Igor Chekhov: biography
Igor Chekhov is a stand-up comedian, a resident of the Comedy Club, a member of the humorous duet Kukota & Chekhov, who works on the border of clownery, stand-up and plastic theater.
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Egor Kozlikin, better known as Igor Chekhov, was born in September 1987 in the Belarusian town of Smorgon, near Grodno. Egor's relatives and friends always noted his sparkling sense of humor and cheerful disposition. At school, the guy immediately signed up for the KVN team. The boy successfully joked on stage and made the audience laugh; he himself tried to write scripts and came up with humorous scenes. For this, in the 9th grade he was chosen as team captain.
Comedian Igor Chekhov
After receiving a school certificate, Igor Chekhov entered the Agrarian University of Stavropol, where he planned to major in mechanical engineering. But even here the desire to joke won over all others, and the guy began performing in the university KVN team, where he was also chosen as captain of the team. Acquaintance and friendship with another university comedian, Mikhail Kukota, determined Yegor’s future biography.
First, the guys made jokes on the KVN stage. Seeing that they were doing this much better than studying to become mechanics and electricians, the young people teamed up in the humorous duo “Kukota & Chekhov” and began a career in the world of show business.
Creation
After graduating from Stavropol University, Igor Chekhov realized that he would not be a mechanical engineer. The comedian, together with his partner Mikhail Kukota, went to St. Petersburg, where he entered the Academy of Theater Arts. The showmen's first stand-up performance, which took place in 2008, opened the doors to show business for them. “Kukota & Chekhov” ended up at Comedy Petersburg.
Igor Chekhov and Mikhail Kukota
Igor Chekhov - this is the stage name Yegor came up with for himself - together with his constant partner were soon recognized as one of the most successful humorous duets of our time. The guys came up with a unique genre, which they defined as “plastic idiocy.” But viewers and fans of Igor Chekhov and his constant colleague call the artists’ performances “cartoons.”
It is noteworthy that “Kukota & Chekhov” know how to make people laugh without saying a word. Clown grimaces, plastic movements, acrobatic stunts and power moves, complemented by the crazy charisma of the guys, bring the audience to complete delight. It seems that this is so far the only domestic duo of showmen who do not need words and long dialogues to convey their own humorous message.
Igor Chekhov in the show “No Sleep”
Igor Chekhov, together with his friend and partner, has already attended many television shows. The guys appeared in the famous television projects “Don’t Sleep”, “Comedy Battle”, “Laughter Without Rules”, “Bunker News”, “Slaughter League”, “Tochka Yu” and at the “Big Difference” festival. And also comedians Fr.
Later, Igor Chekhov and his partner became residents of the Comedy Club. The artists took part in the numbers “Meeting of the State Duma”, “30 minutes before the New Year”, “Meeting the robots at the after-party”, “The first women’s refrigerator”, “Meldonium at the Olympics in Rio”.
As part of the tours of the Comedy Club participants, the duet of Chekhov and Kukota often tours in the company of another St. Petersburg humorous group - the trio “Smirnov, Ivanov, Sobolev”. In 2020, residents visited the cities of Siberia - Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Barnaul.
Creative environment and passion for sports
Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky
Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky was born on May 30, 1918 in Moscow. His mother, Augusta Leonidovna Miklashevskaya , was a famous dramatic actress. Father, Lev Alexander Loschilin , was a ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher at the Bolshoi Theater. Officially, Igor’s parents were not married; Lev Alexandrovich by that time had another family and children. And Augusta Leonidovna was not particularly eager to get married. She was quite happy with the open relationships that were fashionable at that time.
Igor’s father did not abandon his illegitimate son with his attention. He constantly visited his former mistress and even introduced Igor to his sister, Inna Alexandrovna . Who was married to a representative of the then famous Blumenthal-Tamarin acting dynasty, Vsevolod Alexandrovich . Later this acquaintance will play a vital role in the life of Igor Miklashevsky. And at that time, Blumenthal-Tamarin got his wife’s nephew interested in learning German. He himself was half German and his family often spoke German.
Augusta Leonidovna Miklashevskaya
After the end of the Civil War, the house of Augusta Miklashevskaya turns into a real secular salon. Actors, theater figures, writers, poets and other representatives of the creative intelligentsia constantly visit here. Cheka-GPU officers also come there. And not only to follow the bohemian party, but also to simply touch the world of art. In particular, it is a widely known fact that one of the heads of the special agencies of that time, Artur Artuzov, was a connoisseur of good literature and was friends with many poets and writers.
Sergei Yesenin often visited the house of Augusta Miklashevskaya , who dedicated several poems from the collection “The Love of a Hooligan” to her. Augusta Leonidovna herself later claimed that she and the poet were not lovers and never even kissed. Their mutual sympathy was purely platonic. At the same time, she did not deny that she accepted signs of attention from some high-ranking security officers. One of them got Igor into the boxing circle.
In those days, such circles were still rare, but they were already appearing. In particular, in many boarding schools and orphanages. And as you know, it was the Cheka that at one time was entrusted with the fight against homelessness. It was in one of these circles that Igor ended up. He became quite interested in boxing, achieved impressive (for a young man) success in it and was accepted into the Dynamo (created under the patronage of the NKVD).
After graduating from school in 1935, Miklashevsky entered the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture (GTSOLIFK). However, Igor was not destined to graduate from college. In 1938 he was drafted into the army.
Personal life
Not only the career, but also the personal life of Igor Chekhov is developing happily. For a long time, the showman dated a girl who also had a great sense of humor. This is a young actress and star of the video of the Leningrad group called “Exhibit” Yulia Topolnitskaya.
Igor Chekhov and Yulia Topolnitskaya
Now the girl no longer needed to look for a friend who would take her “to the Van Gogh exhibition” - he already had one in the person of Igor Chekhov. The artists met at a St. Petersburg party and have not parted since then. Lovers are often found in various bars, nightclubs and simply walking around the city. Igor Chekhov loves to give Yulia her favorite flowers - pink peonies.
On July 6, 2020, the newlyweds got married
. The celebration began with a visit to the Wedding Palace No. 1 of the Northern capital. The suits of the groom and friends were designed in a nautical style. Julia shone in a fluffy dress with a low-cut top. After the registry office, the newlyweds and guests went to the W ST hotel restaurant. Petersburg, where the terrace overlooking the city was already covered.
Wedding of Igor Chekhov and Yulia Topolnitskaya
During the event, photos from the celebration began to appear on the accounts of friends and colleagues of the newlyweds on Instagram, and Svetlana Khodchenkova even filmed the process of throwing the bride’s bouquet into the crowd. The musical accompaniment of the evening featured the music of the Leningrad group performed by Yulia, and there was also the rhythms of a beat boxer.
Preparation, delivery, legalization
The idea of using Blumenthal-Tamarin as a “master key” came to the head of the third department of the Secret Political Directorate of the NKVD, Viktor Ilyin . At the end of the 30s, it was his department that oversaw work with the creative intelligentsia. So Ilyin often visited the “salon of Augusta Miklashevskaya” and knew about her family’s family ties with the traitor.
In the late autumn 1941 , a few weeks after Blumenthal-Tamarin went over to the German side, Sergeant Igor Miklashevsky was called to the command dugout of an anti-aircraft battery, which was located on the shores of Lake Ladoga and provided cover for caravans of evacuees from Leningrad. The State Security Commissioner was waiting for him in the dugout. The general (by army standards) tormented Miklashevsky for quite a long time with questions about his life, hobbies, relatives, and political attitudes. And at the end of the conversation he said: “Get ready, you are being recalled to Moscow.”
A few hours later, Miklashevsky was transported to the capital by a special plane. Where I got an appointment with the head of the Special Group of the NKVD (sabotage and partisan movement behind enemy lines) Pavel Sudoplatov . Who bluntly asked: is Miklashevsky ready to carry out a special task behind enemy lines. Igor agreed without hesitation and was soon transported to Kirov. By the way, it was there that the theater where his mother worked at that time was evacuated. So this trip could be considered as a vacation, if not for one “but”. It was near Kirov, in the Slobodsky Monastery, that one of the most secret intelligence schools of the NKVD operated.
The boxer was prepared for a whole year for the special task, the essence of which Miklashevsky learned about just before the deployment. And the task was not just dangerous, but actually fatal. Miklashevsky had to cross the front line, surrender to the Germans, talk about his relationship with Blumenthal-Tamarin and try to move to Berlin. Where, with the help of the Russian-German actress Olga Chekhova, to develop an operation to liquidate the top of the Third Reich.
In the winter 1942 , Miklashevsky crossed the front line, went to German positions and, in good German, asked to be taken to his superiors. The message about the surrender of a Russian who spoke good German and claimed to be related to influential people quickly went down the chain, and soon Miklashevsky found himself in the Gestapo. There it quickly became clear that Blumenthal-Tamarin, who had already established himself as a very useful propagandist for the Nazis, actually had a nephew, Igor Miklashevsky. For further investigation, the Russian is sent to Berlin.
The meeting of relatives took place under the vigilant control of German special forces. But quite quickly they realized that the nephew was not a “set-up”, but really a Soviet boxer Igor Miklashevsky. But then the task stalled. Miklashevsky was closely monitored, despite the fact that almost immediately upon arrival in Berlin he joined the Russian Liberation Army (ROA, led by General Vlasov). Apparently, they still didn’t believe him. So dating Chekhova would be too dangerous for the actress. And then sport came to the boxer’s rescue.
Igor Chekhov now
In addition to participating in television projects, the duo performs in open areas. In the fall of 2020, the premiere of the play “All Shakespeare” took place, which is defined as a cross-genre production. The director of the experimental show, in which the traditions of British theater and modern interpretations of the plays of the great playwright collide, was Ilya Moshchitsky. Six popular plays by William Shakespeare were used to create the script for the performance. Now the first performances of the comedy duo are taking place in St. Petersburg.
Igor Chekhov in the play “All Shakespeare”
A year ago, the film career of a talented comedian began. Igor received his first cinematic experience back in 2009, but then the film “Mama Moscow” was not completed and shown to viewers. I had to wait seven years for the next invitation from filmmakers. In 2016, the artist played in the New Year’s family film “Santa Claus. Battle of the Mages"
.
The story about the adventures of a girl Masha (Taisia Vilkova) in the world of flying fiery creatures and the appearance of the real Father Frost
(Fedor Bondarchuk) collected $2.5 million in theaters.
But if Chekhov’s appearance in an adventure film was still predictable, his role in a crime film was a new thing for Igor’s fans. In the series “Such Work” about the investigation of murders by a special police unit, Chekhov played the cameo role of the character Nikolai Borisov in the series “Numismatist”.
Igor Chekhov
In 2020, Igor Chekhov appeared in another crime film, “Alien Face,” which premiered on December 4 on the NTV channel. The comedy artist played the role of Pyzh in the series “Back to square one.”
Together with his wife, Igor Chekhov starred in the film “Piter by Casta” about the work of the popular musical group “Casta”. The first screening of the film, which also stars Russian cinema stars Ksenia Rappoport and Arthur Smolyaninov, will take place in early 2020
Uncle Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin
Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin
There is a strange story connected with this call. Because even in those days, students were given the opportunity to complete their studies and only then decided whether to enlist in the army or not. Miklashevsky was not allowed to finish his studies. According to some reports, this was due to the fact that the young boxer started an affair with a certain young girl, who was the daughter of some party leader. And she even seemed to get pregnant, which made daddy furious. So the curators from the Dynamo sports society decided to extinguish the brewing scandal: they sent the guy into the army, and even sent him to the Leningrad Military District.
There Miklashevsky immediately joined the district boxing team, participated in competitions, and trained. He got married there and had a son. A short period of training began in 1939 . Igor Miklashevsky, at his urgent request, was sent to the Soviet-Finnish War. Served as a loader in an anti-aircraft battery. After the end of the war with Finland, he returned to training and competitions. In the spring 1941 , he became the champion of Leningrad and reached the final of the USSR boxing championship. However, the final fight never took place: the war began.
In the fall of 1941, the husband of his paternal aunt, Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin, again entered his life. The 60-year-old actor, when the Germans were rushing to Moscow, did not go to the rear. On the contrary, he moved towards the German troops. He settled in a dacha near the city of Istra (60 km from Moscow), where he calmly waited for the arrival of Nazi troops and offered his services to the Nazis. Blumenthal-Tamarin records radio broadcasts with calls not to resist German troops, masterfully imitating Stalin's voice, reads out orders and appeals on his behalf, and stages radio plays with a satirical slant towards the leadership of the USSR.
In fact, Blumenthal-Tamarin was never a supporter of communist ideas. In particular, in 1918 in Kharkov, when Denikin’s army was entering there, he organized a fundraiser for gifts to liberators from the “red plague”. And even after the end of the Civil War, he often allowed himself to make statements that were not entirely loyal to the authorities. The most incredible thing about his fate is that he was not arrested, was not sent to camps, and was even helped with his tour. But going over to the German side apparently ran out of patience. In the spring 1942, Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin was sentenced to death in absentia.
The Germans hastened to transport the valuable propagandist away from the front, fearing an “action of retaliation” from Soviet saboteurs. First, Blumenthal-Tamarin went to Warsaw, and from there he moved to Berlin. Where he continued to stage plays and parody Stalin. He is accepted in the high society of the Third Reich, the Russian-German actor is favored by Goebbels . Without even suspecting that this particular person should become a kind of “master key” that will help open Germany’s security systems and allow Soviet saboteurs to get to its top.
