Mikhail Anatolyevich Taratuta (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Анато́льевич Тарату́та; born 2 June 1948, Moscow) is a Russian journalist, analyst and chronicler of American life. Author and presenter of the popular TV program ''America with Mikhail Taratuta''.
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Biography
Mikhail Taratuta was born on 2 June 1948 in Moscow. In 1972 he graduated from Moscow State Linguistic University
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on the specialty of a translator-referent (with knowledge of English and Swedish).
In 1970, while still a student, he was sent to Egypt, where he was an interpreter of the Soviet military adviser. In 1972 (after graduation) he was drafted into the army, becoming an officer-interpreter in Bangladesh. Since 1974, Mikhail worked for the International broadcasting
International broadcasting, in a limited extent, began during World War I, when German and British stations broadcast press communiqués using Morse code. With the severing of Germany's undersea cables, the wireless telegraph station in Nauen was t ...
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From 1988 to 2000, Mikhail Taratuta was in the United States, where he was first a correspondent of the program Vremya
''Vremya'' (russian: Вре́мя, lit. "Time") is the main evening newscast in Russia, airing on Channel One Russia (Russian: , Pervy kanal) and previously on Programme One of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR, Russian: ). The program ...
, and then the author of the program ''America with Mikhail Taratuta''. In total they included about 1000 reports about the United States.[Михаил Таратута: Я страшно хотел уехать из Америки](_blank)
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Since 2000, Mikhail Taratuta has worked in Russia, mainly in the production of documentary films and autobiographical books. In addition, for some time on NTV NTV may refer to:
Television
* NTV (Bangladesh), a Bengali-language satellite television channel in Bangladesh
* NTV (India), Telugu regional channel
* NTV (Kenya)
* NTV (Mongolia), a television channel based in Mongolia
* NTV (Newport Television) ...
, and then on the Russia Сhannel came out the author's program Taratuta ''Russian Hills''. 2002–2011 – President of the MITACOM Foundation (Producer Center).Михаил Таратута – Про меня
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Since 2016 he has been taking part in the social and political talk show ''60 Minutes'' on the channel Russia-1
Russia-1 (russian: Россия-1) is a state-owned Russian television channel, first aired on 14 February 1956 as Programme Two in the Soviet Union. It was relaunched as RTR on 13 May 1991, and is known today as Russia-1. It is the flagship ch ...
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Family
* Wife – Marina, lawyer (corporate and family law)[Михаил Таратута: Я страшно хотел уехать из Америки](_blank)
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* Daughter – Ekaterina Taratuta, script writer, translator, journalist[Михаил Таратута: Я страшно хотел уехать из Америки](_blank)
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* Son-in-law – Vladislav Druzhinin, director
* Brother – Emelyan Zakharov, businessman
Bibliography
* 1985 –
Soviet Democracy: A Discussion
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* 2004 – ''America with Mikhail Taratuta''[Михаил Таратута: Я страшно хотел уехать из Америки](_blank)
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* 2006 – ''American Chronicles, or Introduction to Capitalism''
References
External links
* ttps://rg.ru/2015/12/04/taratuta.html Тема с журналистом Михаилом Таратутой
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1948 births
Living people
Journalists from Moscow
Soviet journalists
Russian television presenters