Dmitriy Petrov
Russian translator, interpreter and television presenter

Dmitriy Petrov

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Russian translator, interpreter and television presenter
A.K.A.
Dmitry Yuryevich Petrov
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16 July 1958(Novomoskovsk, Russia)
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Moscow State Linguistic University
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Dmitry Petrov

Dmitry Yuryevich Petrov (Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Петров; born 16 July 1958 in Novomoskovsk, Tula Region) is a self-proclaimed Russian polyglot, simultaneous translator, lecturer, broadcaster, teacher. He is a host of a reality show "Polyglot" on TV channel "Russia-K".

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Dmitry Petrov got into Moscow State Linguistic University in 1975. According to some sources Dmitry Petrov worked with Soviet and Russian presidents. He was an interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin.

In 2014 Dmitry Petrov won a prestigious TEFI award for his reality show "Polyglot".

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  • Петров Д. Ю., Борейко В. Н. (2010). Магия слова. Диалог о языке и языках. М.: ПрозаиК. p. 208. ISBN 978-5-91631-105-1.