Biography
Edvard Stanislavovich Radzinsky was born in Moscow, Russia on September 23, 1936 to playwright Stanislav Radzinsky and his wife Sofia. He studied in the Moscow Archive Institute and is a trained historian. Edvard married actress Alla Geraskina, herself the daughter of the popular Soviet playwright and writer Lia Geraskina, in 1955. Their son, Oleg was born in 1958. Oleg was arrested by the KGB in 1982 and sentenced to six years of imprisonment for the Anti-Soviet Propaganda. He was released and left the Soviet Union in 1987 as a result of the perestroika launched by Michael Gorbachev, and is currently a US citizen. Oleg received his Master's degree in International Finance from Columbia University (New York) in 1991 and worked as investment banker for many years. He served as Chairman of Rambler Media Group, one of the largest Russian Internet companies from 2002 to 2006. Oleg currently resides in France with his family.
Edvard Radzinsky divorced Alla in 1964. He later married Tatiana Doronina, one of the leading Soviet actresses of the 60s-70s. They divorced later. He is currently married to the actress Elena Denisova.
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