Tatyana Komarova
Tatyana Komarova | |
|---|---|
Татьяна Комарова | |
| Born | Tatyana Markovna Komarova 19 January 1952 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 7 December 2010 (aged 58) Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | MSU Faculty of Journalism |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1975–2010 |
| Children | 1 |
Tatyana Markovna Komarova (Russian: Татьяна Марковна Комарова; 19 January 1952 – 7 December 2010) was a Soviet and Russian journalist. She began her career at the Central Television of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company as an low-level editor of the letters department before working for the Vremya news bulletin from 1975, firstly as a science correspondent, commentator, columnist, and finally presenter. Komarova later worked at Ostankino, TV Centre and Russia-1.
Early life
Komarova was born in Moscow on 19 January 1952.[1] Her mother, Elena Izmailovskaya, was in a newscasting group, while her father, Mark Efremovich Albats, was a specialist in submarine missile guidance systems and a radio engineer.[2][3] Komarova's sister, Yevgenia Albats, is also a journalist.[2] Her grandmother was an actress at the Vakhtangov Theatre.[4] She was a 1974 graduate of the MSU Faculty of Journalism with a journalism degree.[5]
Career
Between 1974 and 1975, Komarova worked at the Central Television of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company as an low-level editor of the letters department.[2][4] She had been a presenter of the All Union First Programme programme Rovesniki, where teenagers and young adults talked about the issues of their peers.[4] Komarova began working for the Vremya news bulletin in 1975.[3] She was firstly a science correspondent, commentator, columnist, and finally presenter,[6] taking up the latter job following the 1991 Soviet coup attempt that August.[4] Komarova frequently travelled to foreign nations, reporting on the charitable work of Raisa Gorbacheva. She was a news reader from 1991 to 1995.[4]
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Komarova worked at Ostankino, where she wrote and hosted the ORT news programme Wait for an Answer.[5][7] She left ORT in 1995,[8] and joined the Moscow Television Channel as a columnist in June 1996.[1][6] Komarova was the presenter of the weekly news programmes Good Evening, Moscow and Minister for a Day.[4] She presented the weekly talk shows Together from 1996 to 1997, the woman's talk show 12 Determined Women between October 1997 and 1999 and Okhotny Ryad from September 1998.[1][4][6] In 1997, Komarova was appointed chief producer of the Social and Economic Programs Service of TV Centre.[5]
From 18 April 1999, she presented the TV Centre programme VDNKh - a new version on Sundays,[6] and authored and presented Archive Secrets on Russia-1 from the end of 2000.[9] Komarova was the author of numerous Channel One documentaries.[6] She was vice-rector for research and creative work at the GITR Film and Television School.[8][9]
Personal life
Komarova was married to a businessman.[6] She had a daughter.[1] Komarova died of acute renal failure in Moscow on 7 December 2010.[7][8] Her funeral was held on 9 December,[8] and she was buried at Pyatnitskoye Cemetery.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Комарова Татьяна Марковна – биография" [Tatyana Markovna Komarova – biography]. The Great Russian Biographical Encyclopedia (in Russian). 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "КОМАРОВА Татьяна Марковна (1952-2010) бывший автор и ведущая программы "Архивные тайны" (РТР)" [Komarova Tatyana Markovna (1952-2010) former author and host of the program "Archive Secrets" (RTR)]. Labyrinth (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Скончалась телеведущая Татьяна Альбац" [TV presenter Tatyana Albats has died] (in Russian). Radio Rossii. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c d e f g Romantsova, Olga (7 December 2010). "Умерла любимая журналистка Раисы Горбачевой" [Raisa Gorbacheva's favorite journalist has died]. Gaseta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "Скончалась Татьяна Комарова, бывшая ведущая программы «Время»" [Tatyana Komarova, former host of the program "Vremya," has died]. Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). 7 December 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Татьяна Марковна Комарова. Биографическая справка" [Tatyana Markovna Komarova. Biographical Information] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b Davidenko, Irina (7 December 2010). "Скончалась Татьяна Комарова" [Tatyana Komarova has passed away] (in Russian). Vokrug TV. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d Romanova, Natalia (7 December 2010). "Телеведущая Татьяна Комарова умерла в Москве на 59-м году жизни" [TV presenter Tatyana Komarova died in Moscow at the age of 59] (in Russian). InterNovosti.ru. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ a b c Putieva, Serafima (4 October 2025). "Децл, декабристы и звезда фильма «Любовь и голуби»: разглядываем могилы Пятницкого кладбища" [Decl, the Decembrists, and the star of the film "Love and Doves": a look at the graves of Pyatnitskoye Cemetery] (in Russian). MSK1.ru. Retrieved 2 November 2025.