The 90s of the last century were marked by the appearance of new faces on television. They replaced the strict leader in prim formal suits. Among them was Elena Hanga. The biography of this “athlete, Komsomol member and simply beautiful” and her pedigree are of great interest to everyone who at one time enjoyed watching TV shows “About This” and “The Domino Principle”.
Mother
Elena Hanga, whose biography is presented below, is the daughter of Leah Oliverovna Golden. The woman was born in 1934 in the city of Tashkent in the family of Oliver Golden - a black cotton specialist.
Helen Khangy's great-grandfather - Hillard - was a slave, but after the Civil War in the United States became a wealthy planter in Mississippi. His wife Katherine was half Indian.
Leah's mother, Berta Bialik, came from a Jewish family who moved to the United States from Poland. The Golden family emigrated to the Soviet Union in 1931, since interracial marriages were banned in the United States at that time .
Lia Oliverovna in her youth was a tennis player and played for the national team of the Uzbek SSR. She graduated from the Faculty of History and Graduate School of Moscow State University, became a candidate of science. She was a professor at the University of Chicago.
Father
Elena Hanga (biography, personal life and TV presenter projects have always interested her fans) got her name from her father. He was a famous revolutionary, a graduate of Oxford University, and died in prison. Abdula Kassim Hanga met Leah Oliverovna in Moscow when he was sent to study at the Peoples' Friendship University in order to return to an important post in his native Zanzibar. They got married, and in May 1962 they had a daughter, Elena. Two years later, Abdul Kassim Hanga became the Prime Minister of Zanzibar for a short time. As a result of the coup, he was removed from his post and taken into custody. He died in prison in 1969.
Biography of Elena Hanga in her youth
The little girl saw her father, and when he died, she was not even 7 years old. Her mother and grandmother were engaged in her education, who taught Lena to boldly meet any difficulties.
The future famous TV presenter from childhood had a wide range of interests. In particular, she played tennis with Anna Dmitrieva and played for CSK. In addition, since Lia Oliverovna was fluent in English, Elena quickly mastered it. This allowed her to complete an internship in New York and Harvard at the end of the journalism department of Moscow University.
Career in Journalism
Elena Hanga (parents' biography is presented above) began her career in the Moscow News newspaper. In the midst of perestroika, she was sent to Boston at the invitation of Christian Scince Monitor. Returning to her homeland, Hanga continued to engage in journalism. After 2 years, Elena again left for the United States, but at the invitation of the Rockefeller Foundation. She stayed there until 1997.
While working in the United States, Elena Hanga, whose biography, like herself, was then unknown to most Russians, traveled all over America and talked about life in the Soviet Union everywhere. While traveling, she had the idea to write a book in which her family tree and the fate of her ancestors and relatives who lived on different continents were examined in detail. For this, she flew to Africa and England and spent all days in the archives. When the book of Elena Hangi was published in the USA in 1992, it became a bestseller.
On TV
In the early 90's, Elena was invited to television by Vladislav Listyev and several times appeared in front of the audience in the super popular television show “Vzglyad”. There, an important meeting for her career took place with Leonid Parfyonov.
Later, Hanga did sports reports on NTV, and since 1997 she has been running the “About This” program. This scandalous talk show on sexual subjects appeared for 3 years and was extremely popular, especially among young people. It entered the Book of Records, and an article in The New York Times was even devoted to it.
In 1998, TV presenter Elena Khanga (a biography in recent years is presented below), together with Leonid Parfyonov, appeared in front of viewers in a pilot pilot of the popular television project “Russians at Fort Bayar” with Russian participants.
No less interesting was the talk show Domino Principle, which was broadcast from 2001 to 2006. Over the years, such recognized beauties as Dana Borisova and Elena Isheeva were co-hosts of the Hangi .
In addition, in 2001, the TV presenter published her 2nd book, “About Everything and About It,” dedicating it to Leah Oliverovna and G. Gerasimov, whom he considers to be his mentor in the professional field.
Activities in recent years
From 2011 to 2014, Elena Hanga hosted the program “With a remote control for life”, which aired on KP-TV.
Since 2009, she has been working for Russia Today on the Cross Talk talk show. Hanga is also a host of programs on the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and is engaged in teaching at the Higher National School of Television.
Elena is anxious about everything related to her roots. In particular, she is an active participant in the World Jewish Congress.
Elena Hanga: biography, personal life
Igor Mintusov (a well-known Russian political consultant) has been familiar with the TV presenter since the 80s. In 2001, the couple decided to formalize their relationship. The wedding took place in Los Angeles, where many close relatives of Elena Hanga live today.
This marriage of like-minded people was happy, and the couple have been living together soul to soul for more than 15 years.
Currently, Igor Mintusov is the head of the Department of Advertising, Design and Public Relations at G. Plekhanov University.
Elena Hanga (biography): daughter
In 2001, the TV presenter gave birth to a girl who was named Elizabeth-Anna. The birth took place in the USA. By coincidence, on this day, Igor Mintusov was at the TEFI ceremony, and his phone was disconnected. When Elizabeth-Anna was born, Elena Hanga tried for a long time to get through to her husband. Desperate, she contacted her former trainer and good friend Anna Dmitrieva. She called her brother Vladimir Molchanov. When the latter was summoned to the stage to receive the treasured statuette, which is awarded annually to the most distinguished Russian television men, he responded to congratulations to the audience that on this day their colleague Elena Hanga became a mother. In such an unexpected way, Igor Mintusov found out that he had a girl.
Now you know in which television projects Elena Hanga took part. Biography, personal life, photos and information about her family are also known to you. It is hoped that her fans will be able to more often see the TV presenter in new and interesting talk shows.