Matvey Yuryevich Ganapolsky (born Margolis; , ; born 14 December 1953) is a Russian and Ukrainian journalist who has contributed for Pryamiy kanal,

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, ''

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'', and other media. He is also a member of the

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Biography

Ganapolsky was born in Lviv in 1953. His mother Dina Levina was one of the last surviving eyewitnesses of the

Babi Yar Babi Yar () or Babyn Yar () is a ravine in the Ukraine, Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during Eastern Front (World War II), its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The first and ...

tragedy. Ganapolsky spent his childhood in Lviv, later leaving for

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

and then for Moscow where he graduated from the

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) () is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Mu ...

. From 1981 to 1986, he lived in Kyiv picking up a job at the local Variety Theatre. In 1990, he started working for the radio station

where he launched the ''Bomond'' programme. In 2016, he obtained Ukrainian citizenship. As of 2020, Ganapolsky hosted a talk show named ''Ekho Ukrayiny'' on Pryamiy kanal and, until the radio station's closure in March 2022, several radio programmes on Echo of Moscow.

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1953 births Living people Ukrainian journalists People listed in Russia as foreign agents Echo of Moscow radio presenters Russian emigrants to Ukraine {{Ukraine-journalist-stub