Leonid Yakubovich - permanent leading capital show "Field of Miracles"

One of the most popular leading Russia is Leonid Yakubovich. The biography of the actor and showman is full of different events. The article briefly describes the history of his life and interesting facts.

At dawn

Born a little Lenya on July 31, 1945 in Moscow. Father, Arkady Yakubovich, was the head of the design bureau. Mother, Rimma Schenker, worked as a gynecologist.

The boy received a strict upbringing. My father did not even check the diary, believing that studying is a personal matter for his son. Lena was not brought in with domestic hooligans, he studied well, treated his parents with respect.

Despite the exemplary behavior, he was expelled from the school in the 8th grade ... for absenteeism. In fact, Leonid Yakubovich together with a friend went to work in Siberia. Here he worked as a "bait". He was sitting in his underpants, smeared with mosquito-repellent creams, in a forest on a stump, and wrote down in a notebook when and where he was bitten by a mosquito. So scientists on volunteers checked the effectiveness of creams against mosquitoes.

The unlucky student still graduated from the evening school. Before him was the choice of profession.

Which way to choose?

Back in the 6th grade, Leonid Yakubovich, whose biography is described in the article, developed acting skills. He played the role of jester in the school play "Twelfth Night" and it was then realized that his vocation - cinema and television. Therefore, immediately after the school, Leonid Yakubovich entered immediately into 3 metropolitan theatrical high schools.

Parents thought it was not serious. "Will pass a whim," they were sure. Father put the young man before the fact: he must get a real profession, and only after that go to theatrical. Therefore, the young man entered the Institute of Electrical Engineering. But nature prevailed, and he began to play in the student theater of miniatures.

Later, the hero of the article was transferred to MISI them. Kuibyshev. The reason is not the best quality of education, but an excellent team of KVN, in which Lenya began to take part.

Together with the team, he traveled a lot around the country. In one of the trips I got acquainted with the soloist of "Gorozhanka" Galina. Young people were married, and in 1973 the couple had a son Artyom.

It is known that this was the second attempt to improve family life. The first wife of Leonid Yakubovich - Raya, a student of vocational school - broke his heart with a classmate.

After graduating from the institute, Lenya worked at the plant, but in 1980 he finally decided on his destiny as his destiny.

Creative flight

Leonid Yakubovich tried to write in the students. In 1980 he was admitted to the trade committee of Moscow playwrights. To date, from his pen came more than 300 works. He wrote for entertainers - Vinokur, Petrosian, Vainarovsky and other stars. He was the author of the popular television programs "Shire Circle", "We need victory as air is needed", "Earth's attraction", "Parade of Parodies", "From Olympus to Luzhniki", "Path stitches", "Support point", children's comic magazine " Eralash "and many others, loved by the spectator.

His famous plays are "Tutti", "Ku-ku, man", "Haunted Hotel". In 1988 he wrote a successful script for the first Moscow beauty contest. I took part in the creation of the "Guess-ka" program.

When the glory came

Today almost every resident of Russia and the near abroad knows who Leonid Yakubovich is. "Field of Miracles" - a TV show that brought him fame and popular love.

In this program, the artist was invited in 1991. Since then, he has been a permanent leader for almost a quarter of a century. The program has the highest ratings throughout the years. Such vitality, coupled with incredible popularity - a unique record on television.

Leading Yakubovich brought to the television show "Field of Miracles", which is analogous to the American "Wheels of Fortune", such novelties as a black box, two boxes, a museum program. The last innovation appeared because almost all the participants wanted to present their favorite presenter with souvenirs. Culinary gifts were immediately consumed by the film crew and artists, but other gifts, such as a fire suit or a picture of a local artist, Leonid Yakubovich invented to store in a special museum.

In addition to "Fields of Wonders", the artist was the presenter of such programs as "Analyzes of the Week", "The Wheel of History", "Dikanka", "Weak Link", "Washing in a Million", "The Last 24 Hours", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" . Since 2000 he is a member of the Major League of KVN.

Since 1980, he has appeared in almost 30 films and even in several commercials.

Yakubovich has many awards and titles.

Personal life

The third wife of Leonid Yakubovich - Marina - worked with him in the TV company "VID". She is younger than the hero of the article for 18 years. In 1998, they had a daughter, Varvara, and only 2 years later Yakubovich became a grandfather. Sophia's granddaughter was presented to him by the wife of his eldest son Artem from his second marriage.

Ex-spouse Galina in an interview told that she does not support the relationship with her ex-husband. She also complained that Father Leonid was not very caring. In addition to employment at work, he always had a lot of friends, professionally engaged in aviation, collected directories and coins, was fond of billiards, downhill skiing, preference. He sailed, jumped with a parachute, swam in a submarine, got a thrill on water skiing, took part in motor racing on an African safari. He perfectly prepares. So much to do! When was your son engaged?

In his new family, Yakubovich also established interesting rules: he lives in a Moscow apartment, and his wife and daughter are in a country house. And nobody prevents anyone ...