Biography
Mikhail Kozhukhov - the famous Russian TV presenter, correspondent and producer, author of travel programs. Fans do not always recall the television journalist named and the last name, but almost everyone recognize him as "a man with a mustache, who eats cockroaches." According to the traveler, he does not like to pretend, even if he doesn't really want to try the larvae from the hands of local residents, but his main speaker says: never depict life.Childhood and youth
Mikhail Kozhukhov was born in the family of Moscow intellectuals in 1956. His father was the famous experienced doctor, an obstetrician Gynecologist Yuri Mironovich Blashhansky. He worked with a specialty 40 years old. Mikhail's mother - Galina Petrovna Kozhukhova - Soviet journalist.
The first years, a young couple with a child lived on the territory of the Roddom, where the head of the family worked. The marriage existed for long: parents divorced when Michael was 6 years old. Misha's male education was engaged in his grandfather. In childhood, the boy often housed him in the suburbs.
In 1977, there is a significant event in the biography of Mother Mikhail Kozhukhov: she marries a little-known actor Alexei Petrenko then. Thanks to the energy of this woman, her experience and connections Talent, Alexei Vasilyevich, revealed to the fullest. The pair was inseparable until Galina Petrovna fell. Galina lived and Alexey together for 30 years.
It is known that Galina Petrovna was Tatyana Samoilov's close friend. Therefore, guests often received guests from the theater environment, and conversations about art, cinema, as well as about journalism were taken. In such conditions, the choice of direction of work for Mikhail was predetermined.
Personal life
There were two marriages in the personal life of the popular TV presenter. The first wife of Antonina Gamalei, who later became the director of the advertising agency, gave birth to Mikhail two children - the son of Makara Kuzhukhov and daughter Maria Kubukhov.
The second time the TV presenter married the film actrix Elena Kravchenko. The significant meeting occurred on the shooting of Sergei Bodrov's transfer "the last hero" in 2001, in which Elena also participated. She could not come to terms with the established existence of existence in extreme conditions and after the first transfer left the project.
High charismatic TV presenter (Mikhail's height - 185 cm, and the weight is 95 kg) made an impression on the actress. A short time staying on the island in the company of a charming journalist Mikhail Kuzhukhova, who also worked on this program, was enough to leave a deep mark in Heart Elena. After arriving in Moscow, Mikhail immediately found his beloved and soon they created a family.
Helena also has a son from the first marriage, whose name is Andrei. In an interview with Elena Kravchenko, the heat responds to the husband and his children. All together they go on alloys on mountain rivers or rest all the composition at the cottage.
Career
After the end of the decade, he storms MGIMO. But the attempt to go to the famous university failed. After that, Mikhail tries his forces on exams at the Institute of Foreign Languages and comes there in 1974.
The study was carried away by a young man, besides a year after arrival, he goes on a trip to Cuba under the student exchange program. There he improves his knowledge of Spanish, and also comprehends all the subtleties of communication with the local population. Such an event inspired Mikhail, and after graduating from an educational institution, he goes to work as a correspondent to Komsomolskaya Pravda as an exit abroad of a journalist.
The first ride in the position of newspaper reporter was the work in Afghanistan, where he traveled for four years since 1985. Not served in the Soviet Army to the reporter, who used to relate to the entire military before, in Afghanistan, it was possible to see that men's rough world, where all hidden and veiled traits are clearly manifested. Mikhail is imbued with sympathy to people who accounted for their own life to defend the interests of the state.
After a while, Mikhail Kozhukhov returned to Kabul to make a documentary. Now annually, housings are involved in meetings of Veterans of Afghanistan, where the former warriors recall the combat comrades who have gone before the time.
In 1989, he was transferred to the newspaper Izvestia and his business trip for this time the trip to South America is becoming. A talented journalist manifests itself in the coverage of the inner life of the countries of the Third World, their problems and joys.
From a certain point, Mikhail Kozhukhov is solved on the change of activity: in 1994, it translates to work in the television company VID. Thanks to the energy of the journalist, the programs "Make a step", "in the world of people", "Old Apartment", "Russian Pantheon. XX century, "Drugs. Chronicle of an undeclared war. " A talented reporter and leading due to the abundance of ideas creates rating programs of that time.
The housings becomes famous. New offers appear in his life. In 1998, he becomes a co-founder of the author's restaurant "Petrov-Vodkin", and in 1999 he is invited to work in the Russian government. Mikhail Yuryevich for the year becomes a press secretary of the team of Vladimir Putin. For incomprehensible reasons, he receives resignation in a year. But it did not upset him at all. Television is the main passion of Mikhail Kuzhukhov - returned to his life again.
This time the journalist comes the idea of creating traveling for traveling to the change of the "Traveler Club" Yuri Senkevich. A distinctive feature of the housrohov programs called "in search of adventures" was the style of reports.
For the first time, the audience could get acquainted with the beauty of nature, and with the cultural features of the countries unknown to it, as well as with ordinary people, foreign people. The protrusion approach, aimed primarily for acquaintance with the population, has become a winning feature of the program.
The housings becomes famous. New offers appear in his life. In 1998, he becomes a co-founder of the author's restaurant "Petrov-Vodkin", and in 1999 he is invited to work in the Russian government. Mikhail Yuryevich for the year becomes a press secretary of the team of Vladimir Putin. For incomprehensible reasons, he receives resignation in a year. But it did not upset him at all. Television is the main passion of Mikhail Kuzhukhov - returned to his life again.
This time the journalist comes the idea of creating traveling for traveling to the change of the "Traveler Club" Yuri Senkevich. A distinctive feature of the housrohov programs called "in search of adventures" was the style of reports.
For the first time, the audience could get acquainted with the beauty of nature, and with the cultural features of the countries unknown to it, as well as with ordinary people, foreign people. The protrusion approach, aimed primarily for acquaintance with the population, has become a winning feature of the program.
Thanks to this TV program, a journalist gained recognition not only among the audience TV channel "Russia", but also among the telecrites. In 2004, at the award ceremony, the Thai award, he received a reward as a "best leading entertainment program." Andrei Malakhov and Maxim Galkin became his competitors that year. The archive of the Mikhail family is stored a figurine from that a significant event and a photo of a happy winner of a premium.
While working on the project, the author visited many corners of the Earth - in China, India, Egypt, Nepal and other exotic countries. The most beloved of the Mentavai Islands visited by Mikhail, which lives the primitive tribes of the Aboriginal, Indonesia, Lebanon, Paraguay, as well as Cuba.
It did not do without trouble, although Mikhail Kozhukhov does not consider himself a collector of misfortunes. In Latvia, the reporter decided to repeat the element of Parkura, during which he was injured. And in Ethiopia, sick fears, because of which he spent several days under the drip.
The viral disease dumped the television journalist and in Peru, where they had to transmit high temperature. And the sea disease was notched by Mikhail Kozhukhov in the Kara Sea while traveling along the northern way.
At one time, there were even rumors about the death of the traveler, but soon the fans of the television journalist were able to make sure that he was alive and well. In fact, the hooks have never experienced health problems. He today demonstrates an excellent physical form, despite the lack of sports in his life.
Many gear Mikhail Kozhukhov dedicated to traveling in Africa. In the "Black Continent", the reporter mastered many unique professions, met representatives of the original peoples, in one village Kozhukhov had larvae prepared according to a special recipe.
The journalist has repeatedly noted the paradox of economically disadvantaged countries: greater cheerfulness and hospitality of the population. In addition, Mikhail Kozhukhov believes that Russia has great potential in the development of the tourist business, and at any point of the country.
Since 2006, after closing the project "In search of adventures", Mikhail Kozhukhov appeals to other programs: "Around the World", "Factory of Thought", "In the Big City", "Hunt for Change Places", "far and even further". On the TV channel "My Planet" comes out the releases of the journalist "Hunt for Change Seats".
All telecasts in one way or another are associated with travel. Mikhail Kozhukhov is also the author and director of documentaries about the small peoples of Russia. In particular, about the life of people in the conditions of the Far North. Among his TV projects, a multi-sized documentary about the sailboats "Kruzenshtern" and "Sedov" is listed.
In 2008, Mikhail Kozhukhov became the radio host "Our Radio". He began the project "Our Geography". The reporter regularly appears as a guest in other radio stations programs.
In 2010, the housings released the book "Above Kabul Strank Stars", a collection of travel club appeared later. Notes of the commander and other travelers, "based on the notes of the participants of the project" Travel Club ".
Since 2013, in addition to documentarystics and working on television, a popular journalist creates his own travel agency "Mikhail Kozhukhov Travel Club", which offers clients a trip at the interesting corners of the globe.
The essence of the trips is that someone from celebrities goes along with tourists. Travel orders travel lovers are made both in the office of the agency and using the official site. Each tourist can leave his wishes of the place where he wants to go, and with whom he would like to spend his holidays. There is also a review of colorful photos with species on the nature of those places that are offered for visiting.
The direction that the travel agency Mikhail Yurevich is engaged in ethnodising. This term means acquaintance with the culture and traditions of the edge from the inside.
In addition to tours in the East and South America, from recently the journalist discovered another echoarshrut. The company team offers an exciting visit to Derbent, the most ancient city in Russia, which is located in Dagestan. According to the experienced traveler, the North Caucasus with a lot of inhabiting its nationalities can compete with the Black Sea coast and even to southern countries.
In the interview in the program "Not yet Posner", the housings noted, for which Dagestan's land loved. In addition to the hospitality of the inhabitants of the region, it is attracted to to sense the spirit of the nation in the works of national fishery.
Unlike representatives of other nationalities of the North Caucasus, Dagestanis are distinguished by love for various crafts, it is a forging of weapons, and sewing, and leather skills. Many houses housed family museums, where you can meet the items of the May 17-18.
Housing hospitality, culinary traditions, sandy beaches of a warm Caspian Sea, mountain routes are the advantages that are still not evaluated by the Russian tourist. During trips to the Caucasus, Mikhail Kozhukhov visited the festival of wine in Georgia, at a wedding celebration in Armenia. Such tours are widely covered by a businessman on his personal page in "Instagram".
Thanks to many years of communicating with North Caucasian friends, Mikhail became interested in collecting cold weapons. A favorite view of rest for him was the rafting, in which he achieved significant sports success: he recently received the highest discharge on this extremist sport.
Mikhail Kozhukhov likes to be in the places you like not one time. So, in 2018, the TV host visited the capital of Austria, where he met with a good acquaintance - Princess Anita Gabsburg, the Liberty of the heir to the throne of Franz Ferdinand.
In 2018, in the National News Service, Mikhail Kozhukhov opened a copyright column where political and public international events comments. In the same year, the Documentary Tape of the "Mountains" of the Australian Director Jennifer Pedus was published in Russia, which Mikhail Kozhukhov voiced in the Russian version.
In the same year, the School of Travel managers "Pasquent" was organized. Classes are held in Moscow, each course is designed for 6 weeks. The educational institution puts the target to transfer all the skills of the student over the years of the Travel agency. In the future, the club continues to cooperate with the best graduates of courses. Within the framework of the educational program, housings reads lectures on journalism travel.
During the career of the housing traveler, became the owner of significant Russian awards in the field of journalism: in addition to Teffi, these are the Golden Feather awards, Yuri Senkevich Award and even the Order of the Red Star.
Mikhail Kozhukhov now
Now the TV presenter continues to go to the expeditions by the countries of the world, arranging unforgettable trips to customers of their "travel club". These are fascinating expeditions to the Alps, and a trip to Canara, and a trip to Valencia. In March 2020, the journalist visited the studio of the program "The Fate of Man", where he talked to Boris Korchevnikov on professional and personal topics.Projects
- 2002-2006 - "In search of adventures"
- 2006-2007 - "Around the World"
- 2007-2008 - "Factory of thought"
- 2009 - "In the Big City"
- 2010-2017 - "far and even further"