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Ksenia Sobchak is one of the most famous TV presenters Russia, often called the “Russian Paris Hilton,” is an active public figure and journalist. Ksenia’s popularity was brought by her roles as a presenter in the scandalous show “Dom-2” and the project “Blonde in Chocolate”.

Childhood

Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak was born on November 5, 1981 in St. Petersburg. The girl's family was quite famous and wealthy. The girl’s father, Anatoly Alexandrovich, is a lawyer by training, and served as mayor of St. Petersburg from 1991 to 1996. Anatoly is also known as one of the authors of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Ksyusha’s mother, Lyudmila Borisovna Narusova, a historian by training, was a State Duma deputy, and now holds the position of member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Tyva.

The Sobchak family first lived on Kustodiev Street, then moved to a communal apartment on the embankment of the Moika River. Because of the move, the girl had to change schools several times: at first she studied at school No. 185, she completed her high school years at a school at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. Herzen.

Ksenia Sobchak in childhood with her father

Besides secondary school, the girl went to ballet lessons at the Mariinsky Theater and painting classes at the Hermitage.

In 1998, Ksenia applied for a degree in international relations at St. Petersburg State University. Ksyusha studied there for only 2 years, because in 2000 the Sobchak family moved to the capital.

There, Ksenia transferred to MGIMO, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2002. In 2004, at the same university, she graduated with honors from the master's program in Political Science, after which she became a graduate student at MGIMO.

Ksenia Sobchak speaks French, English and spanish languages, is familiar with Vladimir Putin, who in the 90s was an adviser to Anatoly Sobchak.

TV presenter career

Sobchak’s career as a TV presenter began with the release of the television project “Dom-2” in 2004. The scandalous project brought Sobchak and her colleague Ksenia Borodina incredible popularity, and although the number of ill-wishers grew along with the number of fans, everyone started talking about Sobchak.

After working in the show for 8 years, Ksenia left Dom-2 in 2012, giving her place to TV presenter Olga Buzova.
After leaving the project, Ksenia plays the role of presenter in the program “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on TNT. The TV presenter also hosted the sixth season of the show “The Last Hero,” aired on Channel One.

Ksenia Sobchak was one of the hosts of the popular music show"Two stars." In 2010 and 2008 she hosted the Muz-TV Music Awards. Ksenia’s colleague at this event for two years was Ivan Urgant.

In 2007, Sobchak tried herself as a singer - together with her she recorded the song “Dance with Me.” Later, a video was shot for this song, which caused active discussion among the public. After him, rumors appeared in the yellow press that Timati and Sobchak were dating.

In 2010, Sobchak appeared on television in the “Freedom of Thought” programs on Channel Five and the “Girls” show, which became a kind of analogue of the “Paris Hilton Spotlight” show. But Sobchak did not lead the latter for long, as she left there with a scandal - in live the girl had a row with Vladimir Solovyov.

From 2011 to 2012, Ksenia hosted the popular TV show “Top Model in Russian,” but then left it. In 2015, Ksenia can be seen in cooking show“Restaurant Battle” on the “Friday!” channel.

Since 2012, the “Sobchak Live” program appeared on the Dozhd channel, which is still shown on screens and is popular among viewers.
The essence of the show - Ksenia invites you to her studio famous personalities and poses original questions to them, which the guest must answer truthfully live.

The TV presenter made her film debut in 2004. Then Sobchak played a journalist in the film “Thieves and Prostitutes.” Three years later, viewers could see Ksenia in the role of a prostitute in the comedy by Mikhail Galustyan and Garik Kharlamov “The Most best film».

In 2008, the comedy “Hitler Kaput” was released with Sobchak in the role of the Fuhrer’s mistress. In the same year, the TV presenter added episodic roles to her filmography in the films “Beauty Requires...”, “Artifact”, “Europe-Asia” and “Nobody Knows About Sex-2”.

From 2012 to 2013, the famous blonde starred in the films “Rzhevsky vs. Napoleon,” “Corporate,” “A Romance with Cocaine” and “Short Course.” happy life».

In parallel with filming, Sobchak can be seen in commercials for Euroset. A video of Ksenia crashing her car into the window of a Euroset store went viral.

Scandals with Sobchak

Since her youth, scandals began to surround Ksenia. When the girl was 16 years old, the press began to spread rumors that she had been kidnapped. Later, a message appeared about the girl’s wedding.

The socialite is no longer known for her creativity, but for her constant scandals with other stars. In 2008, on Radio Mayak, Ksenia began a verbal altercation with presenter Ekaterina Gordon.

Also, Ksenia has long been in a quarrel with famous ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. It is not known exactly when the altercation between the girls began, but they still publicly insulted each other for 10 years.

In one of the episodes of “Let Them Talk,” Ksenia began to sharply criticize and insult the ballerina.
Since 2013, the blonde has quarreled with Tina Kandelaki, with whom she still has quarrels on social networks.

Also socialite known for her extravagant actions: she often appeared drunk in public, swore on camera and behaved vulgarly, which is why she received sharp negative feedback from the public.

Entrepreneurial activity

In 2010, the girl acquired a 0.1% stake in the Euroset company for $1,000,000. In addition to the shares, Ksenia is a co-owner of the Moscow Bublik cafe on Tverskoy Boulevard. Sobchak has already invested more than 17 million rubles in the cafe.

Social activities

In 2011, the girl leads a calmer lifestyle and begins to show her civic position. During this year, Sobchak appeared at rallies against falsification of election results, but on May 8, the TV presenter was detained along with Alexei Navalny. This incident negatively affected her career as a TV presenter.

In 2012, the show “Gosped with Ksenia Sobchak” appeared on MTV-Russia. After the release of the first issue “Where is Putin leading us?” the show is closed due to low ratings.

Books

Ksenia is the author of 5 books. The first books appeared in 2008 and were called “Masks, squirrels, curlers. The ABC of Beauty" and "Stylish Things of Ksenia Sobchak". In them, Ksenia talked about her beauty secrets and gave advice on the correct selection of clothes and makeup.

Sobchak released “Philosophy in Boudoir” in collaboration with Ksenia Sokolova. In 2009, Ksenia and Oksana Robski released the book “Married to a Millionaire, or Marriage of the Highest Class,” and a year later Sobchak’s book “Encyclopedia of a Sucker” was published, which received a barrage of negative criticism from readers.

Personal life

The personal life of the TV presenter always causes heated discussions among the public and the yellow press.
In 2005, Sobchak and Alexander Shusterovich planned to have a wedding ceremony, but a couple of days before the wedding, the blonde canceled the wedding.

In November 2011, in one of the episodes of the “Let Them Talk” program, Sergei Kapkov confessed his love to Ksenia, but the lovers only met for a year. The following year, Ksenia announced that she was dating politician Ilya Yashin, but six months later the couple broke up.

Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Vitorgan

Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak. Born on November 5, 1981 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Russian television and radio presenter, journalist, actress, socialite, public figure.

She is known for the reality shows “Dom-2” (TNT), “Blonde in Chocolate” (Muz-TV), “The Last Hero” (Channel One), as well as the programs “State Department 2” (Snob) and “Sobchak Live” ( Rain), co-hosting the program “Barabaka and the Gray Wolf” on the radio station “Silver Rain”.

Father - Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak, lawyer, mayor of St. Petersburg from 1991 to 1996.

Mother - Lyudmila Borisovna Narusova, historian.

Ksenia's godfather was Father Gury, who was serving at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra at that time, and Lyudmila Narusova's university friend Natasha was her godmother.

She lived with her parents in house 21 on Kustodiev Street, then in a communal apartment on the embankment of the Moika River. As a child, Ksenia studied ballet at the Mariinsky Theater and painting at the Hermitage.

In middle school I studied at high school No. 185 with in-depth study English language.

She graduated from school at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen.

In 1998 she entered the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University. In 2000, she moved to Moscow and transferred to the Faculty of International Relations at MGIMO.

In 2002 she received a bachelor’s degree, and in 2004 she graduated with honors from MGIMO’s master’s program in political science (the topic of the diploma is “ Comparative analysis institutions of the presidency in France and Russia"). Speaks English, French and Spanish.

After graduating from MGIMO, she planned to continue her studies and at the same time take part in a number of television and other projects.

According to Forbes magazine, for the period from September 2008 to September 2009, her income amounted to $1.2 million. In February 2010, Sobchak acquired a minority (less than 0.1%) stake in the Russian cellular retailer Euroset, spending on that's just over $1 million.

Since 2004 she has hosted a reality show "Dom-2" on the TNT channel together with (then joined them), but in the summer of 2012 she did not renew her contract with the television company and left the show.

She hosted such reality shows as “Who doesn’t want to become a millionaire” on TNT, “The Last Hero-6” on Channel One, “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV.

She was one of the hosts of the show “Two Stars” on Channel One.

She was parodied seven times in the TV show “Big Difference”: as the host of the reality show “Dom-2”, as a guest in the program “ Good night, kids!”, co-host of the “Two Stars” show, guest in the “Let Them Talk” program, host of the “Big Difference” Festival in Odessa. In one of the parodies, Ksenia Sobchak participated in the role of a waitress at a restaurant that Ksenia Sobchak visited (she herself was parodied by the troupe’s artist Maria Zykova). All parodies were performed by the troupe's artists Olga Medynich and.

Is one of the main characters of the television cartoon show "Cartoon Personality".

In 2013, Sobchak created the image of Oksana Sever and shot a video for the song “Rodny”, which received a RuTV award, and Ksenia for her image of the scandalous chanson star was nominated for the TOP 50. Most famous people Petersburg" from the magazine "Sobaka.ru".

After the elections in State Duma December 4, 2011, which was won by “ United Russia“Sobchak supported protests against election fraud. On December 10, she came to a rally on Bolotnaya Square, and on December 24, she spoke at a rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue. In January, Sobchak was included in the top ten most influential Russian women, compiled by the Ekho Moskvy radio station with the support of the Interfax agency, RIA Novosti and Ogonyok magazine.

After the presidential elections on March 4, 2012, which she won, Sobchak spoke at the “For Fair Elections” rally on Novy Arbat on March 10. On April 14, Sobchak spoke at a rally in Astrakhan in support of ex-candidate for mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein, who did not recognize the results of the mayoral elections. Sobchak deliberately did not take part in the “March of Millions” action on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, because, as she reported after the fact on May 7, she knew that the action would be aimed at increasing radicalization.

However, already on May 8 she came to the opposition camp for Chistoprudny Boulevard. After the oppositionists were ousted from Chistye Prudy they gathered on Pushkin Square, but already there, at the Nikitsky Gate, Ksenia Sobchak, along with Alexei Navalny, was detained. After the arrest, Sobchak wrote on Twitter that she had changed her opinion about the radicalization of the protest. Immediately after her release at night, Sobchak arrived at Kudrinskaya Square, where the opposition gathered again.

In May, it became known that Sobchak was excluded from the list of presenters of the anniversary Muz-TV Award (initially she was supposed to host it together with Maxim Galkin, Lera Kudryavtseva and Andrei Malakhov), and was also removed from the TEFI Award in the “Best Reporter” category. According to her own statement, this was done for political reasons.

On the eve of June 12, 2012, the police conducted a search in Sobchak’s apartment, which, according to her lawyer Henry Reznik, was connected with the assumption of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICR) that oppositionist Ilya Yashin actually lives in this apartment. The TV presenter expressed outrage that the investigators, “smirking,” read her personal letters out loud, and said: “I never thought that we would return to a country of such repression.”

An official representative of the Investigative Committee stated that “in the apartment of I. Yashin and K. Sobchak, large sum money in European and American currencies, distributed in more than 100 envelopes (at least €1 million).” Over the course of several days, investigators checked the seized currency and each banknote was individually tested for authenticity.

On June 15, reacting to this incident, one of the opposition leaders, State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev called on Ksenia to distance herself from participation in the organizational structures of the opposition movement. To do this during the investigation of the criminal case about the riots on Bolotnaya, so that the country, Ponomarev explained, does not concentrate on Sobchak’s millions, so as not to cast a shadow on the opposition and not to distract attention from real activity protesters. Sobchak replied that she does not claim any leadership role in the protest movement.

On September 27, the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation decided to return Sobchak by transferring to her accounts the money seized during the May search, namely: 1,108,420 euros, 522,392 US dollars and 485,325 rubles. A desk audit carried out on behalf of the investigation did not establish any evidence of tax evasion by Ksenia.

On September 17, 2012, she nominated herself for the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition. Among 11 opposition activists, she made a statement saying that “violent confrontation is growing between the government and society,” therefore “large-scale political reform” is necessary. On October 22, 2012, in the elections of the Coordination Council of the opposition, she took fourth place on the general civil list, gaining 32.5 thousand votes, losing to A. Navalny, D. Bykov and. On October 19, 2013, the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition ceased to exist.

In 2008, books by Ksenia Sobchak were published, dedicated to clothing style and cosmetics: “Stylish things by Ksenia Sobchak” and “Masks, glosses, curlers. The ABC of Beauty."

In 2009, a “practical guide” on a profitable marriage, “Marrying a Millionaire, or Marriage of the Highest Class,” appeared, written together with Oksana Robski.

In 2010, the Encyclopedia of the Sucker was published, a book that defines a sucker as “a person for whom self-presentation is above all else.” In an interview with Dmitry Bykov dedicated to the release of the book, Sobchak called the described phenomenon international, but noted that, thanks to historical background the destruction of the elite in 1917 and 1937 and modern social experiments, including the “rain of petrodollars,” Russia represents “an ideal testing ground for observing scammers,” to which Sobchak self-critically refers himself as “a symbol of all-Russian scam with the Dom-2 project.”

In the same year, a book written jointly by Ksenia Sokolova and Ksenia Sobchak appeared "Philosophy in the boudoir"- a collection of interviews compiled based on materials from the “Philosophy in the Boudoir with...” column of GQ magazine.

Sobchak is a successful investor. In December 2012, it became known that Ksenia received $2.3 million from the sale of her share of Euroset shares. Considering the initial investment of $1 million in 2010, Sobchak’s income from the retailer’s shares amounted to $1.3 million.

On May 28, 2012 she became editor-in-chief of women's SNC magazine(formerly known as Sex and the City). In December 2014, she left this post.

From 2013 to 2014, she hosted the “Deal” program on the “Friday!” TV channel.

In October 2014, she became editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine L’Officiel.

In 2015, she was the host of the show “Battle of Restaurants” on the “Friday!” TV channel. Presenter of the Muz-TV Award (2007-2008, 2010-2011, 2014-2017).

In October 2017, it became known about Ksenia Sobchak’s work on documentary film for the 80th anniversary of Anatoly Sobchak, among the interviewees was the President of the Russian Federation (and former political assistant).

Ksenia Sobchak - presidential candidate 2018

Since the beginning of September 2017, rumors began to spread about the possible participation of Ksenia Sobchak in presidential elections with the consent of the presidential administration. Sobchak herself called this data an attempt to discredit her.

Sobchak’s possible participation in the elections was criticized by those who intended to run for president, who called her a caricatured liberal candidate and a “spoiler” with the cannibalistic views of a democrat of the early 90s. After this, the journalist accused him of leaderism, hypocrisy, calls for uncoordinated actions and splitting the opposition.

November 18, 2016 at the Lapino clinic near Moscow. Just before the New Year it was: Plato.

Since the end of 2018, information has appeared about discord in the family of Sobchak and Vitorgan. They took off their rings and stopped appearing together in public.

Since January 2019, rumors about Ksenia’s affair with the director began to actively appear in the media. Journalists caught the couple together at one of the events, where they did not hesitate to show their feelings and kiss.

On January 21, 2019, it was reported that Maxim Vitorgan beat Konstantin Bogomolov in a cafe. Security guards at the establishment witnessed a fight between men. The director returned to the cafe with a broken nose and a bloody face.

March 8, 2019. "We are forced to comment publicly on our relationship in order to stop all speculation on this topic. We have been living separately for quite a long time and each with our own lives. While we lived together, we remained mutually faithful. We do not share property and, especially, the child whom we continue to raise , like loving parents,” they wrote on Instagram.

Filmography of Ksenia Sobchak:

2004 - Thieves and prostitutes. Prize - flight into space - journalist-psychologist
2007 - Mad - Margarita Lyamkina
2007 - The best film - prostitute
2008 - Beauty requires... - Ilma Peterson
2008 - Nobody knows about sex 2: No sex - Arabella
2008 - Hitler is kaput! - Eva Braun
2008 - Europe-Asia - as herself
2009 - Artifact - swearing
2009 - Golden Key - Malvina
2009 - Moscow.Ru
2011 - A short course in a happy life - Aunt Nadya
2012 - Rzhevsky against Napoleon - Madame Ksyu-Ksyu
2012 - Entropy - Pasha
2013 - Romance with cocaine - Sonya
2013 - Doc Srok - as herself
2013 - Corporate party - prostitute
2013 - Odnoklassniki.ru: CLICK your luck
2015 - The Chicks

Your career on Russian TV screen Ksenia Sobchak began as the host of the scandalous show “Dom-2”. Today she is no longer the scandalous blonde she was in the 2000s. Now she is known as a witty publicist and an excellent interviewer. According to the joint rating of the Echo of Moscow radio station, Ogonyok magazine and the Interfax agency, published in March 2014, Ksenia Sobchak ranks 22nd among the most influential women Russia.

She continues to host the “Sobchak Live” program on the Dozhd TV channel, maintains a blog on Instagram, and also holds the post of editor-in-chief at the fashion magazine L’Officiel. In October 2017, Sobchak announced her intention to run for president, replacing the “against all” column for voters.

Childhood and youth of Ksenia Sobchak

The famous TV presenter Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak was born in St. Petersburg on November 5, 1981. Father - co-author of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first mayor of post-Soviet St. Petersburg (he headed the city from 1991 to 1996) Anatoly Sobchak (died in 2000). Mother is a senator from the Republic of Tuva since 2002, former State Duma deputy Lyudmila Narusova. But at the time of the birth of their daughter, the couple were teachers who did not think about a political career: Anatoly Aleksandrovich - Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University, Lyudmila Borisovna - Faculty of History of the Leningrad Institute of Culture named after. Krupskaya.

Sobchak has an older (by 16 years) half-sister Maria, born in Anatoly Sobchak’s first marriage to philologist Nonna Gadzyuk. She is a lawyer by training and worked at the St. Petersburg Bar Association.

Ksenia first studied at the “English” school No. 185, but she received her certificate at the school at the Herzen State Pedagogical University. In parallel with her studies, the girl studied in a ballet studio and attended art school Hermitage. The teacher, composer Vladislav Uspensky, came to the Sobchaks’ home and studied musical education girls and who taught her to play the piano. Ksyusha studied excellently, but was a pure humanitarian: physics and chemistry were difficult for her. She read a lot, including the works of ancient Greek historians: Suetonius, Plutarch, Tacitus, and knew all the sculptures in the Summer Garden by heart.

Close girls noted that she was an extremely disobedient and impudent child, often disrupting classes. In addition, Ksyusha has always had a sharp tongue. For example, when Anatoly Sobchak once tried to flog his disobedient daughter, she shouted: “Me too, democrat!” However, Ksyusha always found it easy with her father. common language, but the relationship with my mother was tense.

Interview with 11-year-old Ksenia Sobchak

Ksenia Sobchak has known the second President of Russia Vladimir Putin since childhood. In his youth, Vladimir Vladimirovich was Sobchak’s adviser on external relations.

In 1998, she became a student at the Faculty of International Relations at St. Petersburg State University, but literally three years later, due to moving to Moscow, she had to transfer to a similar specialty at MGIMO. A year later, having received a bachelor's degree (her thesis presented an analysis of the presidential regime in Russia and France), Sobchak entered the master's program at the Faculty of Political Science, which she graduated in 2004, after which she went to graduate school, which she never completed.

Scandalous person and socialite

Fame came to Ksenia Sobchak at the age of 16 - it was then that she first appeared on the pages of the Russian tabloid Express Courier, which reported that the daughter of the mayor of St. Petersburg had been kidnapped. In 1998, 17-year-old Ksyusha was credited with having an affair with 43-year-old businessman Umar Dzhabrailov, then with publisher Vyacheslav Leibman, and then with Alexander Shustorovich, also a publisher. In 2001, the media reported that jewelry worth about $600 thousand was stolen from a girl’s apartment (according to documents allegedly belonging to Leibman).

All scandalous videos of Ksenia Sobchak

And although relatives tried in every possible way to protect their daughter from such attacks from the press, it seemed that the attention of journalists only fueled Ksenia’s passion for public provocations. The girl was a regular at all social events, her name often appeared in scandals related to drugs, and she also managed to star in a photo shoot for a men's glossy magazine.

Lyudmila Narusova said that Ksenia’s shocking behavior was rooted in childhood, and she was sure that her daughter’s similar behavior was a temporary phenomenon and would soon pass.

Ksenia herself later admitted that she was horrified by the “cocaine glamor” of the 2000s, but she reconciled herself and mimicked fashion trends, because the image of the “blonde in chocolate” went with a bang.

I was horrified by all of this. But is it somehow necessary to live and survive in fashionable Moscow? Soon I was trying to come to terms with reality using Wonderbra silicone inserts and pink corsets.

Dom-2 and other TV projects

In 2004, Ksenia Sobchak became co-host of Ksenia Borodina on scandalous project"House-2". It should be noted that the daring girl, who does not mince words, suited the format of the controversial reality show perfectly, which brought Ksenia not only fame, but also huge amount critics. So, in 2005, the Duma Committee on Health sent a statement to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to bring Sobchak to criminal liability (with the wording “for pimping and pimping”).

At the beginning of her career, Sobchak led scandalous show"Dom-2"

With the growing popularity and interest in her person, Ksenia began to be invited as a presenter by other TV channels. Later she hosted the programs “Who doesn’t want to become a millionaire” on TNT, “The Last Hero” and “Two Stars” on the First, “Blonde in Chocolate”, “Top Model in Russian” on Muz-TV.

In 2008 and 2010, Ksenia Sobchak, together with Ivan Urgant, was the presenter of the Muz-TV Award. Thanks to Ksenia’s sociability and eloquence, programs with her participation have always aroused genuine interest from viewers, although often with a negative sign.

Ksenia Sobchak reads a poem about an inflatable version of herself

By this time, her style had changed from glamorous to more delicate and feminine - “a la russe”. Her friendship with designer Ulyana Sergienko played an important role in the change in image.

Soon Ksenia Sobchak became the host of the radio program “Everyday Life of Barabaki” (later renamed “Barabaka and gray wolf") on the radio station "Silver Rain". In the spring of 2010, she was a girl on the talk show “Freedom of Thought” on Channel 5, but after several episodes she left the project, because, according to her, “everything descended into a discussion of housing and communal services tariffs.” Then, for six months, she was the co-host of the entertainment program “Girls” on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, created as an alternative to Channel One’s ProjectorParisHilton project. Ksenia's company was Marina Golub, Alla Dovlatova and Olga Shelest. After the 24th episode of the first season, Ksenia left the program after a scandal with Vladimir Solovyov on air.

Ksenia Sobchak in the program “Girls”: scandal with Vladimir Solovyov

In addition to the role of presenter, Ksenia took great pleasure in trying herself in new endeavors, for example, she participated in the show “Circus with the Stars” and starred in Timati’s video for their joint song “Let’s Dance.”

At the beginning of July 2012, Ksenia Sobchak left the Dom-2 project, stating the following:

I left because I had internally outgrown this stage, and also because I consider it impossible to combine social activities with management similar show. Previously, I thought that it was enough to reflect reality, and people themselves would be horrified, but now I understand that this is not enough, you need to not just reflect - you need to create reality in order to educate those who are still included in the disgusting matrix of lies and indifference of our society.

Acting career

Ksenia Sobchak received her first film role in 2003, playing a journalist in the film “Thieves and Prostitutes.” In 2006, the film “Chocolate Blonde” was released. main role in which Paris Hilton played. Ksenia dubbed her character’s lines into Russian. In 2007, Sobchak got the role of a prostitute in the film “The Best Film” by Garik Kharlamov and Mikhail Galustyan.

In 2008, Ksenia starred in the film “Hitler Kaput” as Adolf Hitler’s mistress. In the same year, such films as “Beauty Demands...”, “Nobody Knows About Sex 2”, “Europe-Asia” and “Artifact” were released, where the TV presenter appeared in episodic roles. In 2012-2013, she was involved in such films as “A Short Course in a Happy Life”, “Rzhevsky against Napoleon”, “Term”, “An Affair with Cocaine” and “Corporate Party”.

Ksenia Sobchak crashed into Euroset

The girl is also connected with Euroset by the fact that in 2010 she purchased 0.1 percent of the shares from the company’s owner, Alexander Mamut, for one million dollars. She is also one of the three co-owners of the Bublik cafe on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow. She invested about 17 million rubles in this establishment.

Books

Ksenia Sobchak wrote five books, one of them co-authored with Oksana Robski (Married to a Millionaire, or Marriage of the Highest Class (2009). The first published work was the book “Stylish Things of Ksenia Sobchak.” In the same year, a book was published under entitled “Masks, glosses, curlers. ABC of beauty.”

In 2010, The Sucker Encyclopedia was released, a book that defines a sucker as “a person for whom self-presentation is paramount.” In the same year, together with Ksenia Sokolova, a collection of interviews was published, based on articles for GQ magazine - the book “Philosophy in the Boudoir”.

Scandals

Ksenia Sobchak has repeatedly become the culprit or participant in various scandals in the media. In 2008, she had a fight on the air of Mayak radio with the host of the Cult of Personality program Katya Gordon. During the interview, an altercation occurred between them, which then continued on the Internet, as a result of which Gordon was fired from the radio station.

Ksenia Sobchak vs. Katya Gordon on Radio Mayak

In 2011, Sobchak became involved (in a figurative sense) with Anastasia Volochkova. Sobchak took part in the filming of the program “Let Them Talk,” dedicated to the ballerina’s anniversary. This program became the starting point, after which Anastasia left the United Russia party, cursing both United Russia members and Sobchak.

Conflict between Ksenia Sobchak and Anastasia Volochkova

Political activity

Until a certain point, the majority associated the name of Ksenia Sobchak exclusively with “yellow” scandals and “House-2,” until in 2006 the girl announced the creation of the youth movement “Everyone is Free!” According to Sobchak’s plan, the main goal of the organization was to be “a fun and relaxed struggle for rights,” but these plans remained unrealized.

Ksenia Sobchak began to actively demonstrate her civic position in 2011. In December 2011, she actively rallied against the falsification of the Duma elections, in March 2012 she participated in the rally “For Fair Elections,” and on May 8, the girl, along with Alexei Navalny, was detained at the Nikitsky Gate. After this, her career as a presenter on state channels went downhill. First of all, she was excluded from the list of presenters of the Muz-TV anniversary award. In the summer of 2012, a search was carried out in Ksenia Sobchak’s apartment and significant sums of money were seized, but the investigation did not find anything illegal in the origin of the funds, so they were returned to the girl.

The experience Ksenia gained over the years of working on television helped in publicly expressing her political views. So, in 2012, the MTV-Russia channel aired the first episode of the talk show “The State Department with Ksenia Sobchak,” which was called “Where is Putin leading us?” It was attended by the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov, a member of the Solidarity movement Ilya Yashin and the head of the movement “In Defense of the Khimki Forest” Evgenia Chirikova. After the first episode, the show was closed by decision of the channel, although official reason cancellations announced low ratings. Two weeks later, the first episode of the State Department-2 program was released as part of the online version of Snob magazine.

Politician and mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak, whose cause of death still periodically becomes the topic of publications in the media, lived an eventful and bright life. He was a model of decency and political integrity, and he had a unique ability to see people's potential and help realize it. Sobchak's activities left a significant mark on Russian history, and descendants will remember his name for a long time.

Origin and family

Anatoly Sobchak himself always defined his nationality as “Russian,” but his family had a very complex ethnic origin. Paternal grandfather Anton Semenovich Sobchak was a Pole and came from an impoverished family. In his youth, he happened to fall passionately in love with a Czech girl named Anna from a fairly wealthy bourgeois family. Her parents categorically did not want to see a poor nobleman as a son-in-law, and Anton had no choice but to steal the bride, especially since she herself did not mind. To hide from pursuit, the couple leaves for the unknown country of Russia. The marriage turned out to be very happy, but Anna dreamed of starting her own business all her life, the couple for many years I was saving money, when the goal was already close, Anton Semenovich lost the entire accumulated amount in a casino in one sitting. He was a very enthusiastic and gambling person. In addition to his passion for the game, he devoted himself with great fire political activity- was a member of the Cadet Party. Before her death, as the Sobchak family legend says, her grandmother called Anatoly and told him to swear that he would never play in a casino or engage in politics. Little boy I didn’t understand anything about politics, so I solemnly took an oath that I wouldn’t play, but kept silent about politics. And all his life he never sat down at a gaming table. But it didn’t work out with politics; he clearly surpassed his grandfather in political passion. Anatoly’s maternal grandfather was Russian, and his grandmother was Ukrainian. Sobchak's father was a transport network engineer, and his mother was an accountant. The marriage was successful, but times were difficult.

Childhood

Anatoly Sobchak was born in Chita on August 10, 1937; besides him, there were three more children in the family, one brother, however, died at the age of 2. The family lived in Kokand, the conditions were very difficult. In 1939, Anton's grandfather was arrested. In 1941, Anatoly’s father went to the front, and his mother alone supported the family, which included three small children and two old grandmothers. At the same time, the children were raised strictly, but they were never punished or shouted at. Sobchak recalled that they always called their parents by common names, although this was alien to the environment in which they lived. But the origin made itself felt; dignity and decency were in the Sobchaks’ blood. With the beginning of the war, an order came to their city to urgently send all Poles to Siberia. Neighbors and a friend, the head of the local administration, came to the head of the family and said that he had passport forms and would help them change their nationality. That's how they became Russian. Although Anatoly Alexandrovich later always said that he considered himself Russian, not only by language, but also by his love for this country. As a child, the boy read a lot, fortunately, books were given to him by a professor evacuated from Leningrad, and from him he was imbued with a special love for the northern capital.

Education

Anatoly studied very well at school, he always participated in public life, obeyed teachers and parents. He had two nicknames. One is a professor because he knew a lot and loved to read. The second is a judge, because from childhood he had a strong sense of justice. On his school leaving certificate he only had two B's: in geometry and the Russian language. After school, Anatoly Sobchak, whose biography began in Uzbekistan, enters the Faculty of Law. But later he decided to leave for Leningrad. And in 1956 he was transferred to Leningrad University. Sobchak was an excellent student, he showed great diligence and received a Lenin scholarship. The professors loved Anatoly for serious attitude to study and diligence.

Legal career

After university, Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak, whose biography was connected with jurisprudence for many years, was assigned to the Stavropol Territory. Despite the fact that he studied well, he was not able to be assigned to Leningrad. In the Stavropol region, Sobchak began working as a lawyer. He lived in a small village and had to rent housing. Local grandmothers gladly attended his trials to listen to him speak “pityingly.” Later he goes to work as the head of a legal consultation. But such work was clearly too small for such a strong lawyer.

Scientist career

In 1962, Anatoly Alexandrovich returned to Leningrad. He entered graduate school and in 1964 defended his thesis on civil law. At the same time, he begins to work at the Police School, where he teaches legal disciplines. In 1968, he went to work at the Institute of Pulp and Paper Industry, where he held the position of associate professor. In 1973, he changed his place of work again, this time he returned to his native university. In the same year, he tries to defend his doctoral dissertation, but does not go through the approval procedure at the Higher Attestation Commission. Later, Sobchak would eventually become a doctor of law and a professor. He becomes dean of the law faculty, later heads the department commercial law. He worked at Leningrad State University for more than 20 years. All these years he was active in scientific work, supervised the writing of dissertations, published scientific articles and monographs. In 1997, Sobchak had to return to his scientific and teaching activities. He lived in Paris for almost two years, where he taught at the Sorbonne, wrote articles and memoirs, and published several scientific works.

Political activity

In 1989, Anatoly Sobchak, whose biography takes a turn, is actively involved in the political changes taking place in the country. He participates in elections and becomes a people's deputy. During the First Congress of People's Deputies, he was elected to the Supreme Council of the USSR, where he dealt with a familiar area - economic legislation. He was also a member of the interregional group of deputies representing the democratic opposition to the current party. In 1990, Sobchak became a deputy of the Leningrad City Council and at the very first meeting he was elected Chairman of the Leningrad City Council. He spoke a lot in the media, defending left-liberal views, and actively criticized the Soviet government and its forms of management. At that time, these were very popular slogans and on this Sobchak quickly began to make a career. In 1991, he became one of the initiators of the creation of the Democratic Reform Movement.

Mayor of St. Petersburg

In 1991, Sobchak became the first mayor of Leningrad. Anatoly Alexandrovich, as mayor, was very popular among city residents. The surname of Anatoly Sobchak evoked positive associations among most St. Petersburg residents, because he began positive changes in the city, kept it from the chaos of lawlessness and poverty, which at that time struck many cities in the country. He attracted humanitarian aid from abroad to prevent famine, which really threatened the city. Not everyone was delighted with the mayor’s activities; he was reproached and accused of many things. His personal character and management style were not liked by everyone, and he began to have conflicts with local legislators.

Sobchak's team

While working as mayor, Anatoly Alexandrovich was able to gather around himself a unique team of managers. He brought to power a whole galaxy of disciples and comrades-in-arms, who today make up the majority of the country’s ruling elite. So, it was he who brought his former student to the government of St. Petersburg. Sobchak’s graduate student Dmitry Medvedev actively helped his scientific supervisor conduct election campaign to people's deputies in 1989. Later, Anatoly Alexandrovich took him to work at the mayor’s office as assistant to the deputy mayor for external relations. And this manager was none other than Vladimir Putin. Sobchak began collaborating with him back in 1991 in the Leningrad City Council. Anatoly Alexandrovich also brought a young reformer to the government of St. Petersburg; he worked as an economic adviser to the mayor. Another graduate student of Sobchak, German Gref, also received a position at the mayor’s office, he was involved in property management. Also, such well-known characters as Alexey Miller, Vladimir Mutko, Alexey Kudrin, Viktor Zubkov, Sergey Naryshkin worked in Anatoly Alexandrovich’s team.

Political intrigue

Anatoly Sobchak, biography, whose personal history is full of ups, also knew great defeats. In 1996, mayoral elections were held in St. Petersburg, which were accompanied by a fierce struggle. Tons of incriminating evidence were poured onto Sobchak, he was accused of all sorts of sins: from diamonds and his wife’s fur coats to owning some unprecedented real estate and receiving bribes. In those elections, the head of Sobchak’s campaign headquarters was Vladimir Putin. Anatoly Alexandrovich lost the election to his ally and deputy Vladimir Yakovlev. Immediately after this fiasco, a real war began against Sobchak’s team. They began to really persecute him, many turned away from him former friends. In 1997, he was first brought in as a witness in a bribery case at the mayor's office, and then he was charged with abuse of power and receiving bribes. Enemies called bribes what was assistance to the city from various organizations and businessmen.

Achievements

Anatoly Sobchak, whose political career is still of interest to the public, is remembered by many as the man who returned St. Petersburg to its historical name. But, besides this, he made a great contribution to the creation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and did a lot for the formation of a democratic opposition in the country. He returned St. Petersburg to the status of a cultural capital, laid the foundation for the tradition of holding many city festivals and holidays, and brought the Goodwill Games to St. Petersburg.

Awards

Anatoly Sobchak, whose biography and life are an example of selfless service to his Fatherland, received many prizes and awards, but he had no state awards, except for the medal for the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet. He was an honorary professor at 9 universities around the world, and an honorary citizen of 6 different territories around the world.

Death

Lost elections and unfair accusations led to Anatoly Sobchak having three heart attacks in a short period of time. This, apparently, allowed him to avoid arrest. In 1997, he left for Paris, where he improved his health, and then remained to work. In 1999, the criminal prosecution of Sobchak was dropped, and he returned to Russia. He ran for mayor again, but failed again. In 2000, Anatoly Alexandrovich became a confidant of Russian presidential candidate V. Putin. He had to go to Kaliningrad on business, but he didn’t have time to get there. On February 20, 2000, in the town of Svetlogorsk, he died. There were many rumors and speculations about how Anatoly Sobchak died. But the investigation proved that there was no poisoning or intoxication, his heart simply could not stand it.

Memory

When Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak died, whose biography was full of trials and strong decisions, people realized what kind of person they had lost, and suddenly a wave of honors to him surged. The monument erected on his grave was created by Mikhail Shemyakin. In honor of Anatoly Alexandrovich, several memorial plaques are installed, a monument in St. Petersburg, issued postage stamp, a square in St. Petersburg is named after him.

Personal life

Anatoly Sobchak, a biography whose personal life still interests many people today, was married twice. He met his first wife Nonna in Kokand. They got married when Sobchak was a student. His wife lived with him during the most difficult years of his formation, poverty, and homelessness. They lived together for more than 20 years. The second wife supported her husband in his political ambitions. She herself implemented several public projects in St. Petersburg and held several different positions at the mayor’s office. Sobchak was so bright and charismatic that women were very drawn to him. Even when he worked as a teacher, students often wrote him letters with declarations of love. Rumor attributed him with many novels, right up to Claudia Schiffer. He himself only chuckled in response.

Children of Anatoly Sobchak

Anatoly Sobchak, whose biography was filled with work and politics, was good father. He had a daughter in each marriage. The eldest daughter Anna gave birth to his grandson Gleb, whom Sobchak adored. The youngest daughter Ksenia is known to everyone today as a TV presenter and journalist.

Born on November 5, 1981 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Daughter of ex-mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak (1937-2000) and member of the Federation Council Lyudmila Narusova.

As a child, Ksenia studied ballet at the Mariinsky Theater and painting at the Hermitage. She studied at secondary school No. 185 with in-depth study of the English language. She graduated from school at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen (Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen).

In 1998 she entered the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg state university(SPbSU). In 2001 she moved to Moscow and transferred to the Faculty of International Relations of the Moscow State University state institute international relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2002, she received a bachelor's degree and entered the master's program at the Faculty of Political Science at MGIMO. In 2004, Ksenia received a master's degree.

In 2004, Sobchak became one of the hosts of the reality show “Dom-2” on the TNT channel; in 2012, she did not renew her contract with the television company and left the show.

She hosted such reality shows as “Who doesn’t want to become a millionaire” on TNT, “The Last Hero-6” on Channel One, “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV. She was one of the hosts of the show “Two Stars” on Channel One.

She hosted her own program “Everyday Life of Barabaka” on the radio station “Silver Rain”, and subsequently, together with Sergei Kalvarsky, she hosted the program “Barabaka and the Gray Wolf” on the same radio station.

Since March 15, 2010, she hosted the talk show “Freedom of Thought” on Channel Five, but soon stopped working on the channel.

In April-October 2010, she was one of the leading entertainment program"Girls" on the Russia-1 TV channel.

From 2011 to 2012 she hosted the show “Top Model in Russian”. In the same year, she became one of the jury members of the “Big Difference in Odessa” parody festival.

In 2011, she hosted the STB channel "Let's Get Married" on the STB channel (Ukraine), in 2012 - the "Let's Get Married" program. Main topic"on the Georgian TV channel PIK.

At the beginning of February 2012, the MTV channel launched the “State Department with Sobchak” program, where Ksenia became the host, but only one episode was aired. The program began to appear on the Internet portal of the project "", it was also broadcast RBC TV channels and "Rain", the last release of the program was in 2013.

Currently, Ksenia’s program “Sobchak Live” is airing on the Dozhd channel.

On the Friday TV channel, Ksenia Sobchak hosted the “Deal” and “Battle of Restaurants” programs over the years.

Repeatedly Ksenia Sobchak was the host music award Muz-TV.

From May 2012 to December 2014, Sobchak held the post of women's magazine.

In December 2014, Ksenia Sobchak became editor-in-chief of L`Officiel Russia magazine.