A few decades ago, television announcers were idols of the audience. Their voices could recognize from the first words. Today, rarely one presenter remains in the project for many years and the popularity of broadcasters is gradually declining.
The generation of 80-90 is associated with the name of Eugene Kochergin. and many interesting points. In this period, the Vremya program was associated with him. She was watched every evening by the whole family.
Biography of Eugene Kochergin
The host was born and raised in the postwar period. As a child, he experienced all the charms of that period. The boy from a very young age was distinguished by a pleasant timbre of voice. Already from 8-10 years old Eugene Kochergin dreamed of becoming a radio announcer.
Honored Artist of Russia was born on November 7, 1945. He spent his childhood in Stalingrad (Volgograd). A boy from 10 years old began to actively follow the famous announcers of the 50s. He clearly distinguished the voices of Levitan, Tolstova, Khalatov.
Others also noticed that the guy has a beautiful timbre. Evgeny Kochergin was always sure that such a gift was given to him from above. And they definitely need to use it.
To his dream, the artist walked quite a lot of time, having experienced many difficulties. By the will of fate and circumstances, the guy decided to become an economist after graduation.
When Eugene graduated from the institute, he was invited to a television studio in Yakutia. The guy, without hesitation, went there. After all, this was the first step to his dream. In the city of Mirny, he shows rapid professional growth and the young man is transferred to Moscow.
Here, the young man completed additional advanced training courses. Classes with him were conducted by his idols - Levitan, Kaygorodova, Vysotskaya. The announcer passed practice on the radio "Mayak". After studying, he received an offer for a good position. Thus, the young man came to work on the radio.
After a short work, Kochergin is noticed by television directors and offers to go there. From the memoirs of the announcer himself, it is clear that such a prospect pleased him and at the same time frightened him. He could not imagine himself among the famous leaders. But he stepped over his shyness and in 1977 came to television.
Career
Eugene Kochergin was put in charge of the program "Time" for broadcast in the Far East. The guy at first was not very well received in the team. The reason was banal envy. After all, not every young leader is ordered to conduct such a transfer.
During this difficult period, the announcer was supported by Valentin Leontiev. She left positive feedback on the work of the young man, and all the negative comments from colleagues were over. After some time, Kochergin was put in charge of the Vesti program for broadcast in the central part of the country. Brezhnev looked at these ethers.
Gradually, the popularity of the promising presenter increased. In 1980, Evgeni Aleksandrovich Kochergin became an announcer-commentator at the opening and closing of the Olympic Games in Moscow. Many times he was the host of state celebrations in the Kremlin, on Red Square, in the Hall of Columns.
How did you leave the news program?
On Vesti air on August 19, 1991, it was the central television announcer Yevgeny Kochergin who read out a text stating that Gorbachev could no longer hold his post and that a state of emergency was being introduced in the country.
The announcer remembered the last day of work in this legendary program with particular clarity for his whole life. Eugene had never experienced such humiliation and resentment. The presenter was made up, and he sat down at his desk to look at the text. At this time, the phrase sounded in the microphone in the studio that he should stand up and would not work in the program anymore.
The speaker was hooked that he was dishonored in front of all his colleagues. But they simply could explain the difficult situation in the office in advance. It is known that after the coup in the country, television now had to work as leading journalists who knew how to write texts themselves.
Then Eugene went to the channel "Business Russia", where he began to work as an economic observer. Also, his voice could be heard in the evening broadcasts of many radio stations. In 2011, he took part in the filming of the film and played the role of the famous announcer Levitan. Now he is actively teaching at the broadcasting institute.
Personal life of Eugene Kochergin
The announcer was married twice. The first time he married back in Yakutia. There, his daughter Natalya was born. The leader does not like to recall this period of his life. But a warm relationship developed with her daughter. Now she works as a lawyer and does not need his financial support.
The second time, Eugene married an engineer Nina Guseva. In this marriage, daughter Irina was born in 1979. He put a lot of effort and finance into the girl so that in the future she would become an independent person. Irina graduated from MGIMO, built a career and successfully married.
Illegitimate daughter
In 2015, it became clear that the announcer has another child. It turns out that after a divorce from his first wife, Eugene had a relationship with Lyudmila Nemykina. As a result, the woman became pregnant and reported this to Kochergin.
The host was categorically against the birth of a child. He insisted on an abortion. The woman decided to give birth and raised her daughter on her own. Eugene did not recognize the child for a long time. I had to do a DNA test. This whole story was voiced on the show "Let them talk." The illegitimate daughter of Eugene - Milan also participated in it.
Terrible tragedy
In the life of Kochergin, irreparable grief happened on January 14, 2016. His beloved daughter, Irina, died in the elevator of her house. The woman’s family lived in the Scarlet Sails elite complex. That day, Irina went into the elevator and the floor fell through. The woman fell from the 7th floor right onto sharp pins - there was no chance of survival. Miraculously, her two daughters remained unharmed. Just on the occasion of fate, the nanny brought the children at that moment into another elevator.
Eugene and his wife still can’t recover after this tragedy and insist on a fair investigation. They seek legal punishment for all those responsible. Eugene claims that the daughter repeatedly appealed to the necessary authorities with complaints about the malfunctioning state of the elevators.
Now Kochergin and his wife Nina are preoccupied with caring for their granddaughters Nastya and Ana. The girls already know that their mother will never return. They also know the cause of her death.