TV presenter Elena Khanga: biography, personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

90s of the last century were marked by the appearance of new faces on television. They replaced the strict presenters in prim formal suits. Among them was Elena Hanga. The biography of this "athlete, Komsomol member and simply beauty" and her pedigree are of great interest to everyone who at one time enjoyed watching the TV projects "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 grower.

Elena Hanga's great-grandfather - Hillard - was a slave, but after the Civil War in the United States became a we althy planter in Mississippi. His wife Katherine was half Indian.

Lya's mother, Berta Bialik, came from a Jewish family that had migrated to the United States from Poland. The Golden family emigrated to the Soviet Union in 1931, asThe United States at that time banned interracial marriages.

Liya Oliverovna was a tennis player in her youth and played for the national team of the Uzbek SSR. She graduated from the Faculty of History and postgraduate studies at Moscow State University, became a candidate of science. She was a professor at the University of Chicago.

Father

Elena Khanga (the biography, personal life and projects of the TV presenter has always interested her fans) got her last name from her father. He was a famous revolutionary, a graduate of Oxford University and died in prison. Abdula Kassim Khanga met Leah Oliverovna in Moscow when he was sent to study at the Peoples' Friendship University in order to take up an important post in his native Zanzibar upon his return. They got married, and in May 1962 their daughter Elena was born. Two years later, Abdul Kassim Hanga briefly became Prime Minister of Zanzibar. As a result of the coup d'état, he was removed from office and taken into custody. Died in prison in 1969.

Biography of Elena Hanga in her youth

The girl saw little of her father, and when he died, she was not even 7 years old. Her mother and grandmother were engaged in her upbringing, who taught Lena to boldly face any difficulties.

The future famous TV presenter had a wide range of interests since childhood. In particular, she played tennis with Anna Dmitrieva and played for CSK. In addition, since Leah Oliverovna was fluent in English, Elena quickly mastered it. This allowed her, after graduating from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow University, to undergo an internship in New York andHarvard.

Journalism career

Elena Khanga (the biography of her parents 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 the Christian Science 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 USA, Elena Khanga, whose biography, like herself, was then unknown to most Russians, traveled all over America and talked everywhere about life in the Soviet Union. During her travels, she had the idea to write a book that explored in detail her family tree and the fate of her ancestors and relatives who lived on different continents. To do this, she flew to Africa and England and spent whole days in the archives. When Elena Hanga's book was published in the US in 1992, it became a bestseller.

On TV

In the early 90s, Elena was invited to television by Vladislav Listyev and appeared in front of the audience several times in the super-popular TV show "Vzglyad". There was an important meeting for her career with Leonid Parfyonov.

Later, Hanga made sports reports on the NTV channel, and since 1997 she has hosted the About It program. This scandalous sex talk show ran for 3 years and was extremely popular, especially amongyouth. It entered the Book of Records, and even had an article in The New York Times 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 trial pilot release of the popular TV project "Russians in Fort Bayar" with Russian participants.

No less interesting was the talk show "Domino Principle", which was broadcast from 2001 to 2006. Over the years, Hangi's co-hosts were such recognized beauties as Dana Borisova and Elena Ischeeva.

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 she considers her mentor in the professional field.

Activities in recent years

From 2011 to 2014, Elena Khanga hosted the program “With a remote control for life”, which is aired on KP-TV.

Since 2009, she has been working for Russia Today in the talk show Cross Talk. Khanga is also the host of radio programs "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and is engaged in teaching at the Higher National School of Television.

Elena is kind to everything that has to do with her roots. In particular, she is an active participant in the World Jewish Congress.

Elena Khanga: biography, personal life

Igor Mintusov (a well-known Russian political consultant) has known the TV presenter since the 80s. In 2001, the couple decided to formalize their relationship. The wedding took place in Los Angeles, where they live todaymany close relatives of Elena Hanga.

This marriage of like-minded people turned out to be a happy one, and the couple have been living together in perfect harmony for over 15 years.

Currently, Igor Mintusov is the head of the Department of Advertising, Design and Public Relations at the 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 that day, Igor Mintusov was at the TEFI award ceremony, and his phone was turned off. When Elizabeth-Anna was born, Elena Hanga tried for a long time to get through to her husband. Desperate, she contacted her former coach and good friend Anna Dmitrieva. She called her brother Vladimir Molchanov. When the latter was called to the stage to receive the coveted statuette, which is annually awarded to the most distinguished Russian television people, in response to congratulations, he told the audience that on that day their colleague Elena Khanga became a mother. In such an unexpected way, Igor Mintusov found out that a girl was born to him.

Now you know what TV projects Elena Khanga took part in. Biography, personal life, photos and information about her family are also known to you. It remains to be hoped that her fans will be able to see the TV presenter more often in new and interesting talk shows.