Ksenia Sobchak, photo and detailed biography

She appears on television, she hosts scandalous shows, she writes books, she always evokes a storm of a wide variety of emotions - from delight to hatred. She flashes on the pages of magazines and newspapers. She is famous, although she has never been a singer or actress. There is more than one anecdote about her. She may well be called a socialite, Russian Paris Hilton. And you probably already guessed who will be discussed, of course about Ksenia Sobchak.

Ksenia Sobchak - last name and childhood.

However, the surname Sobchak for people of the older generation is not associated with Ksyusha, but with her father. The first mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, and surprisingly, Ksenia managed to become much more famous than her father. Her mother, the second wife of Anatoly Sobchak, Lyudmila Narusova, candidate of historical sciences, member of the Federation Council. From his first marriage, Anatoly Sobchak also had a daughter, Maria Sobchak. Ksenia's father, Anatoly Sobchak, a lawyer by training, was the mayor of St. Petersburg until 1997, when a criminal case was brought against him on charges of abuse of office, but in 1999 all charges were dropped. He was also one of the three main authors of the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Anatoly Sobchak died in February 2000, according to the official version, from heart failure, but there were also rumors about his murder, as "he knew too much."

Ksenia Sobchak was born on November 5, 1981 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). According to the zodiac sign, Scorpio is a strong enough and sometimes repulsive, too decisive zodiac sign.

As a child, Ksenia studied ballet at the Mariinsky Theater and painting at the Hermitage. In the middle grades she studied at school number 185 with in-depth study of the English language, was an excellent student. Then she graduated from the school at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen. That is, she received a fairly good education, both basic and in the field of art. Fluent in English.

In 1998 she entered the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University. And, having moved to Moscow in 2001, he was transferred to the Faculty of International Relations of MGIMO. Where in 2002 she received her bachelor's degree, and then entered the magistracy at the Faculty of Political Science. In parallel with her studies, she also participated in various television projects. So, according to Forbes magazine, for the year that passed from September 2008 to September 2009, Ksenia Sobchak's income amounted to $ 1.2 million. At the same time, in February 2010, she acquired a minority (less than 0.1%) stake in the Russian cellular retailer Euroset ".

The popularity of Ksenia Sobchak brought her television career and very scandalous behavior. So in 2004 she became the host of the reality show "Dom-2" on the TNT channel, no less scandalous than her reputation, which she still hosts.

She also hosted such reality shows as "Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire" on TNT, "The Last Hero-6" on Channel One, "Blonde in Chocolate ”(provoking and provoking reality shows about yourself and your life) on Muz-TV. She was one of the hosts of the "Two Stars" show on Channel One. In 2008 and 2010, together with Ivan Urgant, she was the presenter of the Muz-TV Awards. She starred in commercials for Euroset.

This year she became the host of the show "Top Model in Russian" on MuzTV. She is also the host of her own radio program "Weekdays Barabaki" on the radio station "Silver Rain". Since March 15, 2010 he has been hosting the Freedom of Thought talk show on Channel Five. Since April 23, 2010 she has been conducting the entertainment program "Girls" on the Russia 1 TV channel. She was a member of the jury at the festival "Big Difference" in Odessa.

In the Russian media, Ksenia Sobchak is often called a "socialite" or even "the main socialite."And recently, and "the main pop symbol of the bygone zero." Ksenia managed to create an image for herself quite scandalous and in some ways spoiled girl, she always creates an excuse that the media cannot but fall for, she is always in the spotlight. And this her fame and popularity make her a very popular presenter for television. After all, if this or that show is hosted by Sobchak, it will definitely be watched, both by those who admire her and those who hate her. Those who hate will definitely look, will definitely look at "this Sobchak". Ksenia cannot be called a stupid girl, nor can she be spoiled. She just knows very well what the public needs, how to turn it on, how to shock, how to make people, the audience, discuss her and, accordingly, sell her projects, the shows that she leads. Sometimes it seems that Ksenia is a fairly skillful provocateur, and this allows her to be not just a presenter on television, but a rather popular and in-demand TV presenter, or just Ksenia Sobchak, about whom everyone has heard. Indeed, in fact, it is very difficult to find a person who does not know who Sobchak is.

But with such popularity of Xenia, which is surprising, it is quite possible to keep many moments of her personal life in secret, not making them public. According to rumors, the first friend of Xenia, who appeared with her when she was still in school, was named Anton and he was from a simple family. Then she dated only rich and successful men. So from the age of 17, for four years, she lived in a civil marriage with businessman Vyacheslav Leibman, whom she met back in 1998, while living in St. Petersburg. Vyacheslav Leibman was then vice president of Eco Phoenix Holding, which was engaged in the storage and disposal of petroleum products. Ksenia was the first to break off this relationship.

Then she met with businessman Umar Dzhabrailov, who was much older than her, was twice divorced, and he already had two adult daughters. The relationship, like the last time, was interrupted by Ksenia herself, and just like her past lover, Umar Dzhabrailov tried to bring her back for some time.

After Xenia had an affair with Alexander Shustorovich, also a famous businessman. Citizen of the United States and Russia. Alexander Shustorovich graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Art, after which he received degrees in Jurisprudence and Business Administration. It was with him that Ksenia Sobchak almost went down the aisle, but changed her mind at the last moment. About the reasons for the breakdown of relations, as in previous times, Ksenia did not particularly spread, answering questions from curious journalists, only that it was only their business with Alexander. Largely verbose and sharp-tongued Ksenia Sobchak always knew how not to dwell on her personal life.

Then a rather serious relationship began between Ksenia Sobchak and the general director of the Silver Rain radio station (at which she worked at that time) Dmitry Savitsky. He is a hereditary journalist, like Ksenia, grew up in an intelligent family, received a good education. His mother, journalist Tatyana Savitskaya, treated Xenia quite well. It seems to be the perfect match. But soon they also parted, and as Ksenia said "by mutual agreement." However, quite good relations have still been preserved between them, and Ksenia Sobchak, after their breakup, still worked at the Silver Rain radio station.

But despite the fact that Ksenia does not really talk about her personal life, scandals related specifically to her personal life have appeared more than once. A striking example was the scandalous video clip, filmed in 2007 by her and rapper Timati, called "Dance". After which the journalists attributed the novel to them.

Today, Ksenia is 30 years old, and her “hand and heart” are still free, and Ksenia herself in one of her interviews said that the family is not for her, since: “family and children are not the same things, that interest me ... This does not cause me any sentimental feelings, I do not like small children, I do not want to live as a family in its classical sense. These values ​​are not for me! .. I believe that capitalism is the best contraceptive. When you have a normal life, work, education, money and opportunities, there is absolutely no desire to spend this life on diapers, borscht and other pleasures. "

In addition to her career as a television and radio host, Ksenia also became a writer. To date, she has written several books. The first of them was a book published in 2006 called "Stylish Things". In this book, Ksenia Sobchak talked about the secrets of her own style, about the regular work she does, creating her image, about what is hidden under the facade of the life of popular people who are constantly in sight and should always look good.

In 2007, the book “How to Marry an Oligarch” appeared, co-authored with Oksana Robski. And in 2010, a book was published called "The Encyclopedia of the Loha". In this book, Ksenia singles out such a type of humanity as "goof", a very negative character. She also identifies several of their types, each of which describes it in a very harsh and sharp-tongued. In the same year, her book Philosophy in the Boudoir was published, co-authored with Sokolova.

Today, Ksenia Sobchak is a fairly well-known person and a prominent representative of mass culture, reality show culture and constant observation of personal, and indeed life in general, known, famous or rich people. Desires of the public, ordinary people, to spy on the life of those whose life is not as gray and mundane as theirs, to spy on the life of those who, it seems, live exceptionally well, in luxury and “in chocolate”. And Ksenia Sobchak is not trying to prove that this is not so, on the contrary, she works for this industry, the industry of mass culture, the industry showbiz, the industry of solid peeping and works quite successfully.

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In conclusion, I would like to recommend the book by Ksenia Sobchak - Stylish Things. The book was written with soul and many girls can learn useful knowledge from the book about fashion, style and Xenia herself.