A popular domestic comedian and parodist, actor, singer and TV presenter, as well as a politician - Mikhail Sergeyevich Evdokimov - is well known throughout the post-Soviet space precisely for his parody role, in which he was remembered as a performer of humorous monologues. And since 1992, for twelve years, he headed the Evdokimov Theater, which he founded. In addition, the Honored Artist of Russia (1994) managed to build a political career, having headed the Altai Territory administration from April 2004 to August 2005.
The unique colloquial genre of Mikhail Evdokimov, based on the vernacular and liveliness of the language, became the foundation of his stage image, so loved by the army of his fans. Each performance of the artist has always been accompanied not only by the unquestioning recognition of his talent in the field of village folklore, but also by the formation of a common language based on numerous winged phrases of the master.
Biography and career of Mikhail Sergeyevich Evdokimov
December 6, 1957 in Novokuznetsk in a large working-class family, a future artist and politician was born. When Misha was only one year old, the family moved to the Altai Territory (the village of Verkh-Obskoye), which became the small homeland of a talented person. From childhood, the boy showed incredible artistic abilities in the colloquial genre, gathering a crowd of onlookers around him when he told various funny stories.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Evdokimov entered a cultural and educational school in Barnaul (balalaika department), and in order to master a working specialty at a local motor factory, he had to finish monthly courses of grinders. Then there was military service, work as an artistic director in a rural recreation center and as a student since 1979 at the Institute of Trade in Novosibirsk. It was at the university, where he could very soon become the captain of the student team of KVN, the red-haired nugget and realized what his creative vocation was.
After receiving a diploma of higher education in 1983, Mikhail got a job at the regional philharmonic in the capital, where he revealed himself as an artist of colloquial genre. The debut in this role took place in 1984, when he first appeared on the television screens of the country in a concert program dedicated to the holiday "March 8". A few months later, everyone found out about Mikhail Evdokimov, when he became a permanent member of the rating program “Around Laughter”.
At the end of the "eighties" Evdokimov entered the legendary GITIS, deciding to get a theater education. In parallel with his studies at the university, he continued to actively participate in concert programs broadcast on television. And the “nineties” marked his creative career with a decade of cinematic activity. During this period, he starred in seven films, among which the audience liked the most about “About businessman Thomas, ” “I do not want to get married, ” and “Do not send us a messenger.” At the same time, Mikhail Sergeyevich proved himself in musical creativity, releasing disks with his vocal compositions.
Evdokimov’s political career began in the mid-nineties, when he ran for the State Duma from his native land. And in 2004-2005 he was realized as the governor of the Altai Territory. Here he was remembered throughout the country as an “honest man” who made the slogan “Jokes aside!”. He made a powerful attempt to rid the region of the corruption of power and putting things in order in the field of the economy, focused solely on the interests of the business elite, including eliminating known drug trafficking. And this conflict of interest ended in the tragic death of the "people's" governor.
