 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Semyon Slepakov | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 23 August 1979 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter |
Semyon Sergeyevich Slepakov (Russian : Семён Серге́евич Слепако́в; born 23 August 1979 in Pyatigorsk) is a Russian producer, screenwriter and show-runner.
Slepakov was born on August 23, 1979, in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai and raised in a Jewish family. [1] He graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Pyatigorsk State University with specialization in Translation from French. In 2003, he obtained the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
In 2005, he moved to in Moscow. He moved to Israel in October 2022 and was threatened with arrest by Russian authorities for releasing a song critical of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2]
Vasily Semyonovich Grossman was a Soviet writer and journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, Grossman trained as a chemical engineer at Moscow State University, earning the nickname Vasya-khimik because of his diligence as a student. Upon graduation, he took a job in Stalino in the Donets Basin. In the 1930s he changed careers and began writing full-time, publishing a number of short stories and several novels.
Republican Football Club Akhmat, commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, and formerly as Terek Grozny from 1958 to 2017, is a Russian professional football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky is a bankrupt Russian media oligarch who is a person of interest in FBI's investigation and recent conviction of Charles McGonigal on bribery and conspiracy charges for attempts to circumvent US sanctions on Russia. Prior to conspiring with the Kremlin to continue his media business abroad Gusinsky founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV free-to-air channel, the newspaper Segodnya, and a number of other magazines. The amount of outstanding debt to creditors he defrauded currently stands at 7.2 million USD.
Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s.
Sadriddin Ayni was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fiction, journalism, history, and a dictionary. He is regarded by Tajiks as Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers in the country's history.
KVN is a Russian and formerly Soviet comedy television show and international competition in which teams compete by giving humorous answers and show prepared sketches. The show originated in the Soviet Union and is based on the earlier program An Evening of Funny Questions. The program was first aired on the Soviet First Channel on 8 November 1961.
Semyon Kotko, Op. 81, is an opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Valentin Katayev based on Katayev's 1937 novel I, Son of Working People. It was premiered on 23 June 1940 at the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre in Moscow.
Yoav Gallant is an Israeli politician and former military officer who served as minister of defense between 2022 and 2024. Gallant was an officer in the Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Israeli Navy. In January 2015 he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party. After being elected to the Knesset he was appointed minister of construction. At the end of 2018 he joined Likud, shortly after which he became minister of Aliyah and Integration. In 2020 he was appointed minister of education, and the following year became minister of defense. On 5 November 2024, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had dismissed Gallant, effective 7 November, and sought to have Israel Katz replace him. Gallant subsequently resigned from the Knesset on 5 January 2025.
Joint Stock Company Transneft is a state-controlled pipeline transport company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is the largest oil pipeline company in the world. The company is operating over 70,000 kilometres (43,000 mi) of trunk pipelines and transports about 80% of oil and 30% of oil products produced in Russia.
Vakha Khamidovich Arsanov was a Chechen divisional general and politician who was Vice President of Ichkeria from 1997 to 2001.
Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz was a Soviet Armenian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Patrol 36 was a neo-Nazi skinhead organization in Israel, consisting of 9 members, led by Eli Bonite, alias "Ely the Nazi". The group's members were Russian immigrants that had Jewish roots aged 16 to 21. According to The Daily Telegraph, the men's families were allowed to settle in Israel under the Law of Return.
Semen Fisheliovych Hluzman is a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist.
Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin was a Russian writer, poet, and literary translator.
Our Russia. Balls of Fate is a 2010 Russian comedy film directed by Gleb Orlov and Maksim Pezhemsky and starring Sergey Svetlakov, Mikhail Galustyan, Valeriy Magdiash and Viktor Verzhbitsky. It is based on the sketch-comedy series Our Russia and follows most of its characters, mainly gastarbeiters Ravshan (Galustyan) and Dzhamshut (Magdiash) and their boss Leonid (Svetlakov). The film was the highest-grossing film of 2010 in Russia with $22.2 million in ticket sales.
Alexander Georgievich Dulerayn is an independent russian producer, director and script writer. He also was the general producer of TNT TV (2009—2021), Chief Content Officer of Storyworld Entertainment (2017—2021).
Alexey Vasilyevich Lyaporov is a creative producer of Comedy Club TV show on TNT channel, a former member and author of the “Pyatigorsk” KVN team, one of the screenwriters of the iconic sketch comedy show "Nasha Russia" and the film "Our Russia. The Balls of Fate".
Semyon Mikhailovich Vainshtok is a Russian-Israeli industrialist, former head of the state-controlled companies Transneft (1999–2007) and Olympstroy (2007–2008).
The Jewish Community in Pyatigorsk are the Jews who have ever lived in the territory of modern-day Pyatigorsk, the city in Stavropol Krai, in the North Caucasus region of Russia. Jews settled in Pyatigorsk at the beginning of the 19th century. At that time, Jews settled in the area of the Market Square, now this is the area of the Lower Market.
| International | |
|---|---|
| Artists | |
 | This Russian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a comedian or humorist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
