Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (Russian: Михаил Задорнов, Latvian: Mihails Zadornovs), (b. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages July 21, 1948 in Riga, Latvia), known as Mikhail Zadornov is a Russian stand-up comedian and writer. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " Zadornov is particularly famous for his satirical comparisons of Russians and nationals of other countries, especially Americans and Germans. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He has rescinded his visa to the United States as a protest to the American athletes' flag-waving behavior at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics ^[1]. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 Zadornov was born in an artistic family, his father Nikolai Zadornov was a notable writer from Riga. Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. Mikhail Zadornov graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, however, in the early 1980s he started a career as a humorist instead of an engineer. Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technology (Московский авиационный институт named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, is A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering.

He has also been known to make fun of any CIS (former Soviet) country seeking a friendly relationship with the west, but seems to have no hard feelings against them.

While criticizing heavily American culture and its influence on the life in modern Russia, Zadornov commended Dan Brown for getting the public interested in Israel, the Vatican, Leonardo da Vinci and art history. Dan Brown (born June 22 1964 is an American Author of Thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i (That praise aside, Zadornov assessed the literary value of Brown's books as "сочинения ученика очень средней школы", which translates into something like "compositions of a mediocre student at a mediocre middle-school". )

Quotes

• If you have something against democracy, while democracy is in your land,—you’re finished (TV concert, 1999)

• “I do not criticize America—I criticize our [Russian] way to copy the American way of life—especially its worst side” (TV concert, 2003)

• "I travel to Ukraine about three times a year now, and every time I come, I ask the guy at the train station 'What's new?' to which he always answers 'elections'. I want to buy a parrot that lives about 300 years, and officially adopt him so at least one of my family members sees the end of the Ukrainian elections. "

• "Oh the Estonians have joined NATO, I'm so scared. Will we ever have time to run for our lives if the Estonians attack us?"

• "I've said enough about Estonia, Latvia, Georgia, and oh yeah, I also talked about Ukraine. . Now let's talk about their government. . . the Americans"

• "The diary of Yuri Luzhkov: 8:00 AM: Make the clouds over Moscow go away. \\ 10:00 AM: Get the clouds back to make the gay-parade go away.

References

External links

• Personal web site (Russian).