Alexander Maslyakov
Date of Birth: 11.24.1941
Alexander Vasilievich Maslyakov - Russian television presenter. Founder and owner of the company 'AMiK' (Alexander Maslyakov and Company) - Organizer of KVN.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). From 1966 to 1968, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineering and the Higher Courses for Television Workers.
Career. After graduating, he worked for a year as an engineer. After the television courses, he worked from 1969 to 1995 in various positions at the Main Editorial Office for Youth Programs and other studios. In 1990, he founded the television creative studio 'AMiK' and was its general producer until 1998. Since 1998, he has been the president of the 'AMiK' studio (Alexander Maslyakov and Company).
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President of the International KVN Association.
On television, Alexander Maslyakov appeared for the first time in 1964 as a student. During his studies, he was actively involved in the KVN team of the institute. 'Once, Pascha Kantor, the team captain, grabbed me in one of the classrooms and said: 'Listen, you will be one of the Five!' And explained that employees of the youth editorial office of Central Television would film an entertainment show. And five students from this university who had recently won in the KVN game would be the hosts,' Maslyakov recalls. After that, he was seen on television for the first time.
After the first recording, the youth editorial office invited the student to host KVN. Until the show's cancellation 'Veselye i nahodchivye' in 1972, he was the undisputed host of the show. This was followed by programs like 'Hello, we are looking for talents', 'Come on, girls', 'Addresses of young people', 'Virage'. Alexander Maslyakov hosted reports from world festivals of youth and students in Sofia, Havana, Berlin, Pyongyang, and Moscow. He served as the long-term host of international song festivals in Sochi for several years. He hosted 'Song of the Year', 'Alexander Show', and many other programs.
As the president of the International KVN Association, Alexander Maslyakov was the head of a large informal youth movement involving tens of thousands of citizens of Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union and abroad. Under his leadership, a huge infrastructure of various KVN tournaments was created within the association, many of which have international status and are broadcasted by many television channels, achieving high ratings.
In 2013, he became a jury member of the TV show 'Sense of Humor' alongside Yuliy Gusman.
In August 2016, it became known that the creative studio 'AMiK' had submitted documents to the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation to register the trademark 'Alexander Maslyakov'.
On July 1, 2017, the Moscow government dismissed Maslyakov as director of 'MMC Planeta KVN'. This occurred after an investigation by Transparency International, revealing that he handed over the cinema 'Gawana' in Mar'ina roshch' in Moscow to his own creative studio 'AMiK' on behalf of the center 'Planeta KVN'. Initially, the Moscow prosecutor's office found no violations. However, Transparency International challenged this decision with the Attorney General's Office. On December 1, 2017, the KVN press service denied the dismissal and stated that Maslyakov had left at his own request.
Awards. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994). Laureate of the 'Ovation' (1994). Academician of the Academy of Russian Television. Laureate of the Academy of Russian Television TEFI award - 'For personal contribution to the development of domestic television' (2002).
In 2006 (for the 45th anniversary of KVN and the 65th anniversary of its host), Alexander Maslyakov was awarded a number of honors: Order 'For Services to the Fatherland' (Russia), Order 'For Services' (Ukraine), Medal 'For Services to the Chechen People' (Chechen Republic).
Social Position. In January 2012, he became a member of the 'People's Staff' (in Moscow) of the presidential candidate of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
In January 2018, he was registered as Vladimir Putin's representative for the presidential elections on March 18, 2018, in Russia.
Family Ties. Father - Vasily Maslyakov (1904-1996), from the Novgorod region, was linked to aviation throughout his life, being a military pilot, navigator, and fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, serving afterward in the General Staff of the Air Force.
Mother - Zinaida Alexeyevna (born 1911), devoted her life to family and raising her son.
Wife - Svetlana Maslyakova, came to KVN television in 1966 as an assistant director after high school. Alexander and Svetlana got married in 1971. For many years, the wife of the club president has been the director of KVN.
Son Alexander Maslyakov (born 1980) - graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, host of 'Planeta KVN' and 'Premier League' programs.
11.06.2023.