Seva Novgorodsev

Seva Novgorodsev
Seva Novgorodsev in the BBC World Service studios in 2006
Born	July 9, 1940 (1940-07-09) (age 71) Leningrad
Occupation	Radio presenter
Website
seva.ru

Seva Novgorodsev MBE^[1] (Russian: Се́ва Новгоро́дцев, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Vsevolod Borisovich Levenstein (Всеволод Борисович Левенштейн), born on 9 July 1940) is a radio presenter on the BBC Russian Service, and is famous through the former Soviet Union.

He created the music programme «Рок-посевы» ("Rock sowing" or "Rock crops", in Russian containing a pun with the name Seva) and the chat shows «Севаоборот» (Sevaoborot, a pun with the Russian word sevooborot, "crop rotation") and «БибиСева» (BBSeva). He has also written the books «Рок-Посевы» (Rock the Seva way) and «Секс, наркотики, рок-н-ролл» (Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll).

He was Russia's first radio deejay, and he has also features in a number of films. Since 1981 he married actress Karen Craig, with whom he co-wrote a Russian cookbook for Sainsbury's in 1990,^[2] but they later divorced. He is now married to Olga, who is a designer.

External links

• IMDB
• Seva's page on the BBC Russian Service website
• BBC Russian Service online
• Seva's personal site

References

1. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20060503172631/http://www.number10.gov.uk/files/pdf/QueensListdfjh784575hekjfffffff4435.pdf
2. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0859416216

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Name	Novgorodsev, Seva
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Date of birth	9 July 1940
Place of birth	Leningrad
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