10 famous KVN participants: then and now

For almost 40 years, the Club of the cheerful and resourceful has existed. This game not only cheers up and unites peoples, but also gives a start in life to young and talented guys with an incomparable sense of humor.

And even after the end of the game in KVN, the most talented and charismatic team members often embark on a very successful solo voyage.

Television, cinema and even politics – you can find former graduates of Planet KVN everywhere. In various fields, they continue to realize their outstanding talents, which were first revealed in KVN.

10 Andrey Rozhkov, “Ural dumplings”

Andrey Rozhkov is a member of the Ural Pelmeni KVN team. He was born in Sverdlovsk in 1971. The actor’s creative biography began with a successful performance at a humorous evening, which was held at the Rainbow sports camp in 1993.

The guys with whom Andrei performed at that time received a lot of admiring reviews and applause from a grateful audience, so they decided to follow this path.

The team “Ural dumplings” during the game in KVN gained all-Russian popularity, so the guys decided to organize a creative association with the same name.

The show “Ural dumplings” has been on the STS TV channel for more than 10 years. In 2016, Rozhkov became the director of the team.

9. Sangadzhi Tarbaev, RUDN Team

Sangadzhi Tarbaev is a Russian comedian who played in the KVN team “RUDN Team” as a captain.

He was born in the Kalmyk city of Elista. Playing KVN Sangadzhi began in his school years. For the first time, a witty young man got on stage when a teenager with good vocal abilities was needed for the team number of the “School Team of Kalmykia”.

After completing his career in the Club of cheerful and resourceful, Tarbaev began to actively engage in producing a number of companies.

In addition, he was a TV presenter of the programs “Around the World” and “League of Nations”. Sangadzhi is also a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Despite his busyness, Sangadzhi does not give up his passion for playing KVN, but now as an author.

8. Sergey Pisarenko, “County town”

After graduating from high school, Sergei Pisarenko entered the Magnitogorsk State Pedagogical Institute with a degree in Drawing and Labor. It was there that he began to play KVN.

Pisarenko was remembered by the audience as the captain of the “County Town” team, which became the champion of the Higher League of KVN in 2002.

At the same time, Sergei was educated as a professional psychologist and even managed, while playing in the Higher League of KVN, to defend his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Reflection and its role in overcoming professional difficulties”.

He also taught at Magnitogorsk State University.

7. Ekaterina Skulkina, “Four Tatars”

This charismatic girl was the captain of the KVN team “Four Tatars” for a long time. Ekaterina continued her creative path as a resident of Comedy Woman.

Skulkina began performing on the professional stage in 2003. Her “acquaintance” with the world of humor became so vivid that the girl managed not only to get into the updated composition of the famous “Four Tatars” team, but also to become a captain.

Largely thanks to her, the team won the First League of KVN and won the Big KiViN in Gold at the music festival in Jurmala. They also managed to get into the Major League and reach the final.

Now Catherine not only performs on stage as a comedian, but she herself is the author of many jokes.

In addition to participating in “Comedy Woman”, the actress often becomes a member of the jury of humorous programs, such as “Comedy Battle”, “Thank God you have come!”, “The smartest KVNschik”, etc.

6. Dmitry Khrustalev, Team of St. Petersburg

Dmitry Khrustalev was remembered by the audience thanks to his participation in KVN. He was also one of the residents of Comedy Club and host of Comedy Woman. Dmitry is the co-host of the popular TV show “Evening Urgant”.

Who only Khrustalev did not work before participating in KVN, however, having tried his hand at the humorous field, he realized that this was his destiny.

Dmitry devoted a significant part of his creative biography to the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful, being the permanent captain of the St. Petersburg Team.

At the moment, he is actively involved in various television projects, acting in films and commercials.

5. Elena Borshcheva, Team Pyatigorsk

Elena Borshcheva, better known as Elena Khulyevna Santa Maria Guerra, was born in the spring of 1981 in the city of Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria.

This talented comedian gained popularity while participating in KVN as part of the Pyatigorsk Team team. An extraordinary girl with an unusual appearance immediately fell in love with the viewer.

After finishing playing in KVN, she became a resident of the television show “Comedy Woman”.

To this day, Elena is the author of the jokes of the “Pyatigorsk Team” team and conducts personal trainings that help people develop a sense of humor.

4. Maryna Fedunkiv, “Dobryanka”

Marina Fedunkiv is a Russian actress who gained fame thanks to the role of Kolyan’s mother in the TNT TV series “Real Boys”, participation in the comedy show “Comedy Woman”. Also, Marina is quite successfully engaged in blogging under the nickname Dj FeduN.

Popularity came to the actress when she was already well over thirty. Since then, the witty and charismatic artist has remained one of the most iconic representatives of Russian humor. Although, she herself admitted more than once that she still dreams of playing a serious dramatic role.

3. Svetlana Permyakova, Parma

At one time, this girl was a real star of the KVN club. One of the main “chips” of the Parma team, in which Svetlana performed, was her duet with Zhanna Kadnikova. Together they played the roles of two narrow-minded Permian “PTU-schnits”.

The first bright role on television for Permyakova was the role of ensign Zhanna Topalova in the popular TV series “Soldiers”.

However, a truly significant role for the actress was the work in the series of the TNT channel “Interns”. There she embodied the image of Lyuba, a resilient head nurse of the therapeutic department. This role brought Permyakova not only all-Russian popularity, but also the prestigious Golden Rhino award.

Today she is a popular actress and TV presenter.

2. Natalia Medvedeva, Fedor Dvinyatin

This charming girl gained wide popularity thanks to the popular project “Comedy Woman”, from which she moved to the big screens.

In 2005, Natalya had a chance to play in the KVN Premier Leagues as a member of the Glamor and Fedor Dvinyatin teams. With the latter, Medvedeva worked at all stages of formation in the Club of the cheerful and resourceful.

Despite the fact that members of the refereeing team were rather ambiguous about the performance style of this team, Fedor Dvinyatin quickly gained popularity among fans of the game and in 2009 went to the final of the Higher League.

The further development of Natalia’s career on television proceeded rapidly. After some time, the girl became a member of the Comedy Woman show.

At the moment, she is actively collaborating with the TV channel “Russia 1” as a presenter.

1. Olga Kartunkova, City of Pyatigorsk

This magnificent charismatic lady very quickly fell in love with the fans of the KVN program. Then she was the captain of the team “City of Pyatigorsk”.

After the successful completion of her KVN career, Olga became the star of the popular TNT sketch show “Once Upon a Time in Russia”.

At the moment, she continues to actively participate in various humorous projects of this channel.