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Birth name Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky Children Maksim Zhvanetsky, Yelizaveta Gaiduk, Dmitry Zhvanetsky Parents Mane Zhvanetsky, Raisa Zhvanetskaya Similar People Roman Kartsev, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Gennady Khazanov, Alexander Schirvindt |
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий) (born 6 March 1934, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian writer, satirist and performer best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life.
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- An evening with mikhail zhvanetsky cambridge university russian society 9th may 2016
- Awards and honors
- References

Zhvanetsky's monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and has authored several books.
An evening with mikhail zhvanetsky cambridge university russian society 9th may 2016
Awards and honors
Zhvanetsky was granted the following honorary titles and decorated with the following orders:
Boulevard of the Arts in Odessa was renamed Boulevard Zhvanetsky (5 April 2009).
A minor planet, 5931 Zhvanetskij, discovered on April 1, 1976, is named after him.
Some sources say that Zhvanetsky was named "People's Artist of the USSR" in 1991, but in the "Bulletin of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR» № 52 for the year 1991 his name was not included among the recipients.