Simonyan Margarita Simonovna: biography, personal life and interesting facts

Russian journalist Simonyan Margarita Simonovna since 2013 is the editor-in-chief of the TV channel "Rasha Tudey" ("Russia Today"). When she took office, she was only 25 years old. This appointment was the most discussed topic at that time, many were perplexed as to why this twenty-five-year-old Armenian girl was entrusted with such a responsible post. What distinguished Simonyan Margarita Simonovna? Kompromat on her person, however, was not found. And the passions subsided. Further in the article we will tell about the life path of this amazing woman who was able to make such a successful career.

Simonyan Margarita Simonovna: biography, parents

The future journalist was born in early April 1980, in the southern city of Krasnodar. Marguerite has Alice's sister. After she took the post of general director of the RT TV channel in 2013, many began to wonder who the Simonyan parents are. Margarita Simonovna and her sister lived in very cramped conditions since childhood. Their father was a master in repairing refrigerators, and my mother was a flower girl and from morning till night she was selling flowers on the market. The money earned by parents was enough only for food. Their house was very old and was located on one of the outskirts of Krasnodar, named after the great Russian writer NV Gogol. The house was riddled with rats, there were no simple domestic conditions: gas, sewerage and running water. Today, one does not even believe that the USSR could have such terrible conditions of existence. In this horror, the girls had to live about 10 years, after the family received an apartment. It was life on the "bottom" that prompted Margarita an irresistible desire to break out of poverty and take place in life.

Achievements in studies

Despite the fact that Margarita's parents did not give much attention to the development of intellectual and creative abilities of children, the girls were clever and rather diligent. Little Ritochka was one of the first in the kindergarten group to learn to read. The teacher ordered her to read to her classmates before a dream. Later Simonyan Margarita Simonovna was admitted to the first class of specialized school number 36 in the city of Krasnodar. They studied in-depth study of foreign languages. It turned out that the girl has a great ability for English. She studied for one "five", and she was sent to the Olympics. When the girl was 16 years old, and she was in the 9th grade, she had an excellent opportunity to raise her level of English knowledge to the proper level. She was sent to study in the USA, in the state of New Hampshire, as part of the program for the exchange of schoolchildren. She settled in a very friendly and warm family, went to an American school, communicated with peers and comprehended the features of life in a mysterious America. With this family she still has beautiful, you can say "family" relationship. Margarita was even thinking of staying behind the ocean, but soon realized that she had the best life in her native country.

Higher education

After graduation, by the way, with the medal of distinction, Simon'yan Margarita Simonovna, whose biography - the topic of this article, entered the journalism faculty of the Kuban State University, along with that she studied at the V.Pozner's School of Television Excellence, and also wrote poetry. It so happened that a collection of poems by an 18-year-old Armenian interested the press, and a film crew came to her home to make a report about her. It was during this interview that she mentioned that she dreams of becoming a journalist. And then she was invited to work on Krasnodar TV.

First steps in the media

In December 1999, she went to Chechnya, to cover the fighting. At the same time, Margarita decided to spare her parents and only told them that she was going on another business trip. Simultaneously, Margarita began to shoot stories for federal channels. Her fearlessness and professionalism were highly appreciated by the government, and Simoryan Margarita Simonovna was awarded many federal awards. A year later she was appointed the leading editor of the information portal TRK "Krasnodar", and in 2000 - the editor-in-chief on the same channel. Later, she moved to the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Channel in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Further, Margarita decides to continue her "military" career and goes to Abkhazia, writes reports about the clashes in the Kodori Gorge.

To Moscow

In 2002 Simonyan Margarita Simonovna finally receives an invitation from the directorate of the TV program "Vesti" to work as a correspondent, naturally, having moved to Moscow. Of course, she accepted the invitation, and soon she was already part of the presidential pool. In September 2004, a terrible tragedy occurred in North Ossetia, in Beslan. At that time, Margarita was in Minvody. She received an assignment from the editorial office of the channel and went to the scene of the tragedy. All the while the hostages were in the hands of terrorists, she stood at the school and every half hour went on the air. Sometimes her voice broke out because of her crying sobs. After that, she could not regain consciousness for a long time.

The first responsible post

In 2005, the Russia Today TV channel was created in Moscow. He was broadcasting in English and was called upon to express an official Russian position on the various political situations in the world. In the professional sphere, many were surprised that Margarita Simonyan was appointed chief editor of the channel. Nevertheless, RIA Novosti gave arguments regarding this appointment. According to them, the head of the service had to be so young that he did not remember what news was on Soviet television. It must have a new way of thinking, a modern view of everything. In addition, she was fluent in English and could objectively assess the flow of information. Later, Margarita also directed the Arabic-language and Spanish-language versions of the television channel.

Career

In 2011, Margarita decided to create her own news project "What is happening" on the REN TV channel and act as its leader. The broadcast was published weekly, on which MS Simonyan discussed the most important events of the last days, which federal channels avoided talking about . Direct participants in these events were invited to the program. Two years later, a new political show appeared on NTV, which was hosted by Margarita Simonyan and Tina Kandelaki, an Armenian and a Georgian. The program was called "Iron Ladies". However, due to some reasons the show was closed.

Creation

Since childhood, Margarita dreamed of becoming a writer. She wrote poetry, and already at the age of 18 she published a collection of poems written by her. The next her book was published in 2010 and was called "To Moscow". This is a novel about the generation of the nineties, about the difficulties, the hard lives of people whose lives coincided with the collapse of the USSR, the unfulfilled dreams of the youth, which in a moment lost its present and future. A year after the release of the novel, Margarita received a prize for the best book written by a journalist. Her next work was the story "The Train". Excerpts from it she published in the magazine "Russian Pioneer", for this magazine she also writes culinary articles.

Margarita Simonyan: biography, personal life

The journalist does not like to talk about herself. In 2012, in one of the interviews, she said that for 6 years now she and journalist Andrei Blagodyrenko have been living in a civil marriage, as for the consolidation of official relations and the wedding, she is not ready for this at all. In the same year, Margarita went to Sochi, where the family restaurant Simonyan was built "Hot!". It was there that she approached her compatriot, the famous director. Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan spent more and more time with each other in the company. And everyone already perceived them as a couple, despite the fact that Tigran continued to be married to actress Alena Khmelnitskaya. A year later, in the summer of 2013, Margarita gave birth to her daughter Maryana. The following year, she and Tigran had a son, who was named the Armenian name Bagrat. Today, Simonyan Margarita Simonovna and Keosayan Tigran are a family, although they are not legally married. They have two beautiful children.

Awards and titles

In 2000, Margarita was in the arena of military operations in Chechnya and was reporting in a bronze jacket. For her dedication to the profession, for courage and professionalism, she received a state award.

In the same year, Margarita was recognized as the winner of the II All-Russian competition of regional television and radio companies. Her TV report about the children of Chechnya was recognized as the best. Still all in the same 2000, she received a presidential scholarship.

In 2010, in Moscow, the President of the Republic of Armenia presented the famous journalist with the "Movses Khorenatsi" medal, the highest governmental award of the Republic of Armenia.

She still has several state awards from the Russian Federation: "For Services to the Fatherland of the Fourth Degree" (2014), two "Order of Friendship" (2007 and 2008), etc.

In 2012, the name of Margarita Simonyan was added to the list of 100 most naive women of the Russian Federation, where she took 33rd place. She is a member of the public council under the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, and from 2013, appointed by D. Kiselev , took up the post of editor-in-chief of MIA "Russia"

Compromising materials and sanctions

After the well-known events in Ukraine, Margarita Simonyan was put on the list of 49 journalists and media leaders who are prohibited from entering the territory of the republic.