Yevgeny Alexanderovich Khoroshevtsev (23 July 1944 – 13 December 2020) was a Russian MC who was the main

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for official events in

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. In his position as announcer of protocol events of the

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, he was the well known as the voice of

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, state ceremonies, and public festivals. He is a

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

Biography

He was born on July 23, 1944, in

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. At the age of nine, he began to study in the theater studio of the Knipper of the House of Culture in Moscow. He is a graduate of the

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. In 1968, he became diector of the All-Union Radio, and together with

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, he narrated festive demonstrations dedicated to

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and

October Revolution Day October Revolution Day (officially Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution, russian: День Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции) was a public holiday in the Soviet Union and other ...

, reading out the slogans and appeals of the

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, accompanying them with a loud "Hurray!". From 1996 to 1997, he was General Director of the nationwide Radio-1. From 2003 to 2004, he was the head of the radio station RTV-Podmoskovye. From May 2000 to December 2020, he worked as an announcer of protocol events for the President of the Russian Federation (serving under

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and

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

). He died from complications of

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in Moscow on December 13, 2020, during the

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at the age of 77. He was buried on December 15 at the

Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...

Activities

Military parades

From 2007 to 2020, he has been the MC for the

Moscow Victory Day Parade The Moscow Victory Day Parade ( rus, Парад Победы в Москве, r= Parad Pobedy v Moskve) refers to the annual military parade of the Russian Armed Forces on Moscow's Red Square on May 9 during the Victory Day (9 May), Victory Day ...

on Red Square. The idea was conceived by President

in 2005, after having been to a dress rehearsal for the 2005 parade. After two years later, Khoroshevtsev's recorded audio became the one used to announce the parade formations marching on the grounds of the square. Aside from this parade, he also, together with Anna Shatilova, was the MC for the memorial parade in honor of the 1941 October Revolution Parade as well as the

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. After his death, the announcer for the parade became his protégé, Anton Suntsov.

Acting

* ''Bear, Seryoga and I'' (1960) * ''This fantastic world. Volume 11: The Case of Colonel Darwin - Dr. Scott'' (1985) * ''Hokkaido Police - FSB General'' (2008)

Other

He was a member of the Public Council at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.Общественный совет полиции
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Awards

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 ...

(1990) *

People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Наро́дный худо́жник Росси́йской Федера́ции). The honorary title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" is given no earlier than five years after the h ...

(2001) *

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 ...

(2010) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds a ...

(2014)

References

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