Elena Abdulaevna Hanga is known throughout the post-Soviet space for the television projects "About It" and "Domino Principle", where she, as a TV presenter, was remembered for all her bold discussions on sensitive topics. In addition, she became the first Soviet journalist to be accepted on an exchange program at the reputable Christian Science Monitor in Boston.
It is interesting that Elena Hanga herself cannot unequivocally indicate her nationality. Her genealogical roots are so intricately intertwined that it is easier to recognize a woman as "Russian" than a representative of any other nation. A native of Zanzib (father), who served as prime minister of the republic for only four months and subsequently died in prison when Elena was only two years old, Lee Young, an African American who now lives in Los Angeles, replaced him.
Elena's mother - Lia Oliverovna Golden - is a native of Tashkent, whose father was African American and her mother was Jewish with Polish ancestry. The Golden family arrived in the USSR in 1931 after emigrating from the United States. It is noteworthy that Leah Golden, being a scientist in the field of history and a professor at the University of Chicago, was a friend of Svetlana Alliluyeva, and during her studies at Moscow State University she lived side by side in a hostel with the Gorbachev couple.
And the mother and grandmother on the maternal side were engaged in the upbringing of the future journalist, which is why Elena is fluent in English. This allowed her to perfectly graduate from high school with in-depth study of foreign languages and easily enter the journalism department at Moscow State University.
Biography and career of Elena Abdulaevna Hang
On May 1, 1962, a future celebrity was born in the capital of our Motherland. After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Elena Hanga entered Moscow State University. After graduating from a prestigious domestic university, she successfully completed an internship in the United States. And after that she was educated as a psychotherapist in the metropolis on the Hudson.
The professional career of an aspiring journalist began with Moskovskiye Novosti. And then there was an internship in a major newspaper in Boston for three months and work at the Rockefeller Foundation. During her working visits to many countries of the world, Elena decided to write a book “The History of a Black Russian-American Family. 1865-1992 , published in 1992.
And in 2001, the second book "About everything and about it" was published, which the popular TV presenter dedicated to her family and the sensational program "About it". It is interesting that for many years Elena Hanga has been actively participating in the work of the Russian Jewish Congress.
The creative career of a journalist began in the "eighties", when she was a member of the KVN team in the "World Team". And already in 1989, she began cooperation with Listyev, Lyubimov and Zakharov ("the trinity of cheerful musketeers"), making her debut with a cameo role in "Look". And then came work on NTV as a sports correspondent (1993) and television projects, where the country was able to see a talented journalist as a creative TV presenter.
Elena Hang made her cinematic debut as a film actress back in 1970 with a child's role in the film Black Sun. Subsequently, the filmography of the actress was replenished with nine films.
Personal life of a journalist
In the piggy bank of the personal life of a famous TV presenter, today there is a single marriage with Igor Mintusov (political scientist), which was officially registered in 2001. In this happy and strong union, the daughter Elizabeth-Anna (2001) was born, who today has already become a titled tennis player.
