Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
06.03.1934 (90 years) (Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; born 6 March 1934, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian writer, satirist and performer best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life. Zhvanetsky's monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and has authored several books.