Svetlana Alekseevna Zhiltsova (russian: Светла́на Алексе́евна Жильцо́ва; born November 30, 1936) is a Soviet TV presenter,

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1978).

Biography

Svetlana Alekseevna Zhiltsova was born November 30, 1936 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. As a schoolgirl, she attended the Art studio at the Moscow

Pioneers Palace Young Pioneer Palaces or Palaces of Young Pioneers and Schoolchildren were youth centers designated for the creative work, sport training and extracurricular activities of Young Pioneer A pioneer movement is an organization for children op ...

. After high school, she enrolled into the

Institute of Foreign Languages The Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) is an institute under the Royal University of Phnom Penh Campus. It consists of the department of Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and International Studies. See also * List of unive ...

(English Language Faculty). After the graduation she got a job in television, initially as a program guide broadcaster. Svetlana Zhiltsova hosted numerous children's programs, including ''"Funny Notes"'', '' "Alarm clock"'', ''"

Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi! ''Good Night, Little Ones!'' (russian: Спокойной ночи, малыши!, Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi!) is a long-running Russian-language children's television program. Continuously broadcast since 1964 (premiered during the Soviet era), i ...

"'', TV magazine ''"Pioneer"'', as well as various quiz shows for youngsters. In 1961 she became the co-presenter of the popular

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, alongside

Alexander Maslyakov Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov (russian: Александр Васильевич Масляков) (born November 24, 1941 in Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a prominent Soviet and Russian television game show host. He is a well known, iconic figure throu ...

. She has participated in several training programs in English language. Twice in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

she hosted the Russian language educational TV projects. In 1993 she left television. Now Svetlana Zhiltsova is retired. She teaches at the Higher National School of Television. In 2011 she was awarded the

Order of Honor Order of Honor may refer to: *Order of Honour (Armenia) *Order of Honor (Belarus), established in 1995 * Order of Honor (Georgia) *Order of Honour (Greece), an award that replaced the abolished Royal Order of George I in 1975 *Order of Honour (Moldo ...

.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16 ноября 2011 года № 1492

References

External links

*
Светлана Жильцова
at vokrug.tv
Zhiltsova's biography
at kino-cccp.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhiltsova, Svetlana 1936 births Living people Soviet television presenters Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)