Georgy Deliev

Heorhiy Viktorovych Deliev (born 1 January 1960) is a Ukrainian actor, artist and musician. In 2002, he received the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine, and awarded the People's Artist of Ukraine in 2009. Additionally during the early part of the 1990s, he led the comedy company "Masks" from Odesa, whose TV shows dominated Russian and Ukrainian television.

Deliev is an architect by training, is skilled in fine art, but his paintings stand out because of his distinct and funny worldview. Works created using a variety of media (oil, acrylic, watercolor, mascara, pastel) and executed in the style of experimental drawing are kept in museums and private collections as well as displayed in exhibition halls.

Early life and education Born on 1 January 1960, in the Ukrainian city of Kherson. Deliev attended the Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture's Faculty of Architecture from 1977 to 1982. He was extensively involved in pantomime and clowning while he was a student. He worked as an architect in Pyatigorsk from 1982 to 1984 before moving to Chișinău, where he simultaneously established pantomime theaters and studios.

Career Under Vyacheslav Polunin's direction, Deliev joined the Leningrad Theater's "Lycedy" cast in 1984. He was admitted into the Odesa Philharmonic Theater's pantomime and clowning group "Masks" that same year. He continues to serve as artistic director, director, actor, and screenwriter for the independent comic strip "Masks" at this time. between 1986 and 1989. He attended the State Institute of Theater Arts' Stage Directing Faculty. In 2006, the song and video clip Рідна мова was released, becoming a popular online resource. This was the expression of the latter. In the video, he attempts to sing in Russian, but is repeatedly interrupted by two hefty guys wearing dark glasses—which, incidentally, stand in for the "repressive orange regime"—who insist that he sing in Ukrainian. Many Ukrainian observers denounced his behavior and accused him of being anti-Ukrainian once the video appeared. and later defended it by referring to it as dedicated to the artificial trend of the split of society on language issues. Afterwards, the publication The Ukrainian Weekly listed him as one of the top ten biggest xenophobes of 2011. He has been given the following membership and awards: People's Artist of Ukraine (2009) Merited Artist of Ukraine (2002) Academician of the International Academy of Tricks (2005) Member of the Union of Theater Figures Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine