Matvey Yuryevich Ganapolsky (born Margolis; russian: link=no, Матвей Юрьевич Ганапольский, uk, Матвій Юрійович Ганапольський; born 14 December 1953 in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

) is a Russian and Ukrainian journalist who has contributed for Pryamiy kanal,

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, ''

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'', and other media. He is also a member of the

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Biography

Ganapolsky was born in Lviv in 1953. His mother Dina Levina was one of the last surviving eyewitnesses of the

Babi Yar Babi Yar (russian: Ба́бий Яр) or Babyn Yar ( uk, Бабин Яр) is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The fi ...

tragedy. Ganapolsky spent his childhood in Lviv, later leaving for

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

and then for Moscow where he graduated from the

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. From 1981 to 1986, he lived in Kyiv picking up a job at the local Variety Theatre. In 1990, he started working for the radio station

where he launched the ''Bomond'' programme. In 2016, he obtained Ukrainian citizenship. As of 2020, Ganapolsky hosted a talk show named ''Ekho Ukrayiny'' on Pryamiy kanal and, until the radio station's closure in March 2022, several radio programmes on Echo of Moscow.

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1953 births Living people Ukrainian journalists People listed in Russia as foreign agents Echo of Moscow radio presenters Russian emigrants to Ukraine {{Ukraine-journalist-stub