- Seva Novgorodtsev was born on July 9, 1940 in the USSR. He is an actor, known for A View to a Kill (1985), Spies Like Us (1985) and Game, Set, and Match (1988). He has been married to Olga Shestakova since 1999. He was previously married to Karen Craig and Galina (Farida) Bourkhanova.
- SpousesOlga Shestakova(1999 - present)Karen Craig(1982 - 1998) (separated)Galina (Farida) Bourkhanova(1965 - 1982) (divorced, 1 child)
- In 1990, as the Soviet Union was breaking up, he returned to Russia. He was surprised to find hundreds of fans waiting to greet him at the airport.
- Trained as a navigator in the Soviet merchant fleet, then became a professional musician playing in various jazz and rock bands touring all over the Soviet Union.
- Freelance radio presenter for BBC Russian Services. He presented two hugely successful weekly radio programmes and became a household name across the former Soviet Union.
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Broadcasting.
- He started with the BBC World Service in 1977, joining a diverse group of Russian artists and scientists who translated news reports from English and read them on air in Russian. The Soviet Union jammed the signal, but listeners could often hear it if they located the bandwidth the KGB had left open to monitor the broadcasts. The signal was better in rural areas.
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