Seva Novgorodsev
MBE Seva Levenstein-Novgorodsev (born Vsevolod Borisovich Levenshtein on 9 July 1940), better known as Seva Novgorodsev (Russian: Се́ва Новгоро́дцев), is a former radio presenter on the BBC Russian Service. He is famous throughout the former Soviet Union, being widely considered as Russia's first radio DJ. • Illustration — Seva Novgorodsev in the BBC World Service studio at Bush House, London, 1980.
Seva Novgorodsev
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- Name
- Seva Novgorodsev
- Birth Name
- Vsevolod Borisovich Levenstein
- Born
- 9 July 1940
- Birthplace
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Radio presenter
- Full name
- Всеволод Борисович Левенштейн.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and United Kingdom.
- Education
- Saint Peter's School.
- Honours
- Member of the Order of the British Empire.
- Languages
- English.
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MBE Seva Levenstein-Novgorodsev (born Vsevolod Borisovich Levenshtein on 9 July 1940), better known as Seva Novgorodsev (Russian: Се́ва Новгоро́дцев), is a former radio presenter on the BBC Russian Service. He is famous throughout the former Soviet Union, being widely considered as Russia's first radio DJ. • Illustration — Seva Novgorodsev in the BBC World Service studio at Bush House, London, 1980.
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Seva Novgorodsev (born 1940) is an actor, disc jockey and journalist, among other activities, of Soviet and British nationality. The actor was born Всеволод Борисович Левенштейн in Saint Petersburg. Seva Novgorodsev was educated at Saint Peter's School.
Languages used include English. Honours include Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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• Name — Seva Novgorodsev • Birth Name — Vsevolod Borisovich Levenstein • Born — 9 July 1940 • Birthplace — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Radio presenter • Website — seva.ru
Biography
Biography
He created the music programme «Рок-посевы» ("Rock sowing" or "Rock crops", in Russian containing a pun with the name Seva) and the chat shows «Севаоборот» (Sevaoborot, a pun with the Russian word sevooborot, "crop rotation") and «БибиСева» (BBSeva). He has also written the books «Рок-Посевы» (Rock the Seva way) and «Секс, наркотики, рок-н-ролл» (Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll). He was Russia's first radio DJ, and has been featured in several Russian films. In 1981 he married actress Karen Craig, with whom he co-wrote a Russian cookbook for Sainsbury's in 1990, but they later divorced. He is now married to Olga, who is a designer. On 4 September 2015, at the age of 75, Seva retired from broadcasting.
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Filmography
• A View to a Kill (1985) - Soviet Helicopter Pilot • Spies Like Us (1985) - Tadzhik Highway Patrolman • Leto (2018) - Antiquarian
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Seva Novgorodsev is recorded as navigator, musician, radio personality, journalist and television presenter. Recorded at birth as Всеволод Борисович Левенштейн.
Сева Новгородцев на своём творческом вечере в ЦДХ
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Сева Новгородцев на своём творческом вечере в ЦДХ
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- 1.Knights Bachelor : Knighthoods.
- 2.The Cooking of Russia (Sainsbury Cookbook Series) Paperback – 1990.
- 3.Kremmer, William Seva Novgorodsev: The DJ who 'brought down the USSR' BBC. 9 September 2015
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