Volodymyr Zelenskyi

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Volodymyr Zelenskyi was born in Kryvyi Rih. He received a law degree in Vadym Hetman Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics of the Kyiv National Economic University. He never worked in the specialty, he worked only two months of a practice.

When he was a student, he was fond of KVN and created a theater of miniatures «Bespryzornyk». At the same time Volodymyr Zelenskyi was invited to the legendary Kryvyi Rih team of KVN «Zaporizhzhia-Kryvyi Rih-Transit». Soon Zelenskyi began not only to dance in the team, but also to perform roles. At the same time with Volodymyr came to the team the future actors of «Studios 95-Kvartal»: Denys Manzhosov, Yurii Krapov, Oleksandr Pikalov. In 1997, they separated from Transit and created the team «95 kvartal»is one of the brightest in the history of KVN. Volodymyr Zelenskyi became not only a captain and an actor of this team, but the author of many jokes.