Nikolai Drozdov: biography, personal life, family, wife, children

Height, weight, age. How old is Nikolai Drozdov

Nikolai Drozdov has his fans. A popular request on the Internet is “Nikolai Drozdov photo in his youth and now.” Many people wonder, so to speak, about physical parameters, namely, what is his height, weight, age. How old is Nikolai Drozdov? It’s not a difficult question. Nikolai Drozdov does not hide his date of birth. Nikolai Drozdov’s height is 178 cm. Weight is 75 kg.

In 2020, Nikolai Drozdov celebrated his eightieth birthday. According to the zodiac sign - Gemini, according to the eastern calendar - Ox. This is probably why his character contains notes of restlessness, hard work and perseverance.

Biography and personal life of Nikolai Drozdov

The biography and personal life of Nikolai Drozdov began in the capital. He was born and raised in Moscow on June 20, 1937 in an intelligent family of scientists with a long history. An interesting fact is that his great-great-great-grandfather on his father’s side, Metropolitan Philaret, was even canonized as an Orthodox saint.

Father - Nikolai Sergeevich Drozdov, was a professor, worked at the chemistry department at the Moscow Institute of Medicine. Mother - Nadezhda Pavlovna Dreiling, worked as a general practitioner at a city hospital in Moscow. Her mentor and leader was Academician P.E. Lukomsky. Nikolai Drozdov is not the only child in the family. He also had an older brother, Sergei Nikolaevich Drozdov.

As we can see, Nikolai Drozdov’s interest in science was inherited. His parents instilled in the boy a love of nature. They often went on hikes with their father, where little Nikolai Drozdov watched various animals. At the age of 12, he worked with great pleasure as a shepherd, tending horses. It is known that at that time Nikolai Drozdov even dreamed of becoming a centaur.

During my school years, I attended a biology club at the Darwin Museum.

After graduating from school, he entered the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. Later he took academic leave and worked in a garment factory. Then he graduated from the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University. Later he defended his candidate’s and soon his doctor’s dissertation.

In his youth, Nikolai Drozdov took part in various scientific and research expeditions across the territory of the USSR. In the early 70s, he interned in Australia at the Department of Zoology at the National University, about which he later wrote an interesting book, “Flight of the Boomerang.”

He also participated in foreign scientific expeditions and conquered Elbrus. He has earned many different medals, prizes and awards.

Since 1968, he has taken an active part in the television program “In the Animal World.” In addition, Nikolai Drozdov is the creator of several films about animals, writes books and articles, is a scientific consultant and much more. The journalist also becomes a radio host of the ABC of the Forest program on Children's Radio. He took part in the filming of the program “The Last Hero”. He also actively participates in the political activities of Russia.

Nikolai Drozdov has two grandchildren from his first daughter Nadezhda. The eldest grandson is Filaret, born in 2004, a student of the Moscow Cossack cadet corps, helps in the church and at the altar. The youngest grandson, Ian, was born in 2012. He also loves to travel and already attends Sunday school.

“I tried to minimize the celebration of the anniversary”

— Nikolai Nikolaevich, on your 80th birthday we couldn’t get through to you by phone! So please accept belated congratulations.

- Thank you very much! The fact is that I traveled around Australia for a whole month - I covered 5 thousand kilometers. Crossed the deserts several times from north to south. I returned in June, just before my birthday, a lot of things had accumulated...

— How did you celebrate the anniversary?

“I tried to minimize it all.” Of course, we celebrated for several days, but it was not on my initiative—my loved ones organized it. I live, I grow old, we all grow old. One stage of old age replaces another. Should I be happy? Why?

— You are in good physical shape. Travel, work!..

“I don’t like compliments, but I hold on to it, because movement is life.”

— You now periodically carry out expeditions with tourists around the already mentioned Australia. We've been there dozens of times ourselves. Are you bored? After all, everything is already known.

— I am, after all, an expert on Australia - in my youth I worked there for a year, wrote my doctoral dissertation, so this country is interesting to me not only for its nature, but also for the changes that people make to this nature. I’ve been working on the continent since 1971... Some people are interested in the very fact of communicating with animals, but I don’t just need to see a kangaroo, but to look and study how it has adapted to the fact that instead of a wild desert there are now full of roads, cars rush along them at terrible speed , there are hotels, motels all around... These are the changes that interest me.

— Isn’t it annoying that people on expeditions ask amateurish questions?

“They say that one person who knows little is able to ask so many questions that a hundred wise men will not have time to answer.” Therefore, this is interesting to me: I increase the level of knowledge of all the people traveling with me. I’m not going to travel with fellow scientists to discuss things during the trip. After all, I give lectures to my students - I’m not at all bored by the fact that they ask questions and are interested. On the contrary, it’s nice that they came to me knowing little and left with knowledge.

NIKOLAI DROZDOV WITH WIFE TATYANA, DAUGHTER ELENA AND GRANDCHILDREN. 2020. PHOTO: EVGENIYA GUSEVA

— Traveling to Australia is not a cheap pleasure (a tour with Nikolai Nikolaevich for 11 days costs an average of 300 thousand rubles, tours are sold by an Australian travel company), so not everyone can afford it. Where would you recommend spending a vacation that would be inexpensive but interesting?

— We have so many interesting places in our country! There is a whole system of nature reserves and national parks. You are not allowed to go far into nature reserves, but you can explore national parks.

— Which ones do you recommend visiting to get unforgettable emotions?

— You should definitely go to Baikal! The Oka Nature Reserve in the Ryazan region is wonderful. In the Moscow region there is a beautiful Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve, surrounded by the Russian Forest National Park - Muscovites can go here without spending the night.

I hope that over time Lesha will host “In the Animal World”, and I will watch

— This year has been an abnormally cold and rainy summer...

— I am a professor at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University, and right on this same floor, opposite us, is the Department of Meteorology. These are questions for them about the weather.

— How does our animal and plant world survive such a summer? What will be the consequences?

- No problem! These are people being capricious. As soon as it gets warm: “It’s hot!” As soon as it rains: “How can you survive this?!” This is completely normal weather for animals and plants.

- Yes, animals are not as capricious as we are!

“They have neither air conditioning nor specially heated holes. They know that there is a type of weather in which they do not get out of their homes, and there is another - when they can go out. Now the situation is within normal limits.

NIKOLAY NIKOLAEVICH IN THE LARGEST LION PARK IN EUROPE “TAIGAN”. CRIMEA. 2020. PHOTO: ARTEM KREMINSKY/RIA NOVOSTI

— Where else have you visited this summer, besides Australia?

- I just returned from Crimea, I was invited to Artek - to the Scarlet Sails festival of children's and youth films. We had very interesting meetings with the Artek people. The president of the festival, Vasily Semenovich Lanov, and I (and we are people of the old school - we are both over 80) were the only ones who at 7 am went down the rock down to the sea and then climbed back - the rest were afraid. And we lived, it should be noted, in a small hotel at the height of... a 15-story building.

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It is curious that Nikolai Nikolaevich Drozdov demonstrated his love for animals right there in Artek during one of the ceremonies. From his place in the front rows, where the honored guests of the festival were sitting, Drozdov saw a stag beetle crawling onto the area in front of the stage where the young artists were to appear. Drozdov, fearing that the beetle might be accidentally trampled by the show participants, rushed to the insect and saved the poor fellow, moving him to a safe place, which caused applause.

Family and children of Nikolai Drozdov

The family of Nikolai Drozdov is ancient and famous. His ancestors were associated with medicine, military service and the Orthodox Church.

Nikolai Drozdov himself, due to his workload and multi-day business trips, could not find his soulmate for a long time. His chosen one was a neighbor from his own house, Tatyana Petrovna. They had two daughters - Nadezhda and Elena.

The family and children of Nikolai Drozdov are very friendly and easy-going. They also travel a lot, go on hikes, where they enjoy studying birds and animals. We can say that the children followed in their father's footsteps. Nikolai Drozdov instilled in his daughters a love of nature, just as his father had previously done for him.

Journalism and television

In 1968, Nikolai Drozdov first appeared on screen. He was invited to perform in the popular program “In the Animal World.” At that time, the host of the program was A. M. Zguridi. Drozdov appeared as a scientific consultant for documentary educational films about fauna “Black Mountain” and “Riki-Tiki-Tavi”. The audience liked the young scientist. He was a great storyteller and a pleasure to listen to.

Nikolai Drozdov in the program “In the Animal World”

Since 1977, Drozdov replaced Zguridi and became the TV presenter of a popular program. At that time, he managed to defend his dissertation and worked at the Department of Biogeography of Moscow State University. While working as a TV presenter, the scientist did not give up the department and science. In 1979, he became an associate professor and later a professor at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University.

5 years before he began hosting the program “In the Animal World,” Nikolai Nikolaevich spent almost a year interning at the university in Canberra. During this period, he traveled to many regions of Australia, describing the journey in his educational work “The Flight of the Boomerang”. In addition, the scientist managed to go on scientific trips to Zaire before 1975. A little later, together with a UNESCO expedition, he studied the flora and fauna on the islands of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

Nikolai Drozdov and his book

Already working on television, Drozdov repeatedly visited scientific expeditions. In 1979 he climbed Elbrus. And in the mid-1990s, he visited the North Pole twice on the icebreaker Yamal. On the ship "Discoverer" he circumnavigated the coasts of Alaska and Canada.

In 1996, the television project “In the World of Animals” was awarded the TEFI prize as the best educational program.

In the early 2000s, Nikolai Nikolaevich Drozdov was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the Russian Ecological Academy. The scientist is no stranger to socio-political activities. In 2014, he joined the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (5th convocation).

Drozdov is the author and co-author of many books and scientific documentaries about nature. His largest and most famous work is the 6-episode film “The Kingdom of the Russian Bear,” which the scientist created together with the BBC. The TV presenter also voiced the famous BBC series “Walking with Dinosaurs” and “Walking with Monsters,” dedicated to the prehistoric inhabitants of the Earth.

Nikolai Nikolaevich repeatedly took part in various programs and television shows. He was a participant in seasons 4 and 5 of the reality show “The Last Hero.”

Nikolai Drozdov in the reality show “The Last Hero”

In 2014, Drozdov was the radio host of the educational program “ABC of the Forest” on Children's Radio.

Daughter of Nikolai Drozdov - Nadezhda

The eldest daughter of Nikolai Drozdov is Nadezhda. The girl studied very well at school, studied the habits of animals and birds. I went hiking, traveled, and did research many times.

After graduation, Nadezhda entered the Faculty of Biology. The girl is a geographer by training. In 1997-1998, Nadezhda Drozdova hosted a travel program on the Moskovia TV channel called “Very Distant Moscow Region.”

Nikolai Drozdov’s daughter Nadezhda has two children - the eldest boy Filaret, and the youngest boy Ian.

The zoologist scientist also instills in his grandchildren a love of nature; in addition, the children visit the temple.

Drozdov Nikolai Nikolaevich

Russian scientist-zoologist and biogeographer. Doctor of Biological Sciences. Professor, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University. Host of the TV show “In the Animal World.” Traveler and popularizer of science. Member of the Academy of Russian Television and the expert council of the Crystal Compass award. Public figure. Honored Journalist of the Russian Federation.

Nikolai Drozdov was born on June 20, 1937 in Moscow. The boy grew up in the family of a scientist. His father had an excellent knowledge of Latin and several other languages, and was interested in paleontology, astronomy, botany, and history. While still at school, on the advice of his father, during the summer holidays he worked as a herdmaster at a stud farm near Moscow.

After school, he entered the biological faculty of Mikhail Lomonosov Moscow State University, but after two years he dropped out because he wanted independence, so he started working. At a garment factory, having started as a student, Nikolai “grew up” in two years to become a master in sewing men’s outerwear, but then returned to Moscow State University and in 1963 graduated with honors from the Faculty of Geography. Then, until 1966, he studied there in graduate school, and in 1968 he defended his Ph.D. Later he received a doctorate in biological sciences.

In parallel with his studies, Drozdov works there at the Department of Biogeography as a research assistant, since 1979 as an associate professor, and then as a professor, being one of the most authoritative scientists and teachers at Moscow State University. Drozdov teaches ecology, ornithology, nature conservation, biogeography of the world, and constantly gives lectures, including abroad.

But Nikolai Nikolaevich is best known as the host of the popular weekly television show “In the Animal World,” where he has been participating for about fifty years. He started out as a speaker and scientific consultant for animal films and later became an author and presenter. The guests of Drozdov's program were such famous scientists and travelers as: Jacques Cousteau, Thor Heyerdahl, Peter Scott, Gerald Durrell, Frederick Rossif, Heinz Zillman.

In 1995, the program “In the World of Animals” was awarded the TEFI Prize as the best educational program. Nikolai Nikolaevich also repeatedly participated in numerous scientific expeditions, both across the territory of our country and around the world. Drozdov traveled around Australia, visited many of its regions, and published a book about this journey, “The Flight of the Boomerang,” which was reprinted several times.

Nikolai Nikolaevich climbed to the top of Elbrus. He visited the North Pole three times and dived into an ice hole there, twice sank to the bottom of Lake Baikal in a submersible, made two trips around the world, and hundreds more expeditions, thousands of meetings.

In 2003 and 2004, Drozdov took part in the reality show “The Last Hero,” living both times for more than a month on the uninhabited islands of the Bocas del Toro and Los Perlos archipelagos.

Nikolai Drozdov is also known as the author of more than two hundred scientific and popular science articles, about thirty books, textbooks and teaching aids. He is also the author and co-author of many films about nature and animals, the largest of which is the six-part television film “The Kingdom of the Russian Bear”, created in collaboration with the BBC Natural History Department.

The film was a great success in many European countries, the USA and Australia. Drozdov was repeatedly invited to the jury of film festivals of popular science films about animals and nature in Great Britain and Italy.

As of January 2020, in his free time from work and travel, Drozdov likes to work with animals. Among his favorites: snakes, tarantulas, phalanges, scorpions. Nikolai enjoys horse riding, skiing, swimming in ice holes, and studies yoga. Loves to perform ancient Russian folk songs, romances and modern popular songs in Russian and foreign languages.

Zoologist and TV presenter Nikolai Drozdov on June 11, 2019 that he was leaving the “In the Animal World” program. However, he will remain to work with the program as its adviser and associate on a voluntary and public basis. At the same time, he will continue to teach at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University.

Awards and Prizes of Nikolay Drozdov

1992 - awarded the “Golden Panda” (“Green Oscar”) “3a outstanding achievement” at the largest film festival about nature films in the city of Bristol (UK). 1995 - Winner of the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science for 1994, winner of the UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal. 1998 - awarded an Honorary Diploma of the World Conservation Fund for “outstanding contribution to nature conservation in Russia and throughout the world.” 2008 - laureate of the Symbol of Science medal. 2003 - Silver medal named after Academician V.F. Utkina, “For the creation of the Ryazan community in Moscow and a great contribution to its activities in the interests of the development of the Ryazan region” 2006 - Order of Honor, “For a great contribution to the development of domestic television and radio broadcasting and many years of fruitful activity” 2006 - Award edged weapon - officer dagger 2006 - Honorary Diploma of the World Conservation Fund "For outstanding contribution to the cause of nature conservation in Russia and throughout the world" 2007 - Honorary Citizen of the Ryazan Region (2007) - "For significant contribution to solving the problems of spiritual, cultural and educational development of the Ryazan Region" 2010 - Bolshaya Konstantinovskaya medal of the Russian Geographical Society (awarded for the first time in 80 years, as a souvenir, without award status) 2011 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, "For great services in the development of domestic television and radio broadcasting and many years of fruitful activity" 2012 - Order of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, II degree 2020 - Order of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, I degree 2020 - Medal of the Order of Merit for the Chuvash Republic 2020 - Cross of Alexander the Blessed Foundation "Imperial Heritage" 2020 - Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of media (13.12.2017 ), “for special contribution to the development of the media, continuous hosting of the TV show “In the World of Animals” 2020 - Honored Journalist of the Russian Federation, “For services to the development of domestic journalism and many years of fruitful work”

Titles and Merits of Nikolai Drozdov

1989 - included in the UNEP Honorary List of leading ecologists and environmental protection specialists from all countries of the world “Global-500”. Since 2001, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS) Since 2002, full member of the Russian Ecological Academy (REA) Member of the Russian Academy of Television (ART) Member of the International Academy of Patronage Member of the International Academy of Social Sciences Member of the International Academy of Culture and Art Member of the New York Academy Sciences (1995) Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ICF "Patrons of the Century" Member of the Honorary List of leading ecologists and environmental protection specialists from all countries of the world "Global-500" UNEP Member of the International Explorers Club (1994) Member of the Board of WWF Russia Member of the Russian Geographical society Member of the public organization "Ryazan Community" Chairman of the Board of the interregional public organization for promoting environmental protection "Living Planet"

Family of Nikolai Drozdov

His wife, Tatyana Petrovna Drozdova, worked as a biology teacher at the Moscow Palace of Children and Youth Creativity.

Daughters:

Nadezhda is a biologist, in 1997-1998 she was the host of the “Very Distant Moscow Region” program on the “Moscovia” TV channel. Elena is a veterinarian. Grandchildren: Filaret (born 2004), Jan (born 2010).

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Daughter of Nikolai Drozdov - Elena

The youngest daughter of Nikolai Drozdov is Elena. The girl also followed in her father's footsteps. It should be noted that Nikolai Drozdov’s house was filled with various pets, which helped instill in Elena a love of nature and animals from childhood. At one time, Nikolai Drozdov’s youngest daughter attended a circle of young naturalists at the Children’s Youth and Youth Theater.

Elena Drozdova was educated as a veterinarian. Now he treats animals. Elena visits the temple quite often. He loves to relax in nature and often goes to the country. Elena considers her father a friend and wise mentor, and tries to follow his example in everything. Her father's tenacity and perseverance are especially impressive.

Nikolai Drozdov's wife - Tatyana Drozdova

Nikolai Drozdov’s wife, Tatyana Drozdova, a neighbor of the zoologist, lived in the same house, several floors below. They met in the elevator and never parted.

Tatyana Drozdova recently retired, and before that she taught entertaining biology in a circle of young naturalists at the Palace of Children's Youth Creativity in Moscow

Tatyana is a wonderful and sociable person. She is very worried if her husband goes on a business trip for a long time. In turn, Nikolai Drozdov loves his wife very much. The couple lives calmly and happily. In their marriage, they had two girls - Nadezhda and Elena. Now Tatyana and Nikolai Drozdov are raising their grandchildren – Filaret and Yan.

Nikolay Drozdov about vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle

Ecology of consciousness: “I became a vegetarian in 1970, when I worked with Alexander Sguridi in India. I read a book about the teachings of yogis, and realized that there is no need to eat meat for three reasons

Nikolai Nikolaevich Drozdov is a professor at Moscow State University, Doctor of Biological Sciences, host of the TV show “In the World of Animals” since 1977, Member of the Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Ecology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Television, laureate of many international and domestic awards. Born June 20, 1937 (77 years old).

“I became a vegetarian in 1970 while working with Alexander Sguridi in India. I read a book about the teachings of yogis, and realized that there is no need to eat meat for three reasons, because: it is poorly digested; moral (animals should not be offended); spiritually, it turns out that a plant-based diet makes a person more calm, friendly, and peaceful.”

Naturally, a big lover of animals, even before this trip he was thinking about a moratorium on meat, but after he got acquainted with the culture of this country, he became a convinced vegetarian and took up yoga. In addition to meat, Drozdov tries not to eat eggs, but sometimes allows himself kefir, yogurt and cottage cheese. True, the TV presenter treats himself to these products only on holidays. For breakfast, Drozdov prefers oatmeal, because he considers it very healthy, and always eats pureed pumpkin. And during the day he eats vegetable salads, Jerusalem artichoke, cucumbers, cereals and zucchini. As Drozdov’s wife Tatyana Petrovna says: “Nikolai Nikolaevich simply adores zucchini and eats them in any form.”

from the interview “The benefits and harms of meat diets”

- As you age, you need to give up meat - this is the secret of long-livers. And Nikolai Drozdov thinks so. Nikolai Nikolaevich, your opinion is so authoritative, so I ask you to take with full responsibility what you are going to tell us now. I know that all your life you have been a person who loves to live, eat deliciously, and try everything. But you gave up meat. How did this happen?

- Yes! Well, that was a long time ago! A long time ago! In 1970.

— Nikolai Nikolaevich, what was the reason for such a refusal?

“I felt like I was overloading myself.” You eat something and it takes so much energy to digest it. It's a shame to waste time. And here we came with Alexander Mikhailovich Sguridi, the founder of our program “In the Animal World”, he invited me as a scientific consultant to the filming of his film “Riki Tiki Tavi”, the plot of Kipling. To India. We travel and film in India. We traveled everywhere in more than two months. And everywhere I looked at the literature of yogis, which we had in our pen at that time. And now I see that I could have guessed it myself - man is not by nature adapted to a meat diet. Let's see. Mammals are divided according to their dental system. First, small predatory shrews appeared, with predatory sharp teeth. And now they are running in the undergrowth. They catch insects and gnaw them with these teeth. This is the first stage. After them primates appeared. At first they were so primitive, like shrews, then prosimians appeared, then monkeys. Prosimians also eat everything, and their teeth are sharp. By the way, the larger the monkeys, the more they switched to a plant-based diet. And already the gorilla, orangutan and large gelada baboons that walk through the mountains of Ethiopia simply eat grass. There isn't even any tree food there, so they just graze in such herds.

— Nikolai Nikolaevich, what product replaced meat protein for you? How do you think?

— Plants contain so much protein, vegetable protein. Especially in peas, various legumes, spinach, and beans. This vegetable protein may well be for the construction of our body. There is an old vegetarian diet, where there are no dairy products and eggs.

- So-called pure vegetarianism

- Yes. But young vegetarianism allows dairy products and eggs. And it is better to consume fermented milk products, this is understandable. Therefore, you can live perfectly well without meat.

From an interview

“In old age, life is fun, interesting and instructive; you learn more and more new things, you read more. Over the years, homo sapiens, that is, Homo sapiens, feel more and more spiritual components in life, and physical needs, on the contrary, decrease. Although for some it happens the other way around. But this does not lead to anything good. An older man doesn’t take care of himself, drinks, overeats, goes to nightclubs - and then he is surprised that his health and appearance have deteriorated, he has gained weight, has shortness of breath, and everything hurts. Who is to blame but himself? If in youth excesses can somehow be compensated for, then in old age this is no longer the case. This is the kind of old age - God forbid, and the person punished himself. I can’t even call him homo sapiens.

How do I stay fit and positive? I won't reveal anything new. Life is motion. But the twentieth century gave us such civilizational conveniences that lead to deadly physical inactivity. Therefore, I would advise you to forget about the sofa, soft chairs, pillows and warm blankets, and get up early in the morning and just go for a run. For example, I am interested in ice swimming, skiing and horse riding. And I haven’t watched TV for five years now, although I work in television myself. I learn all the news from people. Eat less meat (and I don’t eat it at all). And the good mood will not go anywhere.

And if we speak from a spiritual, moral point of view, I think that my great-great-great-grandfather, Metropolitan Filaret (Drozdov) of Moscow, prayerfully supports me. Of course, my parents also gave a lot; they were believers.

Not only love for nature, but, more importantly, faith in God, hope and love - these eternal values have become my credo, my philosophy of life.” published

Funeral: Nikolai Drozdov died? The date of death has not yet arrived

There were cases when Nikolai Drozdov miraculously remained alive. So, during the filming of the program “The Last Hero”, the participants were poisoned by poisonous frogs. There was a case of an accident involving Nikolai Drozdov. After these events, queries began to appear on the network: “Funeral: Has Nikolai Drozdov died?” The date of death has not yet arrived, and most likely will not come soon.

Nikolai Drozdov leads a healthy and active lifestyle: swimming in an ice hole, skiing, horse riding and much more. Also, the zoologist scientist has not eaten meat for many years. He is often outdoors, travels a lot and does what he loves.

Interesting facts from the life of Nikolai Drozdov

Once a biologist was bitten by a viper, but he did not attach much importance to the bite and thought that everything would go away on its own. When Elena Malysheva saw his hand, she was simply shocked and ordered to urgently save his hand, which was already on the verge of gangrene. Doctors at the Sklifosovsky Institute were able to save Drozdov and save his hand. After that incident, he began to take more care of his health.
The presenter visited the North Pole three times, and he got there by plane, and once sailed with an expedition on the Yamal icebreaker. But a more interesting journey for him was a trip to Antarctica.
In the early 2000s, Nikolai Nikolaevich managed to live on exotic islands as a participant in the TV show “The Last Hero”. Despite the difficulties, he managed to show his endurance and vitality. Together with other participants, he caught fish, shellfish and crabs, and also collected mushrooms. Once, a scientist managed to catch a shark, but a lover of nature and wildlife took pity on it and released it into the sea.
Few people know that Drozdov has good vocal abilities, thanks to which he has already recorded his own CD with his favorite songs. In company with legendary singers, he sometimes performs at holiday concerts, the proceeds from which go to operations for sick children.
The presenter associates himself with an animal such as a buffalo, relating to it according to the eastern horoscope. He is also a workaholic, he thinks and analyzes a lot, so he does everything slowly but thoroughly.
Nikolai Nikolaevich has not changed his principles for many years. He is one of those people who will not ask about wealth and earnings, and will always help a woman put on a coat or get out of transport.
The TV presenter leads a healthy lifestyle: he does not eat meat, does not drink alcohol or smoke, does yoga and sometimes swims in an ice hole. Having become a vegetarian, he gave up seafood and fish, eating only buckwheat, oatmeal, and millet porridge. His diet also includes raw vegetables, including bell peppers of all colors.
Drozdov has always been a believer, which is very important to him. According to the scientist, in difficult moments he always prayed, and help certainly came.

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Meeting with his second wife

The first meeting with Tatyana took place in the elevator. However, there was no love at first sight. Nikolai lived on the seventh floor, she lived on the fifth. The second time they met was at a neighbor’s house over a cup of tea. We started talking. It turned out that the girl works in one of the ministries in the secretariat. And Nikolai just needed help with reprinting the text. The fact is that the scientist was writing a book about his trip to Australia.

Joint activities brought them closer; it seemed that kindred spirits had finally met and recognized each other. Drozdov spoke with fascination about distant travels, overseas animals, unusually beautiful landscapes, and the gentle ocean. Tatyana listened and did not believe her happiness - this was the man of her dreams. According to Nikolai Nikolaevich’s recollections, that day the girl revealed a new side to him - she turned out to be an attentive, thoughtful interlocutor, serious and not frivolous. Besides, when I was next to her I wanted to perform feats and make an impression.