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Mikhail Zadornov is from Latvia - he was born in the summer of 1948 in Jurmala. His father is the famous writer Nikolai Zadornov, who was awarded the Stalin Prize for his novel Amur Father.
The father’s genes and talent were also passed on to his son: already at school, Misha Zadornov first appeared on stage in the role of Turnip (“he pulled out so elegantly that they shouted: “Bis, Bravo, they say, pull him out again!”).
“Our grandmother Vera Mikhailovna said that Misha is as talented as his father. He was always an extraordinary child: he drew well, was strong in mathematics and physics, ”recalled Zadornova’s sister Lyudmila.
After leaving school, his father insisted that his son receive a technical education - and Mikhail entered the Moscow Aviation Institute as a mechanical engineer.
His compatriot, a girl from a parallel class, Velta Kalnberzina, studied with him. She was from a wealthy family of the former secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia.
In a large unfamiliar city, two people from Jurmala became close, but Velta knew her worth - and was in no hurry to respond to Zadornov's advances.
He achieved her hand and heart only by the beginning of the 70s. So, along with the profession, Mikhail also received a wife at the Moscow Aviation Institute.
Engineer's agitation theater
However, by profession he did not work for long, combining the position of an engineer with the leadership of the MAI student propaganda theater "Russia". Here he was the artistic director, director and actor at the same time - he wrote scripts, staged productions, organized performances.
In the 10 years that Zadornov led the team, the MAI propaganda theater traveled to all corners of Russia, and Mikhail himself was then first encouraged for his work with the Lenin Komsomol Prize.
At the same time, he begins to publish his writings in magazines, and eventually leaves the theater for the post of head of the department of satire and humor in the journal Yunost.
But real success awaited Zadornov in the mid-80s, when he first decided to read his own works on television. “A student's letter home”, then the story “The Ninth Carriage”, after which the public finally remembered the new artist.
He often wrote stories and miniatures for others, and he could not even imagine that he himself would do just as well. And when I tried it, I instantly won the love and respect of a huge country.
It was so great that by December 1991, when the USSR ceased to exist, it was Zadornov who was entrusted with recording New Year's address to the nation. And they even delayed the chimes for a minute so as not to interrupt the writer.
The birth of a daughter
Velta remained the only official wife of Zadornov. With the woman who gave him a daughter, he did not register a relationship.
Their acquaintance happened at work. Elena Bombina worked as an administrator at the festival, in which the satirist took part, and was 16 years younger than him.
The writer did not cherish the soul in the girl: he loved, spoiled, from childhood he took on trips that he adored, and tried to instill this feeling in his daughter.
Austria, France, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Africa - Lena was with her dad wherever he himself dreamed of visiting. And then she continued his work, enrolling in a theater university (RATI-GITIS).
Hard times
The career of Mikhail Zadornov over the years not only did not become less bright, but also developed in new and new directions. He wrote books, made films, tried himself as a blogger and continued to give concerts.
On one of them, he became ill - in October 2016, Zadornov was taken away by ambulance right from the stage of the Moscow center of culture and art "Meridian".
For a long time, the writer did not give any comments about his condition, but rumors still leaked to the press: oncology, brain cancer. Zadornov had to leave for treatment in Germany, from where he turned to his fans with a request: not to create unnecessary excitement around his illness and give him the opportunity to be treated calmly.
The worst fears were confirmed: Zadornov had a brain biopsy, a course of chemotherapy was prescribed, and an operation was performed. In September 2017, Regina Dubovitskaya, a colleague of the satirist on the Full House program, confirmed the information that Mikhail was recovering after all the procedures.
Zadornov refused to raise funds for his treatment, not wanting to attract too much attention to himself. In the fall, it turned out that the non-religious satirist returned to the Church and offered repentance for the sacrament of Confession in the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow.
Zadornov, despite his illness, actively communicated with fans on social networks:
“There were a lot of happy moments in my life. Most of them I directed myself. If you asked me if I would agree to live the same life again, I would agree. However, he failed to defeat cancer. November 10, 2017 Mikhail Zadornov died.
The wonderful writer-humorist Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov was loved literally in all corners post-Soviet space. The heroes of the monologues of a wonderful colloquial artist are taken by him from ordinary life, and are always recognizable. The personal life of the parodist was not advertised in the media. The wife of Mikhail Zadornov, the beautiful Elena Bombina, was its director.
Personal life of Mikhail Zadornov
In the personal life of Mikhail Zadornov (1948-2017), two marriages happened. His first wife was the charming Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina (1948), they were friends with her since school, and after graduation they studied together at the Moscow Aviation Institute. With his beloved, they got married in the seventies. Mikhail Zadornov and Velta did not have children, but all friends considered their union strong and reliable. Mikhail Zadornov's wife became faithful companion and companion of her husband.
In 1980, fame came to the satirist writer. At this time, at the festival, Mikhail Nikolaevich accidentally met the beautiful Alena Bombina, who was much younger than him. Their romantic relationship dramatically changed the measured course of Mikhail Zadornov's personal life. The lovers began to live together, and in 1990 they had a long-awaited heir - a sweet daughter Elena.
The first wife of Mikhail Zadornov immediately learned about the birth of her daughter. On the one hand, her husband’s life “for two families” became a tragedy for her, but on the other hand, she could even be happy for him, since she herself could not give children to Mikhail Zadornov. His first wife, Velta Yanovna, was always distinguished by wisdom and insight, therefore she maintained warm, friendly relations with her husband.
Mikhail Zadornov's wife - Alena (Elena Vladimirovna) Bombina
It should be noted that the personal life of Mikhail Zadornov with his 2nd wife was very happy, he was especially pleased with the long-awaited daughter Lenochka. He tried to pay maximum attention to Alena and his beloved daughter. “We traveled often, visited different corners the globe. Particularly pleased New Year holidays. They always became a big surprise for our daughter: two days before the New Year, Mikhail could offer an unexpected trip.
He was a wonderful father. Literally from the cradle, he began to read Pushkin and Gumilyov to her, together they listened to classical music, ”Elena Vladimirovna told about her family in an interview on Channel One. For a long time, the famous satirist tried to hide his relationship with his young mistress from his wife, whom he greatly appreciated. They divorced many years later.
The second wife of Mikhail Zadornov - Elena Vladimirovna Bombina (born 1964), was the administrator of the satirist. Their relationship began to develop in 1984, then Elena was twenty, and Mikhail was thirty-six. This was not the last hobby in his personal life. The “muse” of the satirist in the media was called the famous artist Marina Orlova (born 1986), with whom he developed business and creative relations. Their friendship began in 2013, when they performed on stage together, went on tour, participated in the filming of films, of which he has more than ten.
Children of Mikhail Zadornov
Most likely, the children of Mikhail Zadornov would not have been born if he had not met the beautiful Alena at the festival. The first wife of Mikhail Zadornov Velta Kalnberzina was childless. At the peak of popularity, Mikhail Zadornov's long-standing dream of children unexpectedly came true, which radically changed his biography.
Today Elena Mikhailovna Zadornova is already twenty-nine years old. She inherited his talent from her father, graduated from GITIS, but never used his connections to achieve her goals, tried to avoid excessive publicity.
With her family, she visited various countries and cities: Vienna, Paris, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Greece and even Africa - revealed their secrets to her. Together with her father, she got acquainted not only with culture different countries, but also studied the original Russian culture, having traveled far and wide across Russia, from Vladivostok and Khabarovsk to Kaliningrad.
When it came to the legacy of the famous satirist, Elena said that her father would like to see her independent. He gave her an apartment in the capital and a beautiful house in Malta, where she now lives with her husband. She has a wonderful family. Her personal life is quite arranged; she no longer communicates with the press.
The daughter of a famous satirist always behaved modestly, did not show off, tried not to appear on television with her father, although she often took part in compiling programs for his concerts, as well as in writing satirical monologues. Elena always helped her father in preparing texts for his books. They often talked, were real friends. Her father sincerely loved her and was proud of his heiress, considering Lena a smart and kind person.
Creative biography of Mikhail Zadornov
Friends of the writer and parodist declare with confidence that his creative biography is a reflection of the humorous philosophy of the TV presenter. The famous satirist comes from the Baltics. His father, Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov, was once a famous writer. For his famous historical and patriotic novel "Amur Father" he was awarded the prestigious Stalin Prize. Mikhail Zadornov's mother, Elena Melchiorovna, comes from an aristocratic family and worked in a publishing house. Mikhail has a half-brother Lolly and a sister Luda.
Misha Zadornov began to get involved in theater at school. The audience liked the performances with the participation of the little artist so much that they called him for an encore. A little later, the boy was accepted into the drama club, the young artist was passionate about creativity, read his stories with pleasure and performed with skits. Thus began his stage biography.
Having received a certificate of secondary education, Mikhail entered the MAI, and in 1974, having received a profession worthy in the opinion of his parents, he worked at the MAI for 4 years. During this time, Mikhail "grew" from an ordinary engineer to a leading specialist. At the same time, he developed as a screenwriter, actor and director. I did sports.
In 1974, with his active assistance, the Rossiya Theater was created, whose work was awarded the Lenkom Prize. Amateur actors performed in their native country, gaining wide fame and popularity. Mikhail Nikolaevich gradually turned from an engineer into a satirist. After the publication of the “Open Letter to the Secretary General” in the media, they began to recognize him, the love of grateful readers came to the novice screenwriter.
TV viewers saw the first performance of Mikhail Zadornov on TV in 1982, and in 1984, after his famous monologue "The Ninth Carriage", he was invited to the Full House program, then to Daughters and Mothers. As a screenwriter, as well as a wonderful artist, the audience fell in love with him in television programs: “Laughing Panorama”, “Satirical Forecast”, etc. The TV presenter appeared in 22 programs on TV. He has published 6 audio books and 48 printed editions.
The artist himself considers the New Year's greetings of the Russians in 1991 to be a landmark performance. The country had a difficult political period. And the fact that it was Zadornov who was entrusted with New Year's greetings to the inhabitants of the Russian Federation unambiguously made it clear the importance of the work of the great humorist. Since then, 85 of his performances have been held on TV to the applause of the audience, 30 television collections have been released. In the nineties, 55 of his books and pamphlets were published. The most popular were: “Hitch”, “I don’t understand!”, “Return”, “End of the world”, etc.
For achievements in the development of Soviet and Russian pop art, Mikhail Zadornov was awarded 9 professional awards. He refers to his achievements the opening of a public library in the Baltic States, named after his father, Nikolai Zadornov. Photos of his family and creative reports can be seen on the artist's website and on his blog.
The program of the satirist writer “Neformat with Mikhail Zadornov” enjoyed great love of the audience, where one could hear really “unformatted” jokes. His appeals to the Americans are devoted to many speeches, which are accompanied by the beloved Russians with the meme “Well, stupid!”. The program "American Stupidity", where Zadornov ridicules the negative influence of American culture on the Russian people, which is more about imitating the way of life of Americans. The amazingly subtle political humor of Mikhail Zadornov turned out to be so sharp and merciless that he was no longer allowed into America and Ukraine. However, the people of these countries still quote many of the humorist's statements, which have become aphorisms and have long been disassembled into quotes.
The film "Unexpected Zadornov" tells about how the satirist was in life, how only those closest to him knew him. The film was based on television shootings, in which Mikhail Zadornov took part shortly before leaving, where he frankly talks about his life. The satirist's widow Elena Bombina, daughter Elena, sister Lyudmila appeared in the tape.
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Note that the wife and heiress have always tried to stay in the shadow of the eminent artist. Only now, after his death, two Helen appeared before the public. Note that the trailer of the picture has already been presented on the Web. According to the audience, the daughter of Mikhail Zadornov is a miracle how good and even sexy (apparently, Internet users appreciated this by the depth of the girl's neckline). “He always told me: “Daughter, the most important thing is to live in such a way that you are interested,” Elena said. She noted that her father always spoke to her as an adult with a “strengthened mind.”
In the film, his colleagues also remembered the satirist. So, Maxim Galkin said: “Mikhal Nikolaich has always been a man of the profession and a man of such a high flight in relation to the genre, to his work. -x, for this number of grateful people who are ready to go, for such a renewal of the audience.
Colleague Sergei Drobotenko noted the amazing decency of Zadornov. “If he canceled a concert on his own initiative, he would either reimburse some material costs, or personally call and apologize. Well, a lot of reasons that other stars of his level didn’t even think of. You know, that’s when popularity , fame, money - fall on prepared soil in the form of a good education and upbringing, then a person cannot, by definition, become ugly!" - said the comedian.
Recall that Mikhail Zadornov died in November 2017 from cancer. According to media reports, neither his second wife Elena Bombina nor their daughter Lena have yet entered into inheritance rights.
Mikhail Zadornov died on November 10, 2017 at the age of 69. According to Russian media, the cause of death was oncological disease. Zadornov was a famous Soviet and Russian satirist, humorist, playwright and actor.
Mikhail Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala, Latvia, in the family of the famous Soviet writer and actor Nikolai Zadornov and mother Elena Zadornova, who came from a noble Polish family.
Mikhail Zadornov: creative path
The theatrical career of Mikhail Zadornov began in his school years, when Mikhail first appeared on stage in the 2nd grade. Subsequently, he actively performed at all events with his own humorous works and even created a school theater of miniatures.
After graduating from school, Mikhail Zadornov, at the request of his father, entered the Moscow Aviation Institute, where he received the specialty of a mechanical engineer. For some time he worked there as a lead engineer.
Mikhail Zadornov in childhood
In 1974, Mikhail Zadornov created the student agitation theater "Russia", the creative activity of which was approved by such a state authority as the Lenin Komsomol. At the same time, the artist began to realize himself as a writer. One of his first works was " Open letter Secretary General."
Zadornov first appeared on the television screen in 1982, but loud popularity came two years later, in 1984, after reading his satirical story "Two Ninth Cars". Since the beginning of the 90s, the writer and artist has become the author-screenwriter and host of the well-known television programs "Laughing Panorama", "Full House", "Daughters and Mothers", "Satirical Forecast".
Mikhail Zadornov "Two Ninth Cars":
In the same years, Zadornov released several of his books: “I don’t understand!”, “Hitch”, “End of the World”, “Return”, “We are all from Chi-Chi-Chi-Pi”. The artist became the winner of the Ovation, Golden Calf and Arkady Raikin Cup awards. Through commitment Russian politicians, Mikhail Zadornov even got an apartment next door to such officials as Boris Yeltsin, Alexander Korzhakov and Viktor Chernomyrdin.
In the 1990s, Mikhail Zadornov also made his film debut, playing the role of an official in the detective film Depression by the Latvian official Alois Branch. He can also be seen in such films as "I don't understand", "Genius", "I want your husband", "Arkiim", "Rurik", "Prophetic Oleg".
The artist is also remembered for his famous performance - New Year's greetings to the Russians in 1991, because of which the broadcast of the chiming clock had to be shifted for a minute.
New Year's greetings from Mikhail Zadornov in 1991:
Mikhail Zadornov: personal life
In March 1971, his first woman was a university lecturer Velta Kalnberzina- daughter former first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Latvian Communist Party Jan Eduardovich. Their acquaintance began at the Riga school, and then at the Moscow Aviation Institute. Subsequently, they divorced, had no common children.
Mikhail Zadornov, wife Elena and daughter Elena
In the 80s, Mikhail Zadornov "had an affair" with his administrator Elena Bombina with whom he entered into his second marriage. In 1990, the couple had a daughter, Elena Zadornova, who in 2009 entered the Russian University theatrical art.
Mikhail Zadornov: illness
In October 2016, it became known that the comedian had cancer. On his page in social networks on October 12, he wrote about the future course of chemotherapy. In October 2016, he had an epileptic seizure right during a creative evening on the stage of the Meridian Palace of Culture, he was taken away in an ambulance. After this incident, he canceled all his performances.
Mikhail Zadornov during treatment
As it later became known, Zadornov was undergoing treatment for a cancerous brain tumor. In June, he decided to abandon the procedures, which he called exhausting and useless, in order to be in the circle of his relatives. Shortly before his death, he converted to Orthodoxy, before that Zadornov was a neo-pagan.
Mikhail Zadornov: position towards Ukraine
The Russian artist is known for his sharp and Ukrainian-phobic statements. So, in October 2013, after a boxing fight between Vladimir Klitschko and Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin, in which a Ukrainian won, Mikhail made a statement in which he called Western Ukrainians traitors.
Of course, I understand Western Ukrainians, I don't blame them. They have always been traitors. They always lay under Poland. And the Poles have always betrayed Russia for the sake of any Western interests. I have the right to say this, because I have Polish blood.
Mikhail Zadornov about Ukraine:
Also on January 5, 2014, Mikhail Zadornov called the Ukrainians standing on the Euromaidan "Eurokhokhs" and said that they would disperse as soon as the oligarchs "stop supporting him." In March 2014, he joined a letter in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin's policy regarding Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
Mikhail Zadornov is a popular satirist who was known and loved not only in Russia, but also in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Zadornov's monologues have always been topical, full of subtle irony, and their heroes are perfectly recognizable in everyday life, therefore all the satirist's speeches invariably scattered into quotes, gathered many spectators and were held with great success.When did the career of this bright satirist begin and what was his path to the big stage? Our article, entirely devoted to one of the best comedians on the modern Russian stage, will help you find out all this.
Family, childhood and youth
Mikhail Zadornov was born in the Latvian resort city of Jurmala. His father, Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov, was a writer specializing mainly in historical subjects. Mom - Elena Melkhiorovna Matusevich - came from an old noble family, was a housewife. 
Even at school, the future satirist began to seriously get involved in theater. According to some of his acquaintances, in one of the children's performances, young Mikhail so masterfully played the role of a turnip that he was repeatedly pulled out "for an encore". The next role was a costumed bear in a production based on Ostrovsky's "Profitable Place" - his character had no words, but Mikhail growled so convincingly that he was invited to the drama club on a permanent basis.
Despite the success in the acting field, after school, Mikhail Zadornov decided to enter the Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers, as there was a good handball team, and the future satirist was fascinated by this game from an early age. However, his further sports career did not work out - once in training he fell and broke his meniscus.
creative path
Zadornov wrote his debut literary work (the unpublished story "Intersection Point") at the age of 18, having been on an expedition to the Kuril Islands (the plot was based on travel impressions). Alas, the story did not impress the editors of the magazine and was not published. 
In 1969, Zadornov transferred to the second year of the Moscow Aviation Institute, from which he graduated in 1974 with a degree in mechanical engineering, along the way having received an offer from the management to remain at the MAI as an employee. Mikhail agreed, but rather not because of the prospects of becoming a researcher, but for the sake of the Rossiya youth theater at the Moscow Aviation Institute, to which he devoted a substantial part of his student body: he was an actor, he himself acted as a playwright and director. Under his leadership, the theater became famous in the Soviet republics and was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize. The life of Mikhail Zadornov was connected with "Russia" until 1980.
The first publications of Zadornov saw the light in 1974. The satirist was published as part of the Yunost magazine, and in 1984 he headed its department of satire and humor. However, already in 1985 he left the post, devoting himself to his own literary career.
The first performance of Zadornov. "Student Letter Home" (1982)
In 1982, Zadornov made his television debut with the monologue "A Student's Letter Home" about the misadventures of an unlucky student. Two years later, he appeared in the program "Around Laughter" with the monologue "The Ninth Car". It was this life sketch of how two wagons with the same number were mistakenly attached to the next train to Hungary, which later became Zadornov's hallmark.
Mikhail Zadornov - The Ninth Carriage (1984)
The audience also fell in love with the then bold monologue “Open letter to the General Secretary” - about the preparation of the leadership of a small town for the visit of the Secretary General of the USSR. The very fact that this work, full of satire, was voiced from a television screen, signaled changes in the socio-political life of the country. However, the feuilleton firmly settled in Zadornov's repertoire and sounded just as relevant even after many years.
In the late eighties, Mikhail Zadornov began working as the author of humorous texts for other artists. Many well-known humorists spoke with his monologues, including Evgeny Petrosyan, and Zadornov himself regularly shared new observations with his characteristic irony in the new issues of Laughter Panorama, Full House and Satirical Forecast.
Mikhail Zadornov on the differences between Americans and Russians
In 1988, the first collection of Zadornov's stories, "A Line 15,000 Meters Long", was published as part of the anthology "Crocodile Library". The collection "The Mystery of the Blue Planet" published next was released in a circulation of 100 thousand copies.
A peculiar indicator of the artist's popularity was the fact that on December 31, 1991, it was Mikhail Zadornov, and not Boris Yeltsin, who had not yet had time to assume presidential powers instead of Mikhail Gorbachev, congratulated the inhabitants of the collapsed state on the New Year.
Despite the fact that in his speeches the humorist often “applied” the leadership of the country and the president himself, this did not prevent him from getting an apartment in the “nomenklatura” house on Osennaya Street, where Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Chernomyrdin, head of the presidential security Alexander Korzhakov and other high-ranking officials. The fact is that the satirist often played tennis with Yeltsin and managed to make a good impression on the president.
In the nineties, he also tried himself as a screenwriter and film actor. One of Zadornov's most famous works was the film "I Want Your Husband", filmed in 1992 according to his own script. Only three actors appeared in the tape; in addition to Mikhail Nikolaevich, Ekaterina Voronina and Anna Dubrovskaya were involved in the shooting. According to the plot, a young beauty Oksana appears to a woman named Elena, who is preparing to celebrate a porcelain wedding, and offers to buy out Elena's husband, who, as it turned out, has been cheating on his wife for many years. Recognizable "Zadornov's" dialogues and a subtly conveyed imprint of the outgoing era provided the film with recognition and love of the audience.
A year earlier, he also appeared in the Latvian film "Depression" with a cameo role as an official, as well as in Viktor Sergeyev's film "Genius" (cameo).
1997 was marked by the release of a four-volume edition, which included the best works of the satirist at that time. Since 2000, every year Zadornov presented to the public at least two or three new concert programs. He invariably went on stage in a suit and with papers in his hands, and after the concert he showed the audience his stretch, standing on the twine, or walked on his hands. His schedule of performances was, without exaggeration, crazy: once he had to give as many as 8 concerts in one day.
American Stupidity (2016)
In the early 2000s, the "American" theme became the leitmotif of Zadornov's speeches. Zadornov's trademark phrase "Well, stupid!" and is heard to this day. After the scandal with discrimination against the Russian Olympic team on winter games In 2002, in Salt Lake City, a satirist defiantly canceled an American visa. Subsequently, "amateur etymology" appeared in his repertoire, as well as frequent criticism Russian education, Unified State Examination and Minister of Education Andrey Fursenko in particular.
Mikhail Zadornov on the Unified State Exam and education reform
In 2012, Mikhail Zadornov made a pseudo-documentary film “Rurik. Lost true story”, which was later shown by the REN-TV channel. The tape told about the confrontation between the supporters of the "Norman theory" and those who argued that the Vikings could not rule Russia. His work was criticized, arguing that in last years it was this pseudo-historical and frankly politicized approach that began to prevail in the work of the pop satirist.
Film by Mikhail Zadornov "Rurik. Lost Reality"
Since the beginning of the 2010s, Zadornov has maintained contact with fans of his work via the Internet. In addition to the official website, the satirist maintained a blog on LiveJournal, a Youtube channel (Zador TV) and his VKontakte page. A fairly large part of the satirist's repertoire consisted of the so-called "observers" - notes from life sent by readers.
In 2016, Mikhail Zadornov, Alexey Kortnev and Dmitry Kolchin became co-hosts of the author's satirical program "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show". In the airtime, the presenters and guests joked about incidents from real life.
Personal life of Mikhail Zadornov
In his life, Mikhail Zadornov was officially married only once. His wife, Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina, the daughter of a high-ranking Latvian politician, studied with him at the same school, then was his classmate at the Moscow Aviation Institute. A beautiful and smart girl knew her worth, and therefore Mikhail had to win her heart for a long time. Young people met for a long time, and in the spring of 1971 they got married. 
Relations in a young family went wrong at a time when the artist's career began to rapidly gain momentum. At that moment, Mikhail Zadornov began dating Elena Bombina - with a girl who was 16 years younger than the satirist, he met at one of his performances (she was the administrator at that festival) in the late 80s.
Subsequently, she became his common-law wife. In 1990, Mikhail and Elena had a daughter, Elena Zadornova, the only child of Zadornov. Having inherited her father's artistic genes, she graduated Russian academy theater arts (RATI).
In 1998, Mikhail Zadornov, once a drinker, became a vegetarian and began to actively promote healthy lifestyle life, especially yoga. The satirist spoke about his choice more than once in the style of “amateur etymology”: “Meat in English sounds like meat: me (me) + eat (eat”), that is, “eat yourself.” In addition, it has been proven that human DNA and pig DNA are very similar in many ways, which means pork kebabs are clearly not going to do you any good.
Zadornov also spoke about supporting the Ringing Cedars of Russia movement, which promotes the ideology of the so-called "family estates" - plots of land no less than a hectare in size, on which members of the same family can equip their home in accordance with the rules of the eco-community.
Death of Mikhail Zadornov
In the fall of 2016, Mikhail Zadornov admitted to having serious health problems, due to which he had to leave the program "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show" and cancel concerts in the far corners of the country. He did not advertise the name of the disease, but very soon Andrei Malakhov, in his program, inadvertently declassified the satirist's illness - it turned out that Zadornov had brain cancer. Mikhail Nikolayevich did not deny the information, but asked the fans not to make a fuss, adding that he was undergoing chemotherapy and trying to follow the precepts of Daria Dontsova: “The main thing is not to give up and keep yourself in good shape!”. 
On October 23, Mikhail Zadornov became ill during a performance at the Meridian Palace of Culture. He was taken away by ambulance right from the concert. Doctors recorded an epileptic seizure on a nervous basis in a man.
At the beginning of 2017, Regina Dubovitskaya spoke about the state of the satirist, who said that Zadornov had undergone a serious operation and a long course of treatment awaited him. “He really wants to return to the audience and delight his fans with books,” she added.
Unfortunately, the treatment did not help, as did the appeal to Orthodox faith(in early November, Michael was unction in the capital's church life-giving trinity). November 10, 2017 Mikhail Zadornov passed away. He was 69 years old.
Before his death, Mikhail Zadornov ordered to bury him in his homeland, in the same grave with his father, and to support the Nikolai Zadornov Riga Library.
On the page of Zadornov "VKontakte", where for recent months his life, the satirist's fans left him thousands of wishes for recovery and warm words of support, closed the comments. His secret concert is also located there - in the Nest of the Capercaillie. A group of admirers of his work continues to function. On November 15, Mikhail Nikolayevich was buried at the Jaundubulti cemetery in Jurmala.
