Alexander, friend, year of birth. Really smart guy Alexander Druz

Alexander Druz was born and raised in Leningrad. His father and mother were very ordinary Soviet people. From a young age, the boy read a lot, but at the same time he dreamed of becoming a fireman or a sailor. IN primary school 47th Secondary School Sasha took part in various shows and competitions. When he was nine years old, he won the first prize in his life - a book written by Vladimir Maksimov.

Young Friend received it for first place at the end of the evening interesting questions, which took place in one of the holiday homes in Ukraine. After this, Sasha repeatedly became the winner of various competitions in his educational institution. As a tenth-grader, he won the title of laureate of the “You are a Leningrader” quiz, dedicated to Druz’s hometown.

The beginning of star trek

After graduating from school, Alexander became a student at the Leningrad Industrial Pedagogical College. Here he studied as an electrical technician and industrial training master. Second higher education he received from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.

After receiving a university diploma, the future owner of the “Diamond Owl” entered the position of systems engineer and immediately applied to become a member of the “What? Where? When?". First time in live popular television program Friends was noticed in 1981.

According to Alexander, his application lay in the editorial office of the program for about a year. Then he had to go through a selection process and only after that he was accepted as a member of the intellectual club.
It is worth noting that in 1982, for the first time in the history of “What? Where? When?" the expert was removed from the table after prompting from those present in the hall. It turned out to be Druz.

Diamond Master

Alexander has one of the longest careers in popular program. Six times he was recognized as the best expert of the year. In 1995, Druz was the first to be awarded the title of “Master”, and in 2011 he was awarded the “Diamond Owl” as the best player of “What? Where? When?".

Alexander participated not only as an expert on the intellectual casino. He could be seen in other television programs, for example, in “Brain Ring”, where Druz’s team won four times, as well as in “Own Game”. Also, the “Master” often goes on “intellectual business trips” abroad.

For example, he was a repeated participant in Ukrainian, Israeli and Uzbek television projects. Friends' houses are kept numerous awards With different corners peace.

Businessman friend

In addition to success on television, Alexander managed to become a successful businessman. He was the owner of two companies:

"Stroy-Agio".
"Trans-Agio".

They did business in the building materials market.
Druz sold his business in 2012, after the onset of another crisis in the global economy.

The owner of the Diamond Owl manages a branch of an intellectual casino in St. Petersburg. He is the most titled participant in the famous TV show throughout its existence.

Success in your personal life

Throughout his adult life, the connoisseur lives with his wife Elena. Two daughters grew up in their family:

Marina;
Inna.

They followed in their father's footsteps and different times took part in smart casino games. Each of Druz's daughters was awarded a "Crystal Owl". The eldest Inna already has her own children - Alina and Alisa. Grandfather Sasha also takes part in their upbringing.

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Alexandra Druz can be confidently called one of the most charismatic and even odious personalities of the elite club of experts, an erudite, a living legend and a true leader. He received the “Crystal Owl” six times, and once became the owner of the “Diamond Owl” as part of the intellectual television game “What? Where? When?”, became the world champion in the sports version of the ChGK three times.

And Sasha was born on May 10, 1955 into an intelligent Jewish family in Leningrad. Parents' education played a role. Sasha early became interested in reading books that filled the apartment. I read with interest both weighty encyclopedias and works of art. True, this did not stop him from being a cocky boy, playing football, swimming in the pond and violating the prohibitions of adults.

I studied well at school, but was not an excellent student. Alexander had an excellent memory and could easily memorize a long poem or a prose passage. Took part in intellectual competitions. He received his first award at the age of 9 at an evening of entertaining questions. After school he studied at a technical school, and then at the Leningrad Institute of Engineers railway transport, graduating with honors. True, he was still given one B in the political economy of socialism because of his personal conflict with the leadership of the department. After graduating from university, he worked briefly as an engineer.

His life changed dramatically after a truly fateful invitation to participate in the television program “What? Where? When?" in 1981. It didn't happen right away. Before this, Alexander applied several times to participate in this project. And he ended up on “What? Where? When?" thanks to his amazing knowledge of various fields, having successfully passed tests and trials. The host of the intellectual show Vladimir Voroshilov managed to discern in him an intelligent, comprehensively developed, integral personality

The friend showed himself to be a gambler. He argued with the presenter and other experts. He was even expelled from the club for harsh behavior and tips, but was brought back due to the demands of the audience. The first time this happened was in 1983, when Alexander, along with two participants, left the program for a year. However, he was nevertheless returned to the club based on the results of a spectator vote. Three times after that he “flew out” of the project and returned to it. Since the end of 1992, Druz has been a regular participant in the intellectual show “What? Where? When?".

I must say that this project not the only one in which Alexander Abramovich took part.

In 1990 he was invited to the intellectual show “Brain Ring”. The chance was not missed. The friend defeated all rivals and received the “Golden Brain” award.

Since 1995, he has been a regular participant in the “Own Game” program, where he won 22 games out of 35. He did not take the first prize, a foreign-made passenger car, because he had nothing to pay the tax with. The reward was given to him in money, for which he purchased a domestic Zhiguli. In the entire history of the program, it was Druz who received the two maximum winnings in one game.

In 2009 and 2015, for the second time, together with the bard Alexander Rosenbaum, he participated in the program “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”

In 2011, he tried his hand and was quite successful as the host of the educational historical program “Hour of Truth” on the “365 Days of TV” channel.

Alexander Druz, thanks to his extraordinary intellect, deep knowledge in various fields, charismatic - a frequent guest in other television programs: “Guess the Melody”, “While Everyone is Home”, “Evening Urgant”, etc.

Since 1991, he has been preparing school students for club games “What? Where? When?”, holds school, interregional and even international tournaments, for which he has a medal “In memory of the tercentenary of St. Petersburg.” Currently, at the Presidential Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239, where, by the way, his daughters studied, Alexander Abramovich works with youth teams of experts, conducts them in a slightly modified format school games ChGK.

But everyone still knows Alexander Druz as one of the most successful players of the “What? Where? When?”, who (at the end of June 2017) had 55 winning games. They also set a record for the number of participations in games - 88. Alexander Abramovich was the first in the club to receive the title of Master. Since 2009, the eminent player has occasionally played in the Nikita Mobile TeTe team, which plays in a sports analogue of intellectual games. He, speaking as a debutant at the Brain Ring Championship in Uzbekistan, immediately won. Then he continued his participation as part of a team in Israel, Great Britain, and Ukraine.

The intellectual show brought him not only fame and fame, but also certain income. Although Druz himself admitted that the game does not feed him, so he connected his life with television not only through this intellectual show.

In 2002, an expert in one of his interviews called TV permanent job. At that time, he directed the programs of the Golden Calf television company in St. Petersburg, which supplied content for the projects “Fatherland and Destiny” of TC “Culture” and “Agency” REN-TV.

In 2007, Druz became the founder of the construction company Stroy-Azhio, which was engaged in wholesale trade construction materials, in 2007 - another company called Trans-Agio, which specialized in freight transportation. But a year later he sold his entire business, not having time to develop it and due to economic crisis. So, according to by and large, it was intelligence and colossal knowledge in various fields that became the factors that provided financial income to the life of Alexander Druz.

The intellectual connoisseur is happy in his personal life. From a young age, he thought about getting married once and for all. And so it happened. After all, Alexander met his future wife still in first grade. Then fate pulled them apart. The teenagers met after 7 years. At first they were just friends, walked together, visited museums. And in the tenth grade, the friendship of Alexander and Elena turned into love and romantic relationship which led to the wedding in 1978. A year later, Inna was born to the couple, and in 1982, Marina. The father actively participated in raising his daughters. From the age of three months, he read educational literature to them, instilling a thirst for knowledge and developing their intellect. The daughters did not let their father down. IN different years they took part in the intellectual show “What? Where? When?". Both were awarded Crystal Owls.

The couple of Friends have been together for almost forty years. Their daughters gave them three granddaughters. And now Alexander combines the work of head of the department game programs on the St. Petersburg TV channel "STO" with training for Alisa, Alina and Ensley.

Participant name: Alexander Abramovich Druz

Age (birthday): 10.05.1955

City: St. Petersburg

Education: St. Petersburg

Family: married, 2 daughters

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Alexander Druz is one of the most charismatic and even odious personalities in the entire history of the elite club.

An outstanding scholar, a living legend, a true leader - these are just some of the epithets that this player was awarded.

But to truly understand this expert, you should pay attention to his biography as a whole, and not just the facts related to the TV game “What? Where? When?".

Alexander was born in Leningrad, graduated from secondary school No. 47 named after K.D. Ushinsky there. Then the future star entered the Industrial Pedagogical College of Vocational Education.

But he didn’t stop there and in 1975 he became a student at the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers named after Academician V.N. Obraztsov. Exactly five years later, Alexander left the walls of this university with a diploma in the specialty “Computers”.

Friends' debut in the program “What? Where? When?" took place in 1981. It should be noted that from that moment Alexander never took a break from participating, which is an unprecedented fact and a kind of club record.

Oddly enough, young Druz was distinguished by his emotionality and even lack of restraint. These facts are supported by the fact that in 1982 he became the first player to be disqualified for tipping.

In 1990, Alexander Druz was recognized as the best player of the series for the first time and received the Crystal Owl. Then he was awarded this statuette 5 more times.

Alexander was also found by the “Diamond Owl” - with it he was awarded as the best expert of the club in 2011. A significant fact in Alexander’s career as a member of the elite club is that in 1995 he became the first master of this TV game!

Druz was also featured in the sports version of “What? Where? When?”, taking first place with the Troyard team at the 1st World Championship in 2002.

Being the captain of the same team, he Won the Governor's Cup of St. Petersburg 9 times in a row. On at the moment he is one of 11 players who have taken part in all official world championships in the sports world championship.

Special attention should be paid to Alexander’s participation in another intellectual game, popular all over the world - brain ring.

At first he participated in its television version, namely in the 1991-1994 seasons.

Then there was big break, But in 2009, Druz returned to this game again.

It was then that he performed for the first time as an invited member of the Nikita Mobile TeTe team at the national championship of Uzbekistan.

Druz also has a performance for the British national team in the Nations Cup “What? Where? When?".

But that's not all. Like many players of the intellectual club Alexander tried himself in the TV show “Own Game”. Here he became a champion several times, and also set one of the main records, managing to earn 120,001 rubles in one game.

Besides everything else, this mastodon “What? Where? When?" He is the author of various television shows and he himself is an interesting host of the “Hour of Truth” program.

This project is aired on the 365 Days TV channel and tells the viewer about interesting facts of world history.

In parallel with this, he is the head of programs on the STO-TV channel.

Alexander’s biography also includes a page dedicated to his own business.

For example, in 2007 he opened the company Stroy-Azhio, then in 2011 - Trans-Agio.

True, just a year after registering the second company, Druz decides to sell them - time for development own business the intellectual had none at all.

The famous connoisseur makes no secret about his personal life.

He has been married since 1978, his wife’s name is Elena. Moreover, Druz met his future wife in first grade!

True, the romance began only at 10, but in any case, they have known each other for a very, very long time.

The couple had two daughters - Inna and Marina. Interesting fact- both girls are also experts in “What? Where? When?" and even received a Crystal Owl.

Photo by Alexander

You can find photographs of Alexander Druz from various events.

Alexander Abramovich Friends. Born on May 10, 1955 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Soviet and Russian engineer, player of intellectual games. Master of the club “What? Where? When?”, winner of the “Diamond Owl” prize, six-time winner of the “Crystal Owl” prize, three-time world champion in the sports version of the ChGK. TV presenter.

Alexander Druz was born on May 10, 1955 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) into an intelligent Jewish family.

In 1972 he graduated from Leningrad Secondary School No. 47 named after. K.D. Ushinsky. According to him, he fell just short of the silver medal.

It’s interesting that, despite my intelligence, I couldn’t get into college the first time.

Then he went to the Leningrad Industrial Pedagogical College of VET, from which he graduated in 1975 with a degree in electrical technician, master of industrial training.

After which he became a student at the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers named after. Academician V.N. Obraztsov with a degree in systems engineering, graduating in 1980.

Served in the army. He worked on construction sites as an engineer.

Since 1975, the program “What? Where? When?". Druz first appeared in it in 1981. He recalled: “In 1980, I watched several programs and decided that I was capable of showing good results in this game. It was at that time that the film crew invited viewers to apply to participate in the television club. I graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, wrote a diploma, was free time. And I wanted to try myself. Besides, it was interesting how TV shows are made. Wrote a letter. The answer came a few months later, when I had already forgotten about it. I passed the selection... And although later I was already “harnessed” to the work of a software engineer, I began to travel to Moscow and play. I still can’t stop. Does this mean that I am a gambling person? Apparently yes!"

Since then he has performed almost without breaks, which is a game record.

In 1982, he became the first expert to be disqualified for giving tips to players.

Champion of the television game "Brain Ring" in 1990, 1991, 1994, 2010.

In the TV game “Own Game” he won “Line Games” (1995), “Super Cup” (2003), was the captain of the team that won the III “Challenge Cup” (2002), established absolute record performance for one game - 120,001 rubles (breaking his own record that he had previously set). Alexander Druz is in 2nd place in terms of total winnings of all times (855,634 rubles). Has the highest percentage of games won from the number of games played (of players who played 10 or more games) - 82.86% (29 games won out of 35 games played).

In the final game of the 1995 winter series, Alexander Druz was awarded the honorary title of Master of the game “What? Where? When?”, awarded “Bolshoi” crystal owl"and the Order of the Diamond Star, as the best player in all 20 years of the existence of the elite club; later the title of Master was also received by Maxim Potashev, Viktor Sidnev and Andrei Kozlov.

In 2009, as a foreign player, he competed for the Nikita Mobile TeTe team at the Uzbekistan championships in “Brain Ring” (1st place) and in “What? Where? When?" (2nd place), then at the I Open Cup of Tashkent (1st place in “What? Where? When?” and “Brain Ring”, as well as in the overall standings - 2nd place in erudite quartet) and at Znatokiade 2009 in Eilat (including 2nd place at the Olympic tournament in “What? Where? When?”). In the same year he played for the British national team at the Nations Cup in the game “What? Where? When?" in Kirov.

In 2010, he also played several times for the Nikita Mobile TeTe team, which won the VII Championship of Uzbekistan, and then the VIII World Championship in Eilat (Israel). In 2011 and 2012, this team won the national championship without the Master, but at the IX and X World Championships of those years he joined the NMTT team. In Odessa (2011) together with the team he became silver medalist, and in Saransk (2012) - gold (becoming the only three-time world champion in the game “What? Where? When?”).

Alexander Druz stated that he would stop playing “What? Where? When?" after playing his 100th game at the TV club. However, he later clarified that it was a joke.

He is the head of the gaming programs department on the STO TV channel in his hometown of St. Petersburg.

In 2017, Alexander Druz acted in films for the first time - he played an episode in the third season of the series “Mommies”, aired on the STS TV channel.

Scandal with Ilya Ber

In response, Alexander Druz made counter-accusations - allegedly it was Ber who offered him a deal with questions for money. “The voice on Ber’s recordings is really mine and I’m not going to hide it, but Ilya Ber told the story exactly the opposite. It was he who offered me a deal with questions for the money that I would pay him from the winnings,” said Druz.

Channel One canceled the outcome of the game “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” with the participation of Alexander Druz (released in November 2018) and ordered a trial.

In September 2019, it was reported that . “Alexander Druz will be present at the games, but will not participate in them this season. We hope to see him at the gaming table next season,” the television company noted.

Social and political activities of Alexander Druz

Since 1991, Alexander Druz has been teaching schoolchildren. He worked in the 171st French gymnasium, in the physics and mathematics lyceum No. 239, in the gymnasium No. 330. He repeatedly organized school tournaments for the ChGK of city and international significance. According to him, for intellectual games, first of all, intelligence is important and only secondarily erudition. "Intelligence, of course. In principle, the set of knowledge necessary for the game is given in high school. Therefore, in a month, by training people who did well at school, I can form a team that will win various tournaments,” he said.

For services in the field of education he was awarded the medal “In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.”

In December 1998, he ran for deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg of the 4th convocation, but unsuccessfully.

On April 5, 2008, Alexander Druz became one of the Russian participants in the Olympic torch relay, along with members of the government, sports stars and artists.

During the 2012 presidential elections, Druz was a confidant of Mikhail Prokhorov.

Alexander Druz in the program “Alone with Everyone”

Alexander Druz's height: 178 centimeters.

Personal life of Alexander Druz:

Married. My wife's name is Elena, she is a doctor. He has known his wife since first grade. Serious relationship between them began in ninth grade. He said: “We studied together in the 1st and 2nd grades and were friends, as much as a boy and a girl can be friends. Then Lena moved to another school, but we still talked for a while. Then came the age when girls become uninteresting to boys And a few years later, in the 9th grade, I suddenly decided to congratulate all the girls in my class on March 8th. notebook. I also called Lena. Besides, it was interesting to see how the person who was once your friend has changed. We've been dating ever since..."

They got married in 1978.

The couple has two daughters: Inna (born 1979) and Marina (born 1982).

Both daughters studied at the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239, where Alexander Druz still coaches youth teams of experts, and also conducts games “What? Where? When?" in a modified format for the entire school. Inna teaches at the University of Economics and Finance. Marina attended graduate school at the University of Lugano in Switzerland.

Inna and Marina also play “What? Where? When?”, were awarded “Crystal Owls”.

And only the master's wife intellectual games does not take part - she is proud of her husband and daughters, while Elena noted with irony that at least one normal person should remain at home.

Alexander Druz has four granddaughters: Alisa (born 2008), Alina (born 2011), Ensley (born 2014), Roni (born 2016).

Alexander Druz with his wife and daughters

Daughters of Alexander Druz Inna and Marina

Alexander Druz collects anecdotes and jokes about himself and retells them with pleasure.

Filmography of Alexander Druz:

2017 - Mommies - episode

Awards and prizes of Alexander Druz:

1990 - Crystal Owl
1992 - Crystal Owl
1995 - Crystal Owl
1995 - honorary title of Master of the game “What? Where? When?"
1995 - Order of the Diamond Star
2000 - Crystal Owl
2002 - World champion in the sports version “What? Where? When?"
2006 - Crystal Owl
2010 - World champion in the sports version “What? Where? When?"
2011 - Diamond Owl
2012 - Crystal Owl
2012 - World champion in the sports version “What? Where? When?"

Alexander Abramovich Druz was born in 1955 in Leningrad into a decent Jewish family. Alexander had a lot of books at home, and he read everything that was lying around. However, this did not stop young Sasha from kicking a ball around the yard, running off to swim in ponds and catching cockchafers. Ordinary childhood an ordinary Soviet child.

Education

Sasha studied well at school, but was not an excellent student, and for the time being no one knew about his outstanding mental abilities.

After school, Alexander entered a technical school, and only after graduating from it did he go to college. It was here that the future television star showed his abilities with all his might, graduating from higher education educational institution with honors. Alexander received the specialty “engineer”, and for some time he worked in accordance with his chosen direction. But soon life gave Druz a surprise.

TV

Since childhood, Alexander loved the game “What? Where? When?" and always answered questions correctly while sitting at home in front of the TV. One day Druz decided to apply to join the ranks of experts, and the application was approved. First, of course, Alexander answered a lot of tricky questions.

The friend turned out to be such a charismatic player that TV viewers immediately fell in love with him. The same cannot be said about the leadership. He was somewhat expelled from the club “What? Where? When?”, but they always returned it back. It was boring to play without him. And it's dangerous with him. He was often self-willed, broke the rules, said what he thought, even if it went against the opinion of the presenter.

Personal life

Druz met his wife while still in first grade. Elena was a mischievous and brave girl, and young Druz could not resist her charm. It’s a pity, life soon separated the young people to different schools.

But Druz knew how to look after girls and get his way. In high school, Alexander and Elena met again so as not to be separated.

In 1978, the young people got married, and soon they had two daughters - Inna and Marina. The girls were reminiscent of their mother in their cheerful disposition and cheerfulness, but they inherited their intelligence and thirst for knowledge from their father.

It should be noted that Alexander was very scrupulous in his approach to raising girls, trying to develop in them best qualities. As a result, both of Druz’s daughters also participated in “What? Where? When?" and became owners of crystal owls.

Friend and cat

The Friends family consists of one more important member. This is a huge cat, Sean, nicknamed Master. The nickname was not given by chance. Ten years ago, the cat was accepted into the master's program “What? Where? When?" with the right of advisory vote at meetings. But, unfortunately, the furry master never took advantage of this right.