Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Birth name	Mikhail Manyevich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаил Маньевич Жванецкий)
Born	(1934-03-06)6 March 1934 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	6 November 2020(2020-11-06) (aged 86) Moscow, Russia
Genres	Satire
Website	jvanetsky.ru

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; 6 March 1934 – 6 November 2020^[1]) was a Soviet writer, satirist and performer^[2] of Jewish origin, best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life.^[3]

Zhvanetsky was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. His monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko.^[4] He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and wrote several books.

Awards and honors

Zhvanetsky was granted the following honorary titles and decorated with the following orders:

• People's Artist of Russia (2012)
• People's Artist of Ukraine (народний артист України), 1999.^[5]
• Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation (Заслуженный деятель искусств Российской Федерации), 2001
• Merited Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (заслужений діяч мистецтв Автономної Республіки Крим), 2002
• Russian Order of Merit for the Fatherland, fourth class, by President Medvedev on Zhvanetsky's 75th birthday in 2009.
• President of the International Club of Odesa
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1994)
• Independent prize "Triumph" (1994)
• Member of the Writers' Union (1978–1991)
• Honorary Citizen of Odesa (1994)
• Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress
• Breastplate of the Foreign Ministry of Russia "for contribution to international cooperation"

Boulevard of the Arts in Odesa was renamed Boulevard Zhvanetsky (5 April 2009).

A minor planet, 5931 Zhvanetskij, discovered on April 1, 1976, is named after him (using different transliteration of the surname).^[6]