Balashov Victor Ivanovich - the legend of Soviet and Russian television. He is the announcer who announced to the people about the most important events in the life of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He has a lot of state awards.
Victor Balashov: biography, the early years
Viktor Ivanovich Balashov was born back in 1924 in Moscow. He grew up in an ordinary family. From early childhood gravitated to art. He planned to connect his life with activities in the field of art. He studied at a regular school and was absolutely no different from other children of his age. In order to realize the dream, after finishing the tenth grade, he enters the youth theater studio, which was organized at the world-famous Moscow Art Theater. Young Victor showed himself perfectly and tried to be one of the best. Naturally, this was noticeable, and therefore he enjoyed a certain respect from the other guys and teachers. Despite all the difficulties that accompanied his studies in the studio, Balashov already had a prospect in terms of future work. Unfortunately, all dreams will have to be postponed, because in 1941 the Great Patriotic War begins, and then it becomes completely not up to art.
Years of war
Future announcer Balashov Viktor Ivanovich lost his father quite early. He died the death of the brave in a bloody battle near Smolensk. This fact was one of those that forced the eighteen-year-old youth to go to the front as a volunteer. From February to December 1943 he was part of one of the divisions on the Volkhov Front. In 1944 he was in the service of a rifle regiment and defended his homeland on the Leningrad Front. In the same year he managed to fight in the ranks of another division on the Leningrad Front.
In the summer of 1943, the division, which included Viktor Balashov, launched an attack on the Nazis. Three times the Germans repulsed the attacks of Soviet soldiers, but on the fourth their defense gave a slack, and the Russians managed to get to the enemy trenches, where it was necessary to gain a foothold. In the trenches, the worst began - the battle between the Germans and Russian soldiers. It was in this battle that the young man received the first wound, from which he nearly died.
In the spring of 1944 will receive a second wound. This will happen during the crossing of Narva. Victor was behind a machine gun. His task was to support the units that went on the offensive. It is worth noting that, in addition to supporting the advancing, together with other machine gunners repelled several counterattacks by the Nazi invaders.
A few months later he received another wound. This happened during the storming of Vyborg. The summer of 1944 will be saturated for Viktor Ivanovich. On June 27, as part of a reconnaissance group, he will set off on a mission to capture a German officer. During the operation will be shell-shocked.
Victor Balashov spent the Great Patriotic War as an ordinary. In 1944, he took up the position of line supervisor in the government communications company. In the same year he was commissioned for health reasons.
Life after the war
After returning from the front, he becomes an announcer on All-Union Radio, where he will hone his skills in this type of activity. In parallel, he continued his studies in the studio at the Moscow Art Theater. In 1947 he completed his studies and came to work on Central Television.
Viktor Balashov repeatedly repeated that after the war there was no serious work, because the country was busy solving completely different issues. It often happened that he simply announced the name of the film, and then thanked the audience for watching. Naturally, this was not enough for a man who dreamed that his whole country would hear his voice.
The young announcer will perform well, and soon he will have more work. He begins to voice documentaries, as well as foreign ones. Among foreign ones, one can directly distinguish French paintings. Viktor Ivanovich is sure that he began to get more work only due to the fact that he was trying to develop and improve. He often took a train and drove into the forest, where there had never been anyone. There, a young man studied his voice and learned his secrets. As it will become clear later, hard work will bear fruit.
Main career period
Viktor Balashov - the announcer, whose biography is presented to your attention in the article, worked on Central Television for forty-nine years. During this time, many different events took place in the life of a man, among which there are funny moments and sad ones.
One of the most important events in the life of Viktor Ivanovich was the day when he announced to the whole country that Yuri Gagarin went into space. The announcer repeatedly recalled this incident, and also told that he was preceded. It all started with the fact that the announcer was resting in the country. Strangers drove up to his house and ordered them to gather in Moscow. No objections were accepted, and soon Balashov met with the director of the Central Television. He handed him an envelope and said that opening it only by command. A few days later the team arrived. The envelope was a speech in which it will be said about the flight of Yuri Gagarin.
In 1975, another important event happened that glorified the Soviet leader. Brezhnev was supposed to make a parting word for the astronauts "Apollo Union." Shortly before the solemn speech, the Secretary General fell ill and could not deliver it. It was decided that the mission of honor should be performed by none other than Viktor Ivanovich.
There was an unpleasant episode in the life of the host of "Time", after which he received a comment from the leadership. It all happened due to the fact that Balashov in one of his programs showed the restored throne of Ivan the Terrible. This happened during a report from the Kremlin. Today it seems that this is not a big deal, but at that time it was extremely undesirable.
In 1996, the announcer decided to end his career on television and give way to young people.
Creation
Over the years of his career, he has led a huge number of programs. Among all, it is worth highlighting such as the "Relay Relay", "Time", "News", "Club of Frontline Friends" and "Seventh Sky". This is only a small part of what is associated with the work of a great speaker. He will forever go down in history as the most recognizable voice of the Soviet Union. Residents of that era sadly recall the times when this person flickered daily on the TV screen.
In recognition of Viktor Ivanovich, two films were shot. In 2002, viewers saw a documentary movie called the Victor Balashov. Twelve years later, the film "Announcer Ivanovich. Television Soldier" was released.
Victor Balashov: family, personal life
Too little is known about the life of a great figure. He rarely speaks on this subject, for he believes that family affairs should always remain so. In the public domain there is information that, in addition to Victor, his parents had six more children. Is announcer Viktor Balashov married? The family of this famous person, it is not known for what reason, always remained "behind the screen", there is no information about her. In his interviews, the man repeatedly stated that he considers himself a happy person in everything. This means that in life he reigns complete idyll.
State awards
The collection of this person has a huge number of awards. In 2015, he personally received the Order of Honor from the hands of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. He is also the owner of the Badge of Honor and the Order of the Red Star. There are various medals in the collection of the Soviet Union and the USSR, which were awarded for all sorts of achievements. In 1985 he received his most valuable award - the Order of the Patriotic War. He also has the Order of Peter the Great.
Based on the number of awards, we can conclude how much Viktor Balashov did for the country.
Opinion on the work of modern television
The great announcer about the modern work of television responds sharply in a negative way. He believes that today everything is built on money, and not on enthusiasm, as it was before. With such an approach, it is difficult to count on success. Money tends to run out, but when a person works for others, then such a thing will definitely be successful.
Balashov is sure that it is enough to simply change the approach to work, and then you can count on something in the future.
