In August 2016, the 110th anniversary of a man whose popularity was hardly inferior to the popularity of the most famous football player of his time. Sinyavsky Vadim Svyatoslavovich passed away in 65, becoming the identification mark of an entire era, the voice of the country's return to peace and the personification of the standard of the profession of sports commentator.
Short biography: the beginning
A native of Smolensk was born on August 10, 1906. The childhood passed in throwing between two serious hobbies: music and sports. Possessing absolute pitch, Vadim Sinyavsky played the piano superbly and even worked as a taper. But he entered the Institute of Physical Education, after which he conducted the “Morning Gymnastics” on the radio. In May 1929, the radio committee organized a test report from a football match, leading sports referees and Sinyavsky. To maintain a high rate of speech, everyone spoke for several minutes, giving way to the next microphone. A graduate of the Institute of Physical Education proved to be the best and was accepted on the radio to the state.
Before the war, he had to report from other sports: from athletics to chess. But the main events for the listeners of that time were football matches. Few people had the opportunity to visit large stadiums, and while listening to the commentator’s report, everyone drew a picture of what was happening on the field - Vadim Sinyavsky described the course of the game figuratively and accurately.
Aphorisms of the genius of reporting
The profession of a commentator requires proper diction, a good knowledge of the subject and the Russian language, a pleasant timbre of voice and a mandatory sense of humor. During the match, non-standard situations arise for which an immediate reaction is required from the reporter.
Before the war, there were no special cabins, and he had to look for a convenient place from where the field was clearly visible. So, in 1939, in Sokolniki, Vadim Sinyavsky climbed a tree, from where he fell during the first half. Due to the pause he had to explain to the listeners what had happened: “Friends! Do not worry, everything is fine. It seems that we fell from eating ... "
Inwardly intelligent, he never allowed himself to rebuke the players or express his opinion about the actions of the coach, but his jokes became aphorisms and went to the people. So, he called the kick of the football player Kopeikin “ruble”. A goalkeeper Khomich jump - magnificent, although the ball at the same time flew into the net.
War
In the rank of major, Vadim Sinyavsky went through the entire Great Patriotic War, being a military commissar of the All-Union Radio. He was reporting from historical parades on Red Square, from besieged cities, including from absolutely unique places: a burning tank, Field Marshal Paulus' bunker.
In besieged Sevastopol, along with sound engineer Natanzon, he made his way to Malakhov Kurgan, where he fell under mine fire (February 1942). Having lost a friend, the correspondent himself was seriously injured and spent three months in hospitals. He lost his left eye, but returned to the front and did not let go of the microphone until victory day.
For the heroism shown during the war years, he has many awards, including three orders.
A family
Sinyavsky was married to Irina Kirillova, a working journalist for the newspaper Pravda. Two children were born in the marriage: son Yuri (born in 1943) and daughter Marina (born in 1955). The last time Vadim Sinyavsky became a father at 49 years old. Before meeting with Kirillova, Sinyavsky already had a son Sergei, born in 1933, who inherited his father's musical talent. He died early, and in 2011, Yuri, a graduate of the Moscow Aviation Institute, also died. Marina is a philologist, works as a literary editor. At the request of her father, she did not change her last name, and remained Sinyavskaya.
Last years
Sports coverage was resumed in 1944, and in 1949, for the first time, a television broadcast was broadcast from the Dynamo – CDCA match. But the affair with television at Sinyavsky did not work out. There are many reasons for this, including the effects of injury. Spectators saw what was happening on the field, and the commentator was unable to make mistakes. He found a successor in the person of Nikolai Ozerov, the first report with which the teacher and student conducted together in 1950. But until the last days, the master did not part with his beloved work. Vadim Sinyavsky still reigned on the radio on air. The commentator’s quotes became winged expressions, such as: “Blow! Another blow! ”
Once in Moscow, at the Dynamo stadium (1949), a cat appeared on the field, interfering with the game of football players. For ten minutes, the law enforcement officers tried to catch her, and Sinyavsky had to tell the radio listeners about the events in the colors, causing audience laughter.
He passed away from oncology in 1972, but remained in the hearts and memories of those who were his contemporary. His talent today is captured in three artistic paintings, where he performed in his own role. Cartoon characters speak in his voice, but football fans can only be grateful to Sinyavsky for the fact that at his insistence, M. Blanter once composed the “Football March”. Every match of the domestic championship begins with it.