The singer's childhood and youth
Vladimir Nikolaevich Markin was born on May 8, 1959 in the village of Bolshevo , which is located in the Mytishchi district of the Moscow region.
Mom, Vera Georgievna , was a school teacher in the lower grades. In first grade, Volodya went to his own mother. Many guys in the class were jealous of him because of this. But in fact, the teacher was much more demanding of her son than of other students.
Father, Nikolai Markovich Markin , worked as a foreman in the technical department. There was another child in the family - Vladimir’s older brother, Anatoly . Anatoly attended music school, but Vladimir did not.
Soon the family moved to the city of Pushkino , where Vladimir went to high school. At school, the boy was an excellent student, and in his certificate he only had two “B’s”, the rest were “A’s”.
During the same period, the future singer began independent music studies . Volodya did not go to music school. It all started with a simple hobby of playing the guitar, but then it turned into a fiery love for music. When Vladimir was a teenager, he and the boys created a school ensemble, performing songs from the repertoire of the then popular “Time Machine”, Pugacheva and Antonov, and even compositions by Western rock stars “Deep Purple” and “Queen” .
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In addition to music, the talented and very capable Volodya also studied radio engineering and electronics, and went to a club.
However, despite his serious passion for music, Vladimir entered the Energy Institute. Because a serious specialty was needed.
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Vladimir Malkin: “I don’t blame my son. But I can’t understand him either.”
The loss of Magnitogorsk Metallurg center forward Evgeni Malkin, who secretly left the team at the Helsinki airport, is reminiscent of an action-packed detective story. It involves “men in black”, a private plane to America, the bewilderment of fans and the promise of the management of Magnitogorsk to sue the Pittsburgh Penguins club for the fugitive. On Monday evening, Izvestia correspondent Boris Titov asked the father of hockey player Vladimir Malkin to comment on the situation.
question : Vladimir Anatolyevich, two days have passed since your son disappeared. Did Zhenya get in touch with the house?
answer : He hasn't called me yet. The wife says that she also did not receive a signal, although the answering machine is always on. We wait.
in : Fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins club claim that they saw Evgeniy in a restaurant with team owner Mario Lemieux and other hockey players.
A : I can confirm or refute this version only when I hear his voice. It is possible that he is already in America, as well as the fact that his son is still in Europe.
c : Restore the chain of events that preceded Zhenya’s escape.
A: Almost all summer he was tormented by a sore on his leg. After two operations, the wound did not heal. Because of this, my son was unable to begin full pre-season training with Metallurg. And then there are agents calling almost every half hour, describing how talented he is, persuading him to go to the States, saying that he is capable of becoming an NHL star. He flew to Toronto in June and signed a contract with the Penguins. If a week ago the club president and owner of MMK Viktor Rashnikov had not personally persuaded him to stay, he would not have entered into a new agreement with Metallurg.
Q: During the meeting, were you under any psychological pressure?
A: There was no pressure or threats. A man's conversation took place. Viktor Filippovich convincingly asked Evgeni to work for his native club, plant, city and Russian national team for one more season. He reminded that a new palace was being built especially for the club, that fans were expecting a championship season from Metallurg, and without it it would be difficult for the team to fight for first place. And Zhenya decided to stay.
Q: Why did he break his promise?
A: I myself still cannot understand his action. But I don’t want to judge either. His condition was expressed very accurately by agent Sergei Isakov, who said that Zhenya was as if under hypnosis in recent days. And in general, on the ice and in everyday life, our son is like two different people. In the game he is persistent and purposeful, but off the court he is an ordinary young guy of twenty years old, carefully listening to the advice of strangers. They advised us to escape, since it was not possible to do so legally.
Q: Aren’t you afraid that because of his actions, your family may have problems in your hometown?
A: I don’t think it will come to that. Most metallurgists are normal people. And no one is safe from chance and fools.
Q: To whom did Evgeniy leave his “VIP-zone” restaurant?
A: My wife and I manage this business. There are still visitors.
Q: When did you realize that a real diamond sparkled in your family?
A: Almost from the first steps of my son. I myself once played hockey and put Zhenya on skates at the age of three. He progressed quickly and already in his childhood and adolescence could single-handedly beat five opponents. Our eldest son Denis followed Evgeniy into hockey, but did not achieve success. And Evgeniy became a star.
Which other hockey players fled from Russia to the NHL?
Alexander Mogilny
How it was. During the golden 1989 World Cup for our team, which took place in Sweden, Mogilny escaped from the hotel where the Soviet delegation was located and asked for political asylum from the Americans, then leaving for the States.
What came up. The hockey player was first deprived of Soviet citizenship and declared a traitor, and a few years later he was allowed to receive a Russian passport and, after he became the first Russian legionnaire to become the top scorer in the NHL as part of the Buffalo Sabers club, he was considered a hero.
Sergey Fedorov
How it was. In 1990, he “lost” in Portland, where the USSR national team was playing an exhibition match before the Summer Goodwill Games. The 20-year-old hockey player had been communicating with the management of the NHL club Detroit Red Wings for a year and decided that it was time to try his hand overseas.
What came up. Fedorov made a brilliant debut for Detroit, becoming the winner of the prize for the best rookie in the league and scoring the most points among Russians - 79 (according to the “goal plus pass” system).
Nikolay Zherdev
How it was. In December 2003, 19-year-old forward of the CSKA hockey club Nikolai Zherdev, unexpectedly for many, requested an American visa in Ottawa to play for the local Columbus Blue Jackets club.
What came up. Having played several outstanding matches in the NHL, Zherdev essentially never became a star of the first magnitude there, having come to “stay” during the lockout in CSKA. Now the 21-year-old forward has returned to Russia, to Khimik near Moscow.
Boris TITOV
short biography
- 1971 — Vladimir Markin tried his hand at music for the first time. He started playing the guitar.
- 1976 — the young man entered the Energy Institute, Faculty of Electromechanics. In parallel with his studies, he tries himself in a variety of professions: a bricklayer, a cultural organizer, a tool tuner, and even a seamstress-machine operator.
- 1980 — the future singer got a job as a cult organizer at the MPEI “Alushta” pioneer camp, where he worked for six years. It was there that the beginning of Vladimir Markin’s fame began. While in this position, he first received an invitation to become a member of the “Magic Twilight” ensemble, and then there were offers to film in the programs “Jolly Fellows” and “Morning Mail”.
- 1981 — the musician decided to try himself as a businessman for the first time. As a student at the institute, Markin learned to sew jeans from canvas, and later from corduroy, on his own using a sewing machine. The musician could not earn enough money through his favorite business. And the jeans he made were well taken to thrift stores and sold. Subsequently, his ability to do business will only develop.
- 1983 — Markin graduated from the Energy Institute and got a job at the House of Culture at the same institute as a cultural organizer. There, with two other young people, Vladimir Markin assembled a musical trio called “Difficult Childhood”.
- 1984 — Vladimir met his future wife Irina. This happened at his work in the Alushta camp.
- 1991 — Markin, by invitation, got a job at central television. He worked there for six years, gaining excellent experience and many useful connections.
- 1995 - singer and TV presenter organized the production of tea and coffee under the Markin-tea brand.
- 1995 — became a member of the KVN jury.
- 1996 — Vladimir Markin became director of the MPEI House of Culture. He worked in this position until 2021.
- 1997 — the presenter left television, starting to work at the international Reform Foundation as a public relations specialist.
- 2001 — Markin returned to television and became a producer for the NTV and Rossiya TV channels.
- 2003 - after a pause, Markin returned to music and re-recorded the track “I’m ready to kiss the sand” in a modern manner together with rapper Sheff.
- 2004 — the name of the former musical ensemble “Difficult Childhood” has become the name of an entire holding company, which includes: the Lilac Fog restaurant, the Markin-Chai tea and coffee brand, as well as an advertising agency and a recording studio. Vladimir Markin is also involved in charitable activities, for example, helping homeless animals.
- 2012 - the singer and presenter becomes a deputy of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, although he never became a member of the party.
- 2018 — Vladimir Markin became a member of the Council for Culture of the Russian Federation.
- 2020 — For some time he hosted a lottery program on the NTV channel.
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Biography of Vladimir Markin
Vladimir Markin is a Soviet and Russian performer. The songs “I’m ready to kiss the sand”, “Lilac Fog”, “White Bird Cherry” brought him all-Union fame. He began his concert activities in the group he created, after which he began a solo career. Composer and TV presenter, actor and producer. The owner of a company engaged in the production and sale of tea under the Markin Tea brand. He develops a family business together with his daughter Lelyana, owns the Lilac Fog restaurant, and hosted a television program of the same name.
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Family and personal life
Little is known about the personal life of Vladimir Markin.
He has a family - his wife Irina and daughter. Markin was married once and still remains married. They met Irina when Vladimir worked at the Alushta health camp. She played the piano at a concert there, and received a very big ovation from the audience. Markin was delighted with Irina, and this is where the acquaintance began.
According to Vladimir himself, the hit “I’m ready to kiss the sand” has been brewing in his head for a long time. However, this famous love song was finally formed precisely at the moment of meeting his future wife.
It is known that the singer’s wife Irina Markina is the sister of the wife of another famous singer and showman of the 90s, Sergei Minaev . The Markin family lives in Moscow. All family members have a gift for music and love to sing.
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Personal life of Vladimir Markin
Vladimir met his only love, a girl named Irina, in the Crimean sports and recreation camp “Alushta”. It was thanks to her that the words “ready to kiss the sand you walked on” were born, and it was with her that he created a family – once and for all. In the mid-80s, Irina gave birth to a daughter, who was named with the unusual name Lelyana. It is known that their daughter graduated from the production department of the Moscow Art Theater School, works in her father’s company as a designer and photographer, and is also responsible for posters and booklets. Her works are published not only by Russian but also foreign publications. The musician admits that Lelyana helps develop the family business, and he is now trying to pass on all his talents and abilities to his granddaughter Agasha, whom he loves selflessly.
Vladimir Markin with his granddaughter
By the way, there, in Alushta, Markin met the now famous showman and performer Sergei Minaev. It so happened that Sergei fell in love with Irina’s sister, Alena. Now, according to Vladimir, they have one big Markin-Minaev family, where everyone is like-minded, relatives and partners. He treats his nephew Sergei Sergeevich as his own son, and Minaev, in turn, treats his daughter the same way.
Vladimir Markin and Sergei Minaev are family friends
Markin prefers to talk about his love in songs (according to him, Alexandra Pakhmutova suggested this principle to him) and does not share the details of his family life with journalists.
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Vladimir Marconi
Vladimir Marconi. Born on December 2, 1982 in Kirov. Russian stand-up comedian, showman, actor, radio and television presenter, screenwriter.
Vladimir Marconi was born on December 2, 1982 in Kirov.
During his school years he was interested in music and learned to play the guitar. He actively participated in amateur performances and performed on stage with pleasure. He had plans to get an acting education, but his parents dissuaded him.
After receiving a diploma of secondary education, he became a student at the Vyatka State Agricultural Academy, from which he graduated as an agronomist. However, he did not work in his specialty.
As a student, Vladimir became interested in KVN, where he was able to fully realize his talent as a showman and comedian. He began his professional career as the host of the music program “Muz-hello”, aired on the Kirov TV channel “33”. There he was known as Waldemar Marconi.
In 2007, the showman moved to Moscow, where he became the host of a morning show on Megapolis radio. At the same time he worked on television.
Later, his friend Sergei Mezentsev also moved to the capital. Together in 2010, they launched the Youtube show “Pismoshnaya”, which later transformed into “Reutov TV” . The latter project made Marconi famous. The Reutov TV show aired on the MTV and 2x2 channels. Marconi and Mezentsev successfully parodied small regional TV channels and provincial journalists.
After the closure of Reutov TV in 2013, Marconi became one of the writers of the Evening Urgant on Channel One. He also led the columns “Evening Patrol”, “Sasha, Are You?” and “Selfie with a Stranger.”
He worked at radio “Europe Plus”, where he hosted the column “The Omnipresent Marconi” in the morning show “Brigade U”. He played the role of an unlucky correspondent who was taken to the most unexpected parts of the planet, where he found himself in ridiculous situations.
He wrote the column “Tariff “Nastyrny”” in Maxim magazine. He called various organizations and asked awkward and funny questions to their employees.
In 2021, Vladimir Marconi starred in a cameo role in Tatiana Captain’s feature film “Children for Rent.”
In 2021, he became one of the hosts of the prank show “Jokers” on the “Che” TV channel (an adaptation of the American humor show “Impractical jokers”). Ivan Pyshnenko, Kirill Seattleov and Seva Moskvin worked with him. Most often, the hosts themselves became victims of their pranks. Moreover, the themes of the pranks were not invented by the targets of the pranks, but by their colleagues.
In November 2018, he began hosting the Youtube show “Comment Out” on the Chicken Curry channel. During the game, the participant draws a “star”, with which he must write a random comment under the latest Instagram post, or carry out a stupid punishment.
In 2021, Vladimir Marconi became a participant in the reality show “Island of Heroes” on the TNT channel. The program was recorded on the uninhabited island of Mogo-Mogo, which is located in the Pearl Archipelago of Panama. The organizers allowed the participants to take with them clothes and one of the things that everyone considers the most important for themselves on the island. Every day they go through difficult tests and one of them drops out. Only the strongest will get to the finals. Each participant had a Go Pro camera, giving viewers the opportunity to experience the show through the eyes of the crew and the eyes of each participant.
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Vladimir Marconi also works as a guest presenter at various events - corporate events, weddings, etc.
Vladimir Marconi's height: 180 centimeters.
Personal life of Vladimir Marconi:
Married. Wife: Ksenia Marconi. Vladimir met his future wife at a Scissor Sisters concert. The couple got married in 2014.
In the fall of 2021, the couple had a daughter, Agnia.
In January 2021, the presenter and his wife had a son. Marconi announced this happy event on Instagram, posting a photo of his expanded family. He captioned the photo with humor: “Ksyusha, Agi, me and our Six Hundred and Sixty! Guys, leave the name options. You can’t call your child Guillermo!”
Vladimir Marconi with his wife and children
Vladimir maintains a blog on Instagram, where he shares photos from everyday life and event announcements with fans.
Marconi is an agronomist by training. He admitted that he was running away from his profession, but it still overtook him: “About the specialty of an agronomist scientist. With the advent of the dacha in my life, I remembered how to dig a drainage well. And, in general, knowledge on land reclamation, unfortunately, was useful to me. And I’ve been running from this my whole life.”
Filmography of Vladimir Marconi:
2017 - Kids for rent - truck driver
Projects of Vladimir Marconi:
“Muz-hello” “Fashionable device” “Reutov TV” “Evening Urgant” “Unipresent Marconi” “Jokers” “Comment Out” “Island of Heroes”
Awards
- 2009 – Insignia of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation under the Prosecutor’s Office “For participation in countering aggression in South Ossetia”
- 2010 – Medal of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia “For assistance to drug control authorities”
- 2012 – Medal of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation “For Fidelity to Duty”
- 2012 – Order of Friendship
- 2013 – Memorial sign for the 30th anniversary of the formation of press services and public relations units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
- 2014 – Medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “For the return of Crimea”
- 2015 – Medal of the Federal Tax Service “For Assistance to the Federal Tax Service of Russia”
- 2017 – Medal of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation “For purity of thoughts and nobility of deeds”
- 2017 – Medal of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation “Valor and Courage”
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