy learned the basics of theatrical art, honed his acting skills, and came up with jokes and scripts.
So, in the 6th grade, he organized his first creative evening, where he organized a puppet theater. Maxim voiced the puppets himself. As it turned out, this helped him a lot when he later began voicing roles in films.
At the age of 13, the young man discovered his talent as a parodist. He was inspired by Khazanov’s performance with a parody of Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev. Then Maxim decided to try to parody the same role himself. It turned out great. This became the starting point of the young comedian.
The young man grew and developed in creativity. His parents supported him in every possible way. Maxim went to a children's art studio and was interested in zoology. But one day he saw a cut-up dove in biology class. This marked the end of his interest in this area.
After receiving basic general education, the graduate enters the philological department of the Russian State University for the Humanities. There he studies languages, completes graduate school and defends his Ph.D. dissertation. This ended the scientific career of a promising specialist.
It was from the funny film “Chasing Two Hares” that the whole country learned about Maxim’s real relationship with Alla Borisovna
Filming and advertising
Maxim Galkin also tried himself as an actor. In 2000, he participated in a documentary film dedicated to the anniversary of Gennady Khazanov. He starred in Yeralash, in the films “Bless the Woman”, “Chasing Two Hares”, “First Ambulance”, “First at Home”, “Kings Can Do Anything”. I also managed to take part in advertising. For example, Maxim starred in a video in the style of the 90s, where he praised the convenience of the apartments for sale.
Initially, the program “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, where Galkin acts as the host, was called “Oh Lucky Man!”
Participation in TV shows
Maxim took the baton from Dibrov: in 2001 he began to host the intellectual game “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” In July of the same year he gave his first solo comedy concert. It took place in the city of Vitebsk.
This was followed by a whole series of benefit performances, with which he toured both in Russia and abroad. Increasingly, Maxim participated in the Laughing Panorama and Full House. Particularly successful were the parodies of B.N. Yeltsin, V. Novodvorskaya, R. Litvinov, L. Leshchenko.
Since the fall of 2001, Maxim has shown himself as a singer. The first vocal experience took place with Alla Pugacheva - “Be or not be.” Later he performed with her in her Christmas projects.
Celebrity biography – Maxim Galkin
Russian pop star, unique parodist and comedian, actor, singer and host of various show programs.
Childhood
On June 18, 1976, a boy was born in the Moscow region, who was named Maxim; then no one could have thought that he would grow up to be a famous person. Maxim’s mother worked at a geophysical research institute, his father was a military man, rose to the rank of colonel general, and served in the armored forces. The boy spent his early childhood in Germany. When he was 7 years old, the family moved to the USSR again, receiving an appointment to the city of Odessa. At the same time, my father received the rank of major general in the Soviet Army. Here Maxim went to school and completed 3 grades, while simultaneously studying in a fine arts studio. This was followed by the family moving to Buryatia, where the boy studied for another 2 years in Ulan-Ude. The family settled in a military town. Just 100 km from them was Lake Baikal, where they often visited. Soon everyone returned to Moscow, and Maxim’s parents divorced, he remained to live with his mother.
Little Maxim with mom and dad
From childhood, one could observe artistic talent in the boy. He was involved in a wide variety of school productions and played there with pleasure. And, already studying in middle school, he began to get involved in parody. Among his peers, he actively portrayed friends, classmates and teachers.
As a sixth grade student, he decided to organize his first evening dedicated to creativity, it was a puppet show, in which Maxim portrayed his characters in different voices.
In 1993, the young man graduated from the Moscow gymnasium. The Russian State University for the Humanities was chosen for further education. He graduated from higher education in 1998 at the Faculty of Linguistics. Then he decided to continue his studies by entering graduate school, and even began writing a dissertation, but in 2009 he decided to leave graduate school. He has perfectly studied and speaks 6 languages fluently: Czech, French, Spanish, German, English, Church Slavonic.
The beginning of a creative journey
Even during his studies, Maxim Galkin became interested in studying languages, quite successfully, but at the same time, creative ideas did not leave him. His first performance for the general public took place back in 1994, for which the stage of the Moscow State University Student Theater was chosen, the parody number was called “Fountains of Love for Your Neighbor.”
Next, the aspiring artist was invited to take part in a performance at the Variety Theater with a parody number. Parodies were invented for popular politicians such as Yeltsin, Putin, Zhirinovsky. There were several such performances, and the young man was noticed by artistic director Boris Brunov. Talent is difficult to hide, so Galkin was invited to work at the Variety Theater, they were ready to accept him into the cast. Successful performances began, after which Galkin was offered a tour of Russian cities with the star of Russian parodists, Mikhail Zadornov. The tour lasted about a year and a half.
Galkin loves the stage, and the stage loves him!
Returning from tour, Maxim Galkin became popular and recognizable, he could be seen more and more often on TV screens, we can say that this was the beginning of a successful career. And already in 2001, the young actor received such awards as “Golden Ostap” and “Triumph”. In the same year he held his first solo concert, which took place at the Slavic Bazaar festival, which was held in Vitebsk.
The same year was successful for building a successful career on television as a presenter. He was invited to host a quiz show, which became quite popular, “Oh, Lucky Man.” The program began airing under the new name “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Maxim worked as the permanent host of this popular quiz until 2008.
From 2001 to 2008, Maxim Galkin hosted the TV quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” on the first channel
Since 2008, Galkin was invited to the role of co-host of the popular show “Two Stars”; he led the project together with Alla Pugacheva.
This was followed by participation in such projects as “Dancing with the Stars” and “Starry Ice”, and later the project “New Year’s Parade of Stars” appeared on the air. In 2008, he hosted this program together with Nikolai Baskov, and a year later he became a co-host with Alla Pugacheva, and in 2011 he hosted it together with Vladimir Zelensky. Subsequently, Maxim Galkin led many more projects that became popular, recognizable and loved.
Maxim Galkin’s film career also turned out well. In 2001, he made his debut in the issue of the humorous magazine “Yeralash”.
Afterwards, the successful parodist was invited to shoot in the film “Bless the Woman” and in the popular musical “Chasing Two Hares,” where he also starred with Alla Pugacheva in the lead roles.
Personal life of Maxim Galkin
Maxim’s personal life was perfect: a beloved woman, desired children, peace and love in the family. However, before coming to this, Maxim still had other relationships.
First love Yulia Busil
Maxim Galkin's first love was his classmate, Yulia Busil. They sat at the same desk and fell in love with each other. Love flared up and went out. The boy concentrated on his studies, and the feelings ended.
The lovers believed that they would be together for the rest of their lives, but after graduating from school they never met again
Special treatment for Anastasia Chernobrovina
At twenty-three and a half years old, the comedian fell in love again. The girl's name was Anastasia Chernobrovina. She was a famous person; Maxim met her at her concert. Anastasia was embarrassed by Maxim’s obsession: he showered her with bouquets and expensive gifts. Everything stopped instantly when Alla Pugacheva decided to meet the girl in person. She gave her an unpleasant interrogation about her relationship with Maxim. That's how it all stopped.
It seems that Alla Borisovna has found a serious competitor in Anastasia
Wife Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna is Maxim’s legal wife. After Pugacheva’s divorce in 2005, the couple began to live together, although the lovers had a relationship long before that. In 2011, Alla and Maxim legalized their relationship.
Alla Borisovna is Galkin’s first and only legal wife
Children of Maxim Galkin
In September, the star spouses became parents: they had twins. This happened through surrogacy in one of the branches of the Mother and Child clinics. The name of the woman who gave birth is kept secret. The babies were named Harry and Lisa.
Children of star parents are precocious, and from the age of 3 they learn English, make their own crafts, dance and sing professionally
Galkin's film “My Wife – Alla Pugacheva”
Despite the fact that Alla Pugacheva has long said goodbye to concert activities, she remains a super star of social networks and her husband’s personal accounts. Maxim helped millions of her fans take a fresh look at his wife with the help of the film “My Wife – Alla Pugacheva” he created. The idea for this project did not come out of nowhere: Maxim has been running Instagram for a long time and regularly posts pictures and videos with his family and exchanges comments with subscribers. Bright, interesting moments from the life of the wife and children, creative presentation - all this helps to take a fresh look at the “official” Diva.
Rumors about an affair with Elena Galitskaya
Last year, the Internet was full of rumors about Elena and Maxim’s romance: they went to Belarus together, and the restless yellow press was quick to call this trip a “honeymoon.” Galitskaya was outraged, because, in her words, they had a purely business relationship with Maxim. The Diva herself reacted neutrally to this and advised her to ignore such gossip.
Galitskaya denies rumors of an affair, citing respect for the Diva
Yulia Baranovskaya and Maxim Galkin: a relationship that never happened
At the beginning of 2020, rumors spread that the marriage of Diva and Galkin was bursting at the seams. This time, Yulia Baranovskaya was cast in the role of the homewrecker. Suspicions were raised by the fact that the TV presenter accompanies the comedian and the Diva when appearing in public places.
The happy couple again ignored this and continued to live peacefully. Baranovskaya was more indignant: she called the press representatives “sick in the head.”
TV presenter Yulia Baranovskaya promised that she would go to court if she discovered new attempts to slander her and Galkin
Three million per year and VIP security: what is known about the school where Pugacheva and Galkin sent their children
Maxim Galkin and Alla Pugacheva with children
The annual amount of payment per student will be 1 million 600 thousand. True, Alla Borisovna and Maxim Galkin received a 10 percent discount on the education of one of their twins, since this option is provided for all parents who send two of them to the gymnasium at once.
“The amount of 1.6 million is divided into four payments - 400 thousand each. To sign up for testing at school, you need to plan the day in advance, since our founder conducts such meetings. He gives the parents a tour of the gymnasium. At this time, specialists can test the child. The territory of the gymnasium is guarded, entry is by electronic passes and preliminary applications,” the gymnasium told StarHit.
In the first grade, Lisa and Harry have five lessons a day, which start at eight in the morning and end at 14:20. After classes, students can attend various developmental clubs. The choice is very wide: sports, foreign languages, music and art, theater studio or in-depth study of subjects. By the way, the children of Galkin and Pugacheva are growing up very artistic: they have already taken part in a fashion show, and also managed to star in advertising with their dad. The guys may well be interested in creative sections.
Alla Pugacheva's twins brought her to tears, congratulating her on her birthday
The institution is considered a full-day school: children are here until six o'clock in the evening. According to local teachers, this mode is convenient because you can do your homework under the supervision of a teacher. In addition to the teacher, each class has a teacher. “He organizes themed classroom hours, takes children on walks and to extracurricular activities, helps prepare for school-wide holidays, and accompanies children on excursions,” says the official website of the educational institution.
The gymnasium is located in the village of Lipki, Odintsovo district. From the castle of Galkin and Pugacheva, located in the village of Gryaz, it takes about seven minutes to get to school. Schoolchildren can also use special buses. The vehicles are controlled by the security service, and security guards travel with the guys.
Let us note that the school has been open since 2001 and is a partner of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. Most high school students, by the way, then enter the budget departments of leading Russian educational institutions: Moscow State University, MGIMO, Higher School of Economics.
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