Svetlana_Sorokina Knowpia

Svetlana Sorokina
Svetlana Sorokina
Born	15 January 1957 (age 67); Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR, USSR

Svetlana Innokentyevna Sorokina (Russian: Светла́на Инноке́нтьевна Соро́кина; née Sarykova; born 15 January 1957, Pushkin) is a Russian journalist, member of the Russian Television Academy [ru], teacher at the Higher School of Economics, and a former member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (2009–2011).

Career edit

Sorokina was born on 15 January 1957.

In 1987, she was included in the staff of the Leningrad television in 1988–1990 leading the program 600 seconds.^[1]^[2]

She worked at the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company,^[3] NTV, TV-6, Channel One Russia^[4] and other.

From September 2005 onward—along with Yuri Kobaladze [ru] from September 2006—co-hosts a weekly radio show In a circle of light [ru] on the Echo of Moscow station.^[5]

From April to December 2015 hosted a talk show Sorokina on the Dozhd channel.

Personal life edit

Single. Kept her husband's surname from the first marriage—her maiden name is Sarykova. Her second husband was a television operator Vladimir Grechishkin.^[6]
In July 2003, she became the foster mother of daughter Tonya.^[7]

Awards edit

Awarded the Order "For Personal Courage" (1993)^[8]
A three-time winner of TEFI (1996, 2000, 2005)

References edit

^ Первый раз в Первый. Класс!
^ Положительные герои России
^ Кому отражать эпоху
^ Слабое звено предвыборного года
^ Borodina, Arina (September 15, 2006). "Светлану Сорокину и Алексея Венедиктова вывели из круга" [Svetlana Sorokina and Alexei Venediktov were taken out of the circle] (in Russian). Retrieved July 18, 2021.
^ Звезды, которые воспитывают приемных детей
^ Светлана Сорокина решила усыновить ребенка
^ "Светлана Сорокина – Персоны – Эхо Москвы". Echo of Moscow (in Russian). Retrieved July 18, 2021.