Vladimir Voroshilov
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Vladimir Voroshilov was an author, producer
and anchorman of the television show What? Where? When?
, and a member of the Russian Academy of Television. He served from 1989 as president of the International Association of Clubs of What? Where? When?.
, to senior ministerial official Yakov Davidovich Kalmanovich and his wife Vera Borisovna, a seamstress. The family were in 1943 evacuated to Moscow
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In Moscow, Voroshilov attended an artistic school for gifted children, graduating to the faculty of painting at the Estonian SSR Academy of Arts. He later studied also at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT)
. In 1954 he spent a year in Germany, as an artist in the theatre of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
. In 1955—1956, with MKhAT, he was involved in operatic theatre. He become a producer at the Contemporary Theatre and at the Teatr Na Taganka.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and anchorman of the television show What? Where? When?
What? Where? When?
What? Where? When? is an intellectual game show well known in Russian-language media and other CIS states. It is produced for television by TV Igra on the Russian Channel One and also exists as a competitive game played in clubs organized by the ....
, and a member of the Russian Academy of Television. He served from 1989 as president of the International Association of Clubs of What? Where? When?.
Biography
Voroshilov was born as Vladimir Kalmanovich in SimferopolSimferopol
-Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the...
, to senior ministerial official Yakov Davidovich Kalmanovich and his wife Vera Borisovna, a seamstress. The family were in 1943 evacuated to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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In Moscow, Voroshilov attended an artistic school for gifted children, graduating to the faculty of painting at the Estonian SSR Academy of Arts. He later studied also at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT)
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...
. In 1954 he spent a year in Germany, as an artist in the theatre of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany , also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany and the Western Group of Forces were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany....
. In 1955—1956, with MKhAT, he was involved in operatic theatre. He become a producer at the Contemporary Theatre and at the Teatr Na Taganka.