Fedor Nikitich Dvinyatin is a long-term participant in the television game “What? Where? When?”, Which has received recognition from viewers and fans of the show due to its erudition and comprehensive development. First participated in the project more than 25 years ago. In addition, he is the author and host of cultural studies programs that attract listeners with their fascination.
Biography
Fedor Nikitich Dvinyatin was born on October 28, 1968 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). His parents worked as engineers: his father was a radio engineer, and his mother was a metallurgist. It is known that in their family there were peasants, a regimental priest and a merchant who held a rather high position in society.
After leaving school, when he was 18 years old, Fedor entered the Leningrad State University at the Faculty of Philology. After 5 years he graduated from it, having received the specialty "philologist-Russian scholar". In the same educational institution, he entered the graduate school of the Russian language department. After another 5 years, he wrote and defended a candidate’s dissertation on the topic “Linguistic and Poetic Analysis of Solemn Words by St. Cyril of Turovsky”. Already in 1992 he began to work as a teacher.
Scientific activity
Fedor Dvinyatin has an associate professor’s degree at the Russian Language Department of St. Petersburg State University, and works at a Canadian college. In addition, he is an employee of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Languages and Literature in St. Petersburg. He conducts courses aimed at knowledge of the Russian language and literature. Also Fedor Nikitich Dvinyatin He is a specialist in the field of Russian literature of different centuries, paleo-linguistics, general poetics, history and methodology of the field of philology.
Over the entire period of his scientific activity, he has written more than 20 works on the topic of cultural studies and linguo-poetic analysis of works by Russian authors. Some of them are presented below:
- “From notes on the poetics of Anna Akhmatova.”
- "N. Nabokov and the futuristic tradition: notes on the topic. "
- "Three studies on the poetics of the name."
Participation in an intellectual game
He is one of the most titled connoisseurs of the game “What? Where? When?”, He is the only four-time owner of Crystal Owl. It was during the period when Fedor Dvinyatin began to play, the composition of the team and the general rules of the game have undergone changes and reformation several times. He first took part in the game "What? Where? When?" in 1990 under the leadership of Irina Gandelyan. He has 47 games and 33 victories, only Alexander Abramovich Druz has a greater ratio (he has been constantly participating in games since 1981).
Dvinyatin was the first world champion in the sports project "What? Where? When?", Which took place in 2002. He played as part of the Troyand team. He is the owner of the "red jacket of immortality" and has the title of best player in 2000. Engaged in gaming for 15 years, starting in 1990.
Merits and achievements of the expert
In addition to the high achievements in scientific and gaming activities, Fyodor Dvinyatin is a leading cultural program, including the “Horizon” on the “Radio of Russia”. Due to its popularity and universal recognition, the KVN team of the same name was named after him, which in 2009 reached the final and took third place among the winners of the Premier League of the Club. To some extent, due to the fact that the audience was very fond of St. Petersburg expert and scholar Fedor Dvinyatin, "What? Where? When?" has become a favorite television game of many viewers around the world.
What, besides titles, has he become famous?
In many ways, Fyodor Dvinyatin gained popularity after becoming the first player who dared to enter into a discussion with Boris Kryuk, who at that time was the host of the game “What? Where? When?”, And was able to get out of it as a winner. In one of the summer issues of 2006, experts received a question in which they were asked to guess the contents of a black box, and on the table there was a container with millet, meat and a wheel from a bicycle.
The host, as well as the viewer who sent the question, believed that in the Russian language there are no more words with the ending "-so", so the box was empty. However, Fedor Nikitich Dvinyatin, whose family was always proud and admired by him, suggested that in the box there are devices for playing cerso. The presenter was sure of the foreign origin of the word, but the team of experts proved the ability to find this word in Russian-language dictionaries. The score was counted to the players.
It is also little known that Fedor Dvinyatin, "What? Where? When?" at which it gained maximum popularity, during the period of university studies was a student rock group. He also knows from memory the condition and history of the main brands of Crimean wine and the variety of grape varieties. In addition, the player became one of those who protested against the "monetization" of the television "ChGK" under Vladimir Voroshilov.
Today's activity
Fedor Nikitich Dvinyatin is a person who for the audience will forever remain a favorite player and an erudite connoisseur of the television game. He tries to avoid media attention. He completed his playing activity, devoting himself to his beloved business: he began to conduct several informative and fascinating headings, which are aimed at educating students about novelties and achievements in the field of literature and writing.
Fedor Nikitich Dvinyatin, whose parents did not even realize that the son of ordinary Soviet engineers would become almost the most titled connoisseur of the project “What? Where? When?”, Loves his family very much. At the moment he lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Jamilya Ruzmatovna Dvinyatina (Sadullaeva), who works, like him, on Radio Russia.