Big family makes big money

KVN brings Alexander Vasilyevich fabulous income, but his daughter-in-law Angelina manages all the money in a large family

On November 24, Alexander MASLYAKOV will celebrate his 75th birthday. Widely, with sincerely strained smiles of the guests and another honorary title or order from the state. How else. Deserved. So many years selflessly and without closing his eyes - he made me laugh, laughed. How many soles of patent leather shoes I rubbed on stage, how much I earned on it. And who would have thought that greed would fail the fraer and ruin his entire jubilee mood.

Among their own, Alexander Vasilyevich is called Barin. Nickname like that. Received for blatant immodesty in everyday life and exorbitant arrogance. He has the most compelling reasons for such behavior. Maslyakov sincerely considers himself the author of the idea and the creator of KVN. You will laugh, it is. He also has a piece of paper with a seal.

The unique document is dated 1996. This is a certificate of the Russian Authors' Society for No. 1519 "On the registration of a work - an object of intellectual property." The reference requires citation: “This is to certify that an object of intellectual property is registered in the RAO - a script for a humorous game called “KVN” (Club of the cheerful and resourceful), the author of which, according to his own statement, is Maslyakov Alexander Vasilyevich.

According to the above author, all rights to this intellectual property object, created in 1986, belong exclusively to the above person. Maslyakov A.V. testifies that when creating the above object, he did not violate the intellectual property rights of other persons.

How! Judging by this document, Alexander Vasilievich Maslyakov invented the "Club of the cheerful and resourceful" twenty-five years after the official premiere of KVN on Soviet television on November 8, 1961. At that time, Maslyakov was 19 years old and he was just starting to study at the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers.

The first announcer of KVN was Svetlana Zhiltsova. In 1964, she succumbed to the courtship of an ardent, lively student who was carried away by KVN and dragged Sasha Maslyakov to the staff of the youth editorial office of Central Television. They say that their relationship lasted about five years and gave rise to a lot of rumors, to the point that many television employees considered them husband and wife.

...however, Soviet viewers watched the games already in the 60s and saw him paired with Svetlana ZHILTSOVA.

A no brainer that Alexander Vasilievich has nothing to do with the creation of the program. Why would such a respected person go for plagiarism and forgery? Yes, because KVN is not so much a joke as a lot of money.

Alexander Vasilyevich was really the first to understand this and registered a private office for earning this money - “AMIK Television Creative Association” (TTO “AMIK” LLC). Maslyakov Alexander Vasilyevich and his wife Maslyakova Svetlana Anatolyevna became the founders of TTO AMIK, and their son Alexander became the general director. The company sells exclusive rights to show games to Channel One. According to Forbes magazine, income from television broadcasts, joint tours of KVN teams and individual performances by participants in leagues of different levels is more than $3.5 million a year.

Business is really enviable. Considering that AMIK does not invest in the production of content, the family of Alexander Vasilievich simply cuts the “grandmothers” on both sides. After all, the composition of humorous texts, the preparation of numbers - all this is done by the members of the club. Moreover, for the right to perform under the KVN brand, the teams of the Higher and Premier Leagues pay deductions from all their tours and corporate performances. It was this financial tightening of the screws that caused the most successful players to leave for free bread, an example of this is the appearance of the show "Ural dumplings" and "Comedy Club".

Once, the pranksters took advantage of the conflict between the Maslyakovs and the residents of the Comedy Club. They called Maslyakov Jr., introducing themselves as Timur Batrutdinov, and offered to have sex. Then Alexander Alexandrovich spoke sharply about the caller. Those did not calm down and called Alexander Vasilievich already. Maslyakov Sr. was also rather unrestrained. He shouted into the phone: “P ... yes you are, not a star. You, such stars, gave birth to KVN! He is the star of the Comedy Club, please tell me! The star is Brad Pitt, and you all are. What right do you have to call me, you brat? I am the star, and you are all rubbish!”

The prankster video caused a real stir. Most of the listeners were surprised by Alexander Vasilyevich's refusal to have sex with a young KVN officer. This, given the long-standing and persistent rumors, was not expected from Barin.

Was a public house, became private

First of all, KVN today is the Planet KVN cultural center, a giant building with a multimedia concert hall with a total area of ​​​​8.7 thousand square meters, located near the center of Moscow on Sheremetyevskaya Street at 2.

So, until the fall of 2014, this golden real estate belonged to the State Unitary Enterprise "MMC" Planet KVN ", the only founder of which was the Department of Property of the City of Moscow. The general director of the state unitary enterprise "MMTS" Planet KVN ", that is, a civil servant, was, you will not believe, Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov himself.

And from now on, as magicians say, you need to carefully monitor his hands.

On October 28, 2014, the general director of the private "TTO" AMIK "Alexander Aleksandrovich Maslyakov (son) and the general director of the state-owned MMC" Planet KVN "Alexander Vasilievich Maslyakov (father) met and made a fateful decision. They decided to establish a limited liability company "Dom KVN" at Moscow, Sheremetyevskaya, 2.

On the part of the state, represented by Maslyakov Sr., golden Moscow real estate and internal equipment of the Planet KVN cultural center were contributed to the authorized capital of Dom KVN LLC with a total value of 1,391,070,476 rubles. And for this, only 49 percent of the authorized capital was due to the budgetary state enterprise. And the private structure of the Maslyakov family, represented by their son, contributed only one piece of paper with the image of the logo - the Trademark "International Union of KVN", valuing it at 1,447,848,863 rubles, and received a controlling stake of 51 percent. In such a cheerful and resourceful way, state property became family property.

The wife of Maslyakov Jr. Angelina became the general director of the newly-minted Dom KVN LLC, the very one who owned the building of Planet KVN. Having received the main asset of the Maslyakovs in her hands, the fragile girl instantly showed business acumen. She leased the premises of the KVN House to Konstantin Raikin's Satyricon Theater for 86.5 million rubles received by Satyricon from the Russian budget for staging performances. And all this, perhaps, looked normal, but when they became interested in this matter, the Maslyakovs and the directorate of the Satyricon instantly discovered some common businesses and similar bonds and interests.

Now the Maslyakov family is being bombarded with journalistic investigations one after another. It is possible that the competent authorities will be interested in the fact of transferring state real estate to private. And then one old fairy tale can become a reality.

In Soviet times, rumors constantly circulated that Alexander Maslyakov was imprisoned for currency fraud. And he was not at all fun in the zone. Like, the proximity to the blue screen was not considered a merit there, but quite the contrary. The former all-powerful chief of the USSR State Radio and Television Leonid Kravchenko recalled that time in an interview.

Even the KGB officers tried to convince me: “Leonid Petrovich, he is gay!” But this has nothing to do with the release, - Leonid Petrovich assured. - Once they went to "cut" the money. They took with them popular performers from those programs that Alexander led, and traveled around the Volga with concerts. All this was done under the "roof" of the State Radio and Television. However, all the money they received was put into their own pocket, and not a penny went to the television box office. And now a message comes from the Gorky regional party committee that Alexander Maslyakov is speaking there with hack work. The entire brigade was returned, and Maslyakov was suspended from the air for three months. Then rumors spread that he was in prison. Then they decided to show him sitting in the hall during the broadcast of KVN and calm the people.

Yes, the humane Soviet state loved its stars and forgave them many pranks. It is possible that dear Alexander Vasilyevich is being "pardoned in absentia" even now. They will give him "Planet KVN" for his anniversary and forget it. And if not, then at any time he can, using a residence permit, leave for Latvia. Alexander Vasilievich has long been the owner of an apartment in the most "star" high-rise building in Jurmala - Lielupes Marienbade. The windows of his apartment offer a wonderful view of the Gulf of Riga, and the neighbors are all celebrities: Olga Budina, Valery Syutkin, Vladimir Vinokur. It will not be boring.

And who is leading this crazy game of all times and peoples? And so who is he - the host of KVN:

Maslyakov Alexander Vasilievich, Major League


Full name: Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov
Date of Birth: November 24, 1941
Place of Birth: USSR, Sverdlovsk

The main direction in life: organizer of KVN games

Short biography:
- in 1964 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers
- since 1968 the higher courses of television workers
- on television he led the programs Cheerful guys, Come on girls (and guys too), Addresses of the young, Hello, we are looking for talents
- in 1974 he spent several months in colony YUN 83/2 for illegal currency transactions (whether it's true or not - ask Maslyakov, taken from here old.cry.ru/text.shtml?200011/20001129135509.inc)
- in 1975 he was the first host of the TV show What? Where? When?
- founder of the game KVN (Club of Cheerful and Resourceful), and the television creative association AMIK
- Since 2006, the chairman of the jury of the scary TV show with even more scary sounds Minute of Glory (which was ridiculed more than once by teams in games)
- 1994 Ovation Award
- 2002 TEFI award
- 2006 Order from Putin "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th degree - for his contribution to domestic television and creative activity (he said at the dedicated game)
- 2006 medal "For services to the Chechen people"
- 2007 Order of Dostyk 2nd class from Kazakhstan
- 2007 Order "For Merit" 3rd class from the President of Ukraine Yushchenko
- 2017, December, Maslyakov A.A. resigned from the post of president of KVN AMIK, tk. Ernst threatened to stop showing KVN on the first channel, the redistribution of Amik began

Wife Svetlana Anatolyevna. Maiden name - Kazakova. Married since 1971. In 1980, the son Alexander Maslyakov ml was born, which you can learn about below.
Fun fact: In 1980, a very famous Mongolian composer sat on the jury. The presenter, introducing him, each time mangled his last name. The composer was terribly offended. Maslyakov apologized. But the next day it happened again. Alexander Vasilievich could not pronounce this name correctly from the stage. The Mongol's name was Ayak Khuyak.

Maslyakov Alexander Alexandrovich, Premier League






Full name: Alexander Alexandrovich Maslyakov Jr.
Date of Birth: April 28, 1980
Place of Birth: USSR, Moscow

The main direction in life: leading premier league KVN

Short biography:
- Graduated from MGIMO in 2002 - specialist in regional studies with in-depth knowledge of foreign languages ​​(Italy)
- since 2000, he was also the host of the programs Planet KVN, Outside the game, and the first league of KVN

Likes to laugh with head tilted and hand to forehead, eyes closed and mouth wide open for long periods of time

Wife Angelina Evgenievna. Maiden name Marmeladova


According to unofficial data, Nabatnikov's maiden name, mother is a Tatar, Nabatnikov Viktor Nikolaevich, for a long time under Luzhkov was the head of the department of land and property relations in the city of Moscow and was involved in the raider seizure of the printing house.
I met her in my first year at MGIMO.
Always attends all KVN games. Almost every broadcast has a frame of the game. Several times "participated" in the scenes of some teams. His feature is in his laughter, when he neighs, tilts his head down and touches his nose with his hand.
Daughter Taisiya (born in August 2006). She sang along with a group of "fidgets" in the team of the Misis national team.

Taisiya Maslyakova, KVN Children's League

various latest news from the leading Maslyakov family

« When 6 years ago I first stepped on the stage as the host of the Premier League, I was terribly worried. I understood perfectly well that they would compare me with my father, examine me under a microscope.", - says the younger Maslyakov. Over time, the intelligent, charming presenter fell in love with the audience. And behind his back, the KVN officers respectfully call him San Sanych. And even AVM, mean to praise, in an interview with "7 days" said that he was pleased with how his son works.

The game of KVN is a family affair of the Maslyakovs: Alexander Vasilyevich has been the permanent head of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful for more than forty years, and his wife Svetlana Anatolyevna is the director of the KVN program. And, of course, their only son Sasha could not be "overboard" in this game. “In general, they could call me Kaveen,” Alexander laughs. - When I was born, one friend threw this idea to my parents. Luckily, they didn't listen to her. My mother chose the name for me, and my father, of course, did not mind. Already from the age of six, the parents began to take the boy with them to work - he was sitting in the hall among the audience, in a place of honor in the front row. Moreover, being at KVN for the first time, Sasha showed himself to be a fierce fan - he liked the team of the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology, and he clapped their jokes tirelessly, constantly jumping up from his seat in delight. For such support, the guys from the Moscow Chemical Technology Institute even gave Sasha several badges with the symbols of the institute ... “When I was a boy, KVN was an absolutely extraordinary event,” recalls the TV presenter. - Now people have a choice where to go: to a Pugacheva concert, to an evening of Galkin or Zhvanetsky. And in the years of perestroika, it was dreary in this regard - there were not enough spectacles for the people. So KVN has become a great holiday for people, an occasion for going out. I've always liked the Kaween atmosphere. I tried to attend every game, in my whole life I missed maybe five games in total.

Papa, who "ruled" the whole holiday, Sasha rarely saw at home. To provide for his family, Alexander Vasilyevich always worked very hard, often went to work - he led all sorts of concerts in other cities. But at the same time, he also managed to engage in the upbringing of a single child. “My parents didn’t let me take a step calmly, constantly controlled, even suppressed in some way,” says Maslyakov Jr. - In the lexicon of my mother, the words prevailed: “no”, “you won’t go”, “you can’t”, “you won’t”, “I don’t allow it”. I was a conscious young man and tried to listen to my elders, but as I grew older I began to resist their pressure more and more, even at school I insisted that they not interfere in my affairs, they say, I want to solve my problems myself. For this "himself", which I apparently used often, my father and mother called me Sam Sanych. However, the parents became convinced that they had a boy with character when Sasha was only 6 years old. He watched a "terrible" cartoon about the dangers of smoking and decided to save his father and mother from this addiction. He built a poster with the words “A cigarette is poison” and began to persistently beg his parents: “Mom, dad! Please don't smoke!" “At first they hid from me in the corners with cigarettes, but my tears still broke through them. And I achieved my goal - they quit smoking, ”Alexander smiles.

In the 10th grade, the guy set himself a specific goal - to finish the 11th grade as an external student and enter MGIMO, the Faculty of International Relations. Since he studied somehow at school, not straining too much, he had to urgently take up his mind and work hard to the fullest: “I prepared very seriously for a whole year, studied with tutors. The burden of a famous family, of course, pressed - I could not lose my face, let my father down. I did it hard. I still remember the numbers of my tickets and the dates of the entrance exams, which I still sometimes have nightmares about.” And although, as a result, Alexander became a student of one of the most prestigious universities in the capital, even during his studies he had to constantly prove that he got into MGIMO thanks to his knowledge, and not through blasphemy. “Some teachers were biased towards me, and it happened that they just fell down on exams,” recalls Maslyakov Jr. “It was really embarrassing because I took my studies very seriously.”

Already in the third year of the institute, Alexander began working under the guidance of his father - he became the host of the television programs Planet KVN and Outside the Game. It was then that a beautiful brunette took a place next to him in the auditorium at KVN ... Sasha met Angelina on the very first day of his studies at MGIMO - September 1. During a break between lectures, they stood side by side in line at the institute cafe and, word for word, started talking. Well, we chatted and parted ways. And two months later, Angelina moved to Sasha's group, and they began to communicate every day. At first, the guys agreed on the basis of study. The girl helped Sasha with homework, for which he did not have enough time, and he, in gratitude for this, drove her home after class. “We were constantly together and quickly found out that we had a lot in common, and became so good friends that we started dating,” Alexander recalls. And soon Sasha invited Angelina to a restaurant to celebrate his birthday and introduced him to his parents. They are
son's choice was approved. Angelina grew up in an intelligent family: her father is a professor, doctor of economic sciences, and her mother was engaged in the publishing business.

It so happened that the candy-bouquet period for lovers lasted for five whole years. Maslyakov Jr. waited for the moment when he and Angelina received their diplomas and only after that did he propose to her. The wedding was celebrated on a grand scale: more than a hundred guests gathered in one of the capital's restaurants. The parents of the newlyweds gave them a truly chic gift - a new large apartment. “When Lina and I began to live separately, I finally felt free from parental care and control,” says Alexander. - My wife was having a hard time breaking away from her parents, she missed them a lot, she was worried. And I realized that now I have taken place as a man, becoming the head of our family with Lina.

“Sasha is really that strong shoulder for me, on which I can always lean,” says Angelina. - He is very reliable, caring, sensitive. And what else is important for me - he is a person with a subtle sense of humor, it is always fun with him, it never gets boring at all. “Yes, we definitely don’t let each other get bored,” Alexander picks up. - We are very similar in character: both are emotional, quick-tempered, stubborn. And when we start to quarrel or argue, we will fight to the last, no one wants to give in. I think that I am 100 percent right, and Lina is sure that she is 500 percent right. And neither I nor she has the patience to give in somewhere, to remain silent. So until we torment each other in full, we will not calm down. But we can’t be angry for a long time, we put up quickly. And every time we understand that we were cursing because of some nonsense, but we wasted so much time, effort, nerves on this! “Besides, we are both terribly jealous,” adds Angelina. “It’s good that we don’t give each other reasons for jealousy, otherwise it could end badly ...” Sasha and Lina almost never part: they like to go to visits, to the theater and to social events together. By the way, they also graduated from graduate school together (both defended dissertations for the degree of "candidate of economic sciences"). And they gave birth together. The wife really wanted a child, they planned, but Alexander was not eager to attend the birth. Everything happened spontaneously. Sasha brought his wife with contractions to the hospital, escorted her to the ward. And since no one kicked him out of there, he stayed. “I held Lina’s hand, tried to make her laugh, to distract her from the pain a little. It was so surprising that I also participate in this sacrament, I am needed here. And when they gave me my child, it was as if wings had grown behind my back, I experienced some kind of absolute boundless happiness that cannot be compared with anything. Everything has changed! I will never forget how we returned with our daughter from the hospital. This event was celebrated, grandparents and the nanny went home. And Lina and I were left alone with Tasya. I was seized with a feeling of chilling horror: what are we to do with her now? They didn’t sleep all night, they jumped at every rustle, listened to see if the child was breathing ... Then, of course, I learned everything: I could feed Tasya, bathe, put her to bed. At one time she fell asleep very hard, and I rocked her in my arms. I did six hundred strokes, and only then did it turn off. Then I trained my hands well, pumped up my muscles, ”the TV presenter laughs.

Now Taisiya is already two and a half years old (in 2010). More than anything, the baby loves children's performances and performances, she can sit in one breath, not looking up at the stage, for two hours. Almost every morning he asks: “Mom, are we going to the theater today?” Adults take Tasya to the theaters in turn, whoever has a day off goes. Grandfathers and grandmothers do not have a soul in their only granddaughter: they pamper, give gifts. “We spoiled her a little, and, in my opinion, she already believes that she is the main one in the family,” Alexander smiles. - However, I still try to stop hooliganism and whims in the bud. Tasya is a reasonable girl, you can negotiate with her. ” Recently, the yellow press wrote that the Maslyakovs are waiting for an addition to the family. “Friends called us, congratulated us, but we didn’t sleep or spirit,” Angelina laughs. - While the three of us are very good, and we have not yet seriously thought about the second child. Why hurry? Let Tasia grow up a little. But, what can I say, one child is not enough. I want a big friendly family to gather at the table on holidays. And while her daughter is growing up, Angelina is seriously interested in writing - in September her first book will be published - the love story of a modern young woman called "Amore Mio".

If we talk about the future, then Maslyakov Jr. no longer thinks of it without KVN. And although everyone unofficially considers him the successor of his father, Alexander himself diligently avoids this topic: “I don’t even want to think about it, God grant dad more strength and health! My status in KVN suits me 100 percent. I do an interesting job that brings me a lot of positive emotions, and even allows me to earn a living. And I have a minimum of responsibility, all of it lies with my father. So it's a sin to complain ... Now, by the way, a surge in the popularity of KVN. The crisis has not touched our game. In the new season, many new promising teams have come to KVN. And in general, it seems to me that KVN can never get bored, because it is a living organism. Life changes, and KVN changes with it. I think it will be interesting and relevant for a long time!”

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Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov. Born November 24, 1941 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Soviet and Russian TV presenter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994), long-term host of KVN.

Father - Vasily Vasilyevich Maslyakov (1904-1996), originally from the Novgorod region, military pilot, navigator, participant in the Great Patriotic War, after the war he served in the General Staff of the Air Force.

Mother - Zinaida Alekseevna Maslyakova (born 1911), housewife.

Maslyakov's childhood passed in Sverdlovsk and partly in Chelyabinsk. After the war, his father, a military pilot, was transferred to the main headquarters of the Air Force in Moscow.

From childhood, he was distinguished by a sharp mind, he graduated from school with honors.

After school, he entered the energy department of the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers. It was thanks to MIIT that Alexander Maslyakov became the host of the most enduring and popular show in the country - KVN.

First he got into the student theater. Journalist, director and producer Anatoly Lysenko recalled: “Sasha and I met in 1960. By that time I had already graduated from MIIT, and we, engineers, the kings of institute amateur performances, recruited guys into our student theater. And suddenly a guy came in with beautiful wavy hair. He said "hello" and smiled. And I caught myself on the fact that I was smiling too. I looked at the others - they, like me, threw off their masks, smiled. This is Sanya's fantastic gift. "

And in 1961, a new youth edition was formed on Soviet TV: KVN, later this abbreviation began to be deciphered as the “Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful”. Although initially KVN is the first letters of the names of its creators: Kenigson, Varshavsky, Nikolaevsky. We add that the most popular brand of Soviet TVs (boxes with a tiny screen and a lens) was also called that at that time.

The KVN game instantly became super popular. And her future presenter Alexander Maslyakov then just studied at MIIT. He was not a kaveenshchik, but he participated in student productions.

The MIIT KVN team was known by that time, and in January 1963 it won one of the TV games. After this game, the youth editors decided to take a new step - so that the next KVN game would be led by players from the KVN MIIT team, the winner of the last game. The captain of the Miitovites offered the role of presenter to Alexander Maslyakov. He agreed and after the television debut became famous throughout the USSR.

On Soviet TV, it was customary for a popular program to be led by two - a man and a woman. Svetlana Zhiltsova was approved in pair with Maslyakov - in contrast to him, the presenter with experience and with accumulated fame. The couple turned out to be extremely harmonious, complementing each other. They immediately became associated with KVN. And a rumor spread around the country that Svetlana Zhiltsova and Alexander Maslyakov were not only colleagues, but also spouses.

However, in the same year, KVN was closed by the decision of the chairman of the USSR State Radio and Television Sergei Lapin.

“I don’t want to offend all the captains who played in the 60s, many are no longer there, their memory is bright. And I don’t want to offend Yulik Gusman. But all this is a little mythologized. Then there was only KVN, and there was nothing nearby! every word, even accidentally spoken, was perceived differently. They say: oh, how they joked then! Yes, they joked in different ways in the 60s! Both bad and good," Maslyakov recalled.

Although KVN disappeared from Soviet screens in 1971, Alexander Maslyakov remained on them. By that time, he had become a leader paired with Zhiltsova, moreover, an ideal leader for a youth program.

Conviction of Alexander Maslyakov

One of the secrets of Maslyakov's biography is his prison past.

So, according to some sources, in 1974 he was convicted for illegal currency transactions and ended up in colony UN 83/2 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region. But he somehow managed to get out of prison pretty quickly. It was also repeatedly mentioned in the media that during the investigation he was in the Tula pre-trial detention center. Finally, older people remember a feuilleton in one of the central Soviet newspapers dedicated to Maslyakov, which was called "Sasha no longer laughs."

It is appropriate to recall the statements of the famous Russian singer, who repeatedly made harsh comments about Alexander Maslyakov, and also mentioned his prison past.

Alexander Vasilyevich himself invariably assures that he has not been in prison ...

From the second half of the 1970s, he reappears on television.

Each youth program hosted by Maslyakov immediately became super popular: “Hello, we are looking for talents”, “Come on, girls” and “Come on, guys”, “Addresses of the young”, “Funny guys”.

He reported from the World Festivals of Youth and Students in Sofia, Berlin, Havana, Moscow, Pyongyang.

For several years he was a regular host of international song festivals in Sochi, and also hosted the Song of the Year program (1976-1979).

Maslyakov - the first host of the program “What? Where? When? ”: in 1976 he held the second edition of the game (there was no host in the first edition).

In 1986, on the initiative of Andrei Menshikov (the captain of the KVN MISI in the 1960s), the youth editorial office of Ostankino decided to revive the KVN. Alexander Maslyakov was invited as the host - as a symbol of the continuity of the KVN of the 1980s of the KVN of the 1960s. Then few people thought that Alexander Maslyakov would become a symbol of KVN.

Maslyakov, on the other hand, turned KVN into what it is now - into an industry for making humorous air and, of course, making money. She first became a permanent presenter, leader and director of the popular KVN program, then the president of the International KVN Union and the AMiK television creative association, which produces the program.

Despite the fact that in the games of the Major League of KVN Maslyakov plays the role of a host, he was also a member of the jury twice: in the 1994 season finale and at the 1996 Summer Cup of Champions - both games were held as part of KVN cruises.

Maslyakov and KVN opened the way for many current TV stars.

"There are no former KVN players ... The guys end their KVN life and go to other television incarnations. On other channels, the process is faster. It is important there that the face is illuminated and, whatever it says, let it be. And the level of humor in some programs and the show sits down a bit. Everything is more vulgar, they are less picky. I don’t like it. But they are also watched. The channels are happy. Viewers are quite satisfied with this level of humor," says Maslyakov.

Note that once he was the host of the Vzglyad program (he broadcast this program on April 1, 1988).

He is the chairman of the jury of the TV show "Minute of Glory".

In January 2012, he became a member of the "People's Headquarters" (in Moscow) of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.

Alexander Maslyakov is the owner of numerous titles and awards: Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation; Academician of the Academy of Russian Television; Laureate of the Ovation Prize (1994); laureate of the TEFI award (“For personal contribution to the development of domestic television”, 2002); Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree ("For a great contribution to the development of domestic television and many years of creative activity", 2006); Kazakh order "Dostyk" II degree (2007); Ukrainian Order of Merit, III degree (2007).

In August 2016, the creative association AMiK filed with the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation for the registration of the trademark "Alexander Maslyakov".

Corruption scandal of Alexander Maslyakov

On December 1, 2017, it was reported that . According to the data of the international anti-corruption organization Transparency International, which received wide publicity, a number of violations were found in the work of Alexander Maslyakov. According to Transparency employees, Maslyakov allegedly did not comply with the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by law on the heads of state unitary enterprises. In 2011, Alexander Vasilievich, being the founder of the private creative association AMiK, which owns exclusive rights to products under the KVN brand, became the head of Planet KVN. The building of the Havana cinema was handed over to the state enterprise. In 2015, according to anti-corruption organizations, Maslyakov became an individual entrepreneur, although according to the law, the heads of state unitary enterprises do not have the right to combine work and business.

A year earlier, Planet KVN and AMiK, whose director is Alexander Maslyakov Jr., created a joint venture called Dom KVN.

“Already in this very fact there are obvious signs of a conflict of interest: Maslyakov, as the head of a state-owned enterprise, made a deal with a private company owned by himself and his family,” the experts emphasized. - Article 22 of the Law “On State and Municipal Unitary Enterprises” requires that such transactions be approved by the owner, i.e., in this case, the Moscow Property Department. In addition, the director of the State Unitary Enterprise is obliged to provide the management with all information about the organizations that he and his close relatives manage or own by more than 20%.

In the House of KVN, AMiK received a 51% stake, which allows the director of the new company, Angelina Maslyakova (the wife of the son of a famous TV presenter), to manage the assets of the State Unitary Enterprise, including the Havana cinema. “The Maslyakovs retained the KVN trademark and received control of the property donated to the KVN movement. And it is actively exploited commercially,” experts say.

Alexander Maslyakov. Documentary

The growth of Alexander Maslyakov: 170 centimeters.

Personal life of Alexander Maslyakov:

Married. Wife - Svetlana Smirnova. They met in 1966 thanks to KVN: Svetlana worked as an assistant director of KVN.

In 1971 they got married. Svetlana is the constant director of the popular TV show.

On April 28, 1980, the couple had a son, Alexander. In 2002 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, in 2006 he defended his Ph.D. Then he decided to continue the family tradition - he became the host of the Planet KVN, Outside the Game and Premier League KVN programs, since 2013 he has been the CEO of his father's company AMiK. Alexander Alexandrovich is married, his wife's name is Angelina (nee Nabatnikova, born February 14, 1980, journalist, publicist, director of the KVN House), in 2006 they had a daughter, Taisiya.

Alexander Vasilievich does not drink alcohol.

Filmography of Alexander Maslyakov:

1964 - Blue light. 25 years of Soviet television (film-play) - presenter
1970 - Mechanical adventures of Tarapunka and Plug - host of KVN
1975 - Ar-hi-me-dy! - entertainer
1982 - I don't want to be an adult - TV presenter
1984 - Obstacle Course - Correspondent
1985 - How to become happy - host of the competition
1986 - Love me as I love you - presenter of the program "Ah, come on, girls!"
2009 - Voices of fish - Maslyakov
2010 - Leonid Yakubovich. Without a butterfly (documentary)


Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was born on November 24, 1941 in the city of Yekaterinburg. Little Sashenka could rightfully be proud of his dad. He served as a navigator and military pilot who went through the Great Patriotic War. In peacetime after the war he served in the General Staff of the Air Force. The boy was born on the way to the evacuation.

She dearly loved her little son and devoted quite a lot of time to his upbringing. By the way, all the men of the Maslyakov family were called Vasily, only Zinaida Alekseevna decided to name her son Sasha, which violated the tradition that had developed over the years.

The guy successfully graduated from school, and after that he applied to the Institute of Transport Engineers in Moscow. He did not take part in KVN games, but now and then flashed in theatrical productions.

After graduating from the institute, Alexander Vasilyevich worked for a long time as an ordinary engineer, but the dream of working on television did not leave.

The thing was that in the fourth year Sasha was invited to become one of the five leading KVN. The winning team of the previous games was supposed to shoot a humorous program, and young Maslyakov, among others, led it. Sasha literally fell ill with television.

In 1968, Alexander graduated from the Higher Courses for Television Workers, and a little later, additional courses for television workers. The talented young man was noticed almost immediately and invited to host youth programs. Also, Maslyakov worked for eight years as a senior editor of youth programs. He later worked as a special correspondent and commentator. Was in demand at the Experiment studio.

Alexander led popular programs aimed at a youth audience. Among them, I would like to highlight “Come on, girls”, “Turn”, “Hello, we are looking for talents”, “Funny guys”, “Song of the year”. For a very long time, Alexander Vasilievich shone as the host of world youth and music television festivals, entertainment television programs. Few people know, but he became the first croupier of the program “What? Where? When? ”, hosted one of the episodes of the TV show“ Vzglyad ”.

One of the brightest pages in Maslyakov's life can be called the KVN game. Alexander Vasilyevich has been directing this program for many years. Also, he directs and leads this humorous project. He heads the International Union of KVN. Maslyakov was seen several times as a member of the jury at KVN field festivals. In the early releases of this program, he appeared on stage with Svetlana Zhiltsova.

Maslyakov considers the closure of the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful in 1974 on a far-fetched occasion to be a personal tragedy. The broadcast of the program resumed only after fourteen years. Alexander Vasilyevich returned to the post of TV presenter, but Svetlana Zhiltsova flatly refused to host KVN.

Maslyakov invented and headed the AMiK creative association, which still organizes KVN games throughout the country. Also, the KVN brand was registered in the name of Maslyakov, although the issue here is rather controversial.

TEFI Award nominee, holder of the Order of Merit. He was a member of the People's Staff of Vladimir Putin, who at that time was running for the presidency of the Russian Federation.

Personal life of Alexander Maslyakov

The whole life of Alexander Vasilyevich was constantly connected with the Club of the cheerful and resourceful. For a long time, Svetlana Zhiltsova, who hosted KVN television programs with him, was considered his wife. However, Maslyakov frankly laughed at such statements and denied a close relationship with his partner.

The personal life of Alexander Maslyakov has never been a secret for his surrounding fans, journalists and colleagues.

Beloved wife of Alexander Maslyakov

Maslyakov's wife, Svetlana Smirnova, appeared in his life in 1966. This year, she began working as an assistant director on Maslyakov's favorite brainchild - KVN. Five years later, the couple started a family. They are happy together and have been married for over forty years.

Svetlana Maslyakova works as a KVN director to this day.

Alexander Maslyakov Jr. - son of Alexander Vasilyevich

In 1980, a couple of Maslyakovs had a son, who was named after his father Sasha. The boy wanted to become either a politician or a policeman, but he resolutely rejected the career of a TV presenter.

Later, the genes, apparently, took their toll, and Alexander Maslyakov Jr. - the son of Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov - after studying at MGIMO, nevertheless became not a diplomat, but a leader. For a long time he has been leading the KVN Premier League and Planet KVN.

Maslyakov's son has a Ph.D. in economics. He heads the company "AMIK", as the chief director.

Cheerful and resourceful family of Alexander Maslyakov

The Maslyakov family is friendly, cheerful and resourceful. It is headed by Alexander Vasilyevich's beloved wife, Svetlana, who not only knows how to masterfully direct the performances of KVN teams, but also creates coziness and a warm atmosphere in the house.

The family of Alexander Maslyakov replenished when his son Sasha married Angelina Nabatnikova. The girl works as the director of the KVN House. She is a talented publicist and bright journalist.

In 2006, the most beloved granddaughter of Alexander Vasilyevich, Taisiya, was born. The girl, like her mother, does not miss a single KVN game played by her famous grandfather.

Why was Alexander Maslyakov in prison?

Yes, for nothing. It is a fiction that Alexander Maslyakov was in prison. There was no photo of this incident anywhere. Most likely, this is an information stuffing that corrupt media do for the benefit of some goal

Alexander Maslyakov Jr. was born on April 28, 1980 in Moscow. Father - Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov, permanent leader of the Club of cheerful and resourceful. Mother - Svetlana Anatolyevna Maslyakova (nee Smirnova), director of KVN programs.

Alexander Maslyakov Jr.: “In general, they could call me Kaveen. When I was born, a friend gave my parents this idea. Luckily, they didn't listen to her. My mother chose the name for me, and my father, of course, did not mind.

From the age of six, parents began to take the boy with them to work. Sasha was sitting in the hall among the audience, in a place of honor in the front row.

After school, Alexander entered MGIMO at the Faculty of International Relations, from which he successfully graduated in 2002.

Alexander Maslyakov Jr.: “Some teachers were biased towards me, and it happened that they just fell down on exams. It was really embarrassing because I took my studies very seriously.”
Quote taken from Caravan of Stories #6 (June 2009)

In 1999, while still a student, Alexander Maslyakov Jr. began his television career as the host of the Planet KVN and Outside the Game programs.

Alexander Maslyakov, Jr.: “When 6 years ago I first appeared on stage as the host of the Kaveen Premier League, I was terribly worried. I understood perfectly well that they would compare me with my father, examine me under a microscope.
Quote taken from Caravan of Stories #6 (June 2009)

In the early 2000s, Maslyakov Jr. married fellow student Angelina Marmeladova, whom he met while studying at the university. In marriage, the couple had a daughter, Taisiya (09/19/2006).

Alexander Maslyakov, Jr.: “When Lina and I began to live separately, I finally felt free from parental care and control. It was hard for my wife to break away from her parents, she missed them a lot, she was worried. And I realized that now I have taken place as a man, becoming the head of our family with Lina.
Quote taken from Caravan of Stories #6 (June 2009)

From 2003 to the present, Maslyakov Jr. has been working as the host of the Premier League of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club, which is the second league in the International KVN Union and is broadcast on Channel One.

In 2006, the TV presenter successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis in economics on the topic “Forms and methods of managing sub-federal non-residential real estate” at the State University of Management.

A family

Spouse - Angelina Viktorovna Maslyakova (nee Marmeladova)
Daughter - Taisiya (19.09.2006)