Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich PARПочётное звание присвоено указом президента № 678 от 01 июля 2002 года
(russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Якубович, born 31 July 1945) is a

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actor and

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, best known for hosting the game show ''

Pole Chudes ''Pole Chudes'' ( rus, По́ле Чуде́с, p=ˈpolʲɪ tɕʉˈdʲes, ''Buratino#In popular culture, The Field of Wonders'') is a Russian adaptation of the U.S. game show ''Wheel of Fortune (American game show), Wheel of Fortune'' (loosely b ...

'' (the Russian version of the ''

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'' – literally, ''The Field of Wonders'' – and the celebrity episode of ''

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''). Yakubovich is one of the best-known television and internet personalities in Russia. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed economic sanctions on Leonid Yakubovich for his support of

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Biography

Yakubovich was born in Moscow into a

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family. His father was born in Belarus.«Леонид Аркадьевич - молодец»: вспоминаем, как ведущий «Поле чудес» Леонид Якубович летал в Беларуси на самолетах, искал родных и привез прицеп дров пенсионерке
Leonid Arkadyevich is a great guy": remembering how Leonid Yakubovich, the host of Pole Chudes, flew a plane in Belarus, searched for his relatives and brought a truck of wood to an elderly lady-

Komsomolskaya Pravda ''Komsomolskaya Pravda'' (russian: link=no, Комсомольская правда; lit. "Komsomol Truth") is a daily Russian tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper, founded on 13 March 1925. History and profile During the Soviet era, ...

, 1 December 2021 In his youth, Yakubovich sought a practical profession, and studied metal craftsmanship. After finishing his education, he went to work at

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as a heat-gas technician. In college, Yakubovich started performing in the Russian

KVN ''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...

show. In the 1980s he became a freelance satire writer and actor, and even played in the Russian children's "film-magazine" ''

Yeralash ''Yeralash'' ( rus, Ералаш, p=jɪrɐˈlaʂ) is a Russian children's comedy TV show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word ''eralash'' means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble" and is taken from ...

''. Even so, Yakubovich was not considered experienced enough for regular work in television until in 1991 he accepted

Vladislav Listyev Vladislav (Vlad) Nikolayevich Listyev (russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Листьев, links=no; May 10, 1956 – March 1, 1995) was a Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel (now government-owned Channel One). Ca ...

's proposal to host ''Pole Chudes''. Listyev was previously a mentor to Yakubovich, and helped sharpen his acting skills, among others.

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External links

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Сайт «Поля чудес»
' 1945 births Living people Male actors from Moscow Soviet male actors Russian male actors Russian game show hosts Jewish Russian comedians Soviet television presenters Russian television presenters People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Russian male television actors Russian Jews Russian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Russian people of Belarusian descent Russian people of Jewish descent Jewish Russian actors {{Russia-actor-stub