Few would argue that in our difficult life without humor, nowhere.
Fortunately, humorous programs that can distract viewers from everyday problems on Russian television are a dime a dozen. Usually only the best of the best comedians with an unrivaled sense of humor usually take part in them.
10. Ilya Sobolev
Ilya Sobolev became widely known to the audience thanks to his participation in the Krasnoyarsk KVN team “Left Bank”.
He later became the winner of the “Laugh without rules” program and a resident of “Comedy Club”.
Today, Ilya manages to be implemented in multi-genre projects. The comedian successfully makes skits and skits. She performs brilliantly in the stand-up genre. He also works as an entertainer and a leading corporate event.
9. Nurlan Saburov
Nurlan Saburov is a young and popular Kazakh comedian. He became widely known for participating in the Stand Up project on TNT.
The charismatic Kazakh jokes a lot about his nationality and family relations, striking the audience with an unexpected point of view on absolutely ordinary things.
After his debut on the stage of the Stand Up project, Nurlan became recognizable throughout the country and abroad. Together with the other residents of the show, he toured Russia and neighboring countries.
8. Sergey Svetlakov
This simple and incredibly witty guy became famous thanks to his participation in KVN as part of the Ural Dumplings team.
Later, he, along with Mikhail Galustyan, became the “face” of the comedy program “Our Russia”: many of the images that Svetlakov embodied in this project (Dulin, Belyakov, Prorab, etc.) were very fond of the audience.
The comedian gained enormous popularity thanks to his participation in the ProjectorParisHilton program. Here Sergey was able to demonstrate in all its glory his sense of humor and severity of reaction.
In addition to participating in humorous projects, Svetlakov is known for his acting work in the films “Fir-trees”, “Gorky”, “Stone”, “Groom” and others.
7. Ruslan Bely
Ruslan Bely is a popular comedian who performs mainly in the stand-up genre.
This talented comedian was able, with his efforts and talent, to pave the way to fame, having arrived from a provincial town directly to the popular television channel.
For the sake of fulfilling his dream, he was not afraid to radically change his life: as a military man, he decides to do exactly the thing that he loves most - namely, humor.
Ruslan always wanted to create his own author's humorous project, and in 2013 his dream came true. On the TNT channel, a new show called “Stand Up” was released, in which Bely not only performed in his usual style, but also became his creative producer. This program, in its own way, became a unique project on TNT, so it quickly gained high ratings, loyalty of fans and wide popularity.
6. Garik Martirosyan
The comedian, producer and one of the founding fathers of one of the most popular comedy shows in the country - “Comedy Club”, began his career with KVN, being the captain of the “New Armenians” team.
Despite having a higher medical education (Martirosyan majoring in neurology and psychiatrist), Garik chose a completely different path and did not fail.
For a long time he was the host of “Comedy Club”, and also often took part in sketches. He was also a producer and screenwriter of the popular comedy program Our Russia.
One of the most successful projects in which Martirosyan participated was the broadcast of the ProjectorPerisHilton Channel One, where he, along with Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov and Alexander Tsekalo, commented on the main events of the week.
5. Semyon Slepakov
This is probably the country's most famous author and performer of his own humorous songs. Among his compositions are the most famous: “Lyuba is a YouTube star”, “May 9”, “Palevo”, etc.
In addition to his musical activities, Semyon is one of the most successful producers in the country: many popular programs and TV shows appearing on TNT are the embodiment of his original ideas.
For the first time on the big screen Slepakov appeared in KVN as the captain of the team “Pyatigorsk Team”. This team quickly broke into the Premier League and after two years managed to become club champions.
4. Pavel Volya
At the very beginning of his creative career as a resident of the popular comedy program “Comedy Club”, he appeared on the stage in the image of a kind of impudent stand-up guy, making jokes at the famous guests who came to the shooting.
Over time, the "glamorous bastard" somewhat corrected his stage image and now he is one of the most prominent participants in this humorous project.
In addition to participating in the Comedy Club, he was the host of projects: together with Vladimir Turchinsky, he led the humorous show Laughter Without Rules and The Slaughter League, where Pavel also allowed himself to make jokes in the direction of the participants.
In addition to working in the industry of humor, Volya starred quite successfully in big films. Among his significant works are the films “The Bride at Any Cost (2009),“ Love in the City 2 ”(2010),“ Office Romance. Our time ”(2011) and“ Happy New Year, mothers! ” (2012).
3. Alexander Gudkov
The country recognized Alexander Gudkov after his enchanting appearance in the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful, where he performed as part of the Moscow team Fedor Dvinyatin. The team had its own unique style and was distinguished by unusual and original humor.
Of course, Gudkov in this team was the most striking person. Despite a flurry of criticism from some members of the panel of judges, Gudkov was very popular with fans of the program.
After KVN, the comedian took part in the Comedy Woman program. He was also co-host of Ivan Urgant in the television program “Evening Urgant” (then Dmitry Khrustalev took his place).
2. Dmitry Khrustalev
This comedian began his career with participation in KVN (team "St. Petersburg Team").
After that, he was one of the residents of “Comedy Club” - he performed in tandem with partner on the KVN team Viktor Vasiliev. He later became the host of the comedy female comedy show.
Dmitry is also the permanent co-host of Ivan Urgant in the popular TV show “Evening Urgant”.
1. Ivan Urgant
This showman, actor and TV presenter is probably in our camp a real personification of modern humor.
His sparkling jokes, which are born in his head in a split second, can bring to homeric laughter almost any resident of our country.
Ivan Urgant has an acting education, but at the beginning of his career he was remembered by the mass audience as a television presenter of entertainment programs.
His most famous television projects: “The Big Difference”, “Relish”, “Searchlight Perishilton”, “One-Storied America”, “Evening Urgant”, etc.
In addition, Ivan has repeatedly become the host of the annual Golden Gramophone Music Award, New Year's Eve on First, as well as the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow.
Among his acting works are the most famous: “Fir-trees”, “From 180 and above”, “Three and a snowflake”.