Igor Leonidovich Kirillov (Russian: Игорь Леонидович
Кириллов, born 14 September 1932) is a prominent former news
anchor for Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR), the main state
broadcaster of the Soviet Union. He was an announcer for the 9:00pm CT
USSR news program Vremya.He began working for Soviet Central
Television in 1957, after he worked for two years at the Taganka
Theatre. For 30 years he co-anchored the network's prime time news
program Vremya. The program, which still has reach all over Russia on
various networks and internationally, is one of the most watched news
programs in the world. Throughout his tenure, Kirillov, often
alongside his colleague Nonna Bedrova, was the news frontman of the
Soviet Union's state-owned network for all of the nation's pivotal
events since the 1950s, covering the annual celebrations of state
occasions, the death and funeral of Leonid Brezhnev and his successors
Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, and the Soviet government's
decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979, as well as the Moscow Olympics
the following year. Kirillov also accompanied dignitaries, notably
Soviet leaders, on their official visits to foreign countries to do
reporting on location.Kirillov was awarded the USSR State Prize in
1977 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. Kirillov also appeared
in some Russian movies, mainly cameos. He retired as a newsreader in
1987, joining CT USSR (later Ostankino TV, then ORT). He retired in
1996, but he periodically appears as an emcee for some concerts and
the annual Red Square Victory Day parade.In 2006 Kirillov was also
honoured with the prestigious Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
Кириллов, born 14 September 1932) is a prominent former news
anchor for Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR), the main state
broadcaster of the Soviet Union. He was an announcer for the 9:00pm CT
USSR news program Vremya.He began working for Soviet Central
Television in 1957, after he worked for two years at the Taganka
Theatre. For 30 years he co-anchored the network's prime time news
program Vremya. The program, which still has reach all over Russia on
various networks and internationally, is one of the most watched news
programs in the world. Throughout his tenure, Kirillov, often
alongside his colleague Nonna Bedrova, was the news frontman of the
Soviet Union's state-owned network for all of the nation's pivotal
events since the 1950s, covering the annual celebrations of state
occasions, the death and funeral of Leonid Brezhnev and his successors
Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, and the Soviet government's
decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979, as well as the Moscow Olympics
the following year. Kirillov also accompanied dignitaries, notably
Soviet leaders, on their official visits to foreign countries to do
reporting on location.Kirillov was awarded the USSR State Prize in
1977 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. Kirillov also appeared
in some Russian movies, mainly cameos. He retired as a newsreader in
1987, joining CT USSR (later Ostankino TV, then ORT). He retired in
1996, but he periodically appears as an emcee for some concerts and
the annual Red Square Victory Day parade.In 2006 Kirillov was also
honoured with the prestigious Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
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