And this is all Russia: more about the "Orthodox" Jewess Muska Zakharova. Maria Zakharova revealed her anti-Stalinism in full Name and patronymic of mother Maria Zakharova

A family

Maria Zakharova is married and has a minor daughter Maryana.

Zakharova's parents are Soviet diplomats. Father - Vladimir Yurievich Zakharov- orientalist. Currently working with the National research university"High School of Economics".

Biography

In 1998 she graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with a degree in Oriental Studies and Journalism. The practice took place at the Russian Embassy in Beijing.

In 2003, Zakharova defended PhD thesis in Russian University Friendship of Peoples on the topic "Transformation of understanding the symbolism of the celebration of the traditional New Year in modern China. Last quarter of the 20th century.

Since 1998 - an editorial staff member of the magazine "Diplomatic Bulletin" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, then in the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

From 2003 to 2005 - head of a section in the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

From 2005 to 2008 she worked as a press secretary permanent mission Russia at the UN in New York.

From 2008 to 2011 - head of the department in the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Maria Zakharova is one of the most quoted Russian diplomats. She is often compared to Jen Psaki(by the official representative of the US State Department until March 31, 2015).

August 10, 2015 by order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation Zakharova was appointed director of the Information and Press Department. Zakharova became the first woman in the history of the department to hold this position.

Speaks English and Chinese. He has a diplomatic rank - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the 2nd class.

Scandals, rumors

Maria Zakharova was criticized by Radio Liberty for her own journalistic style, which was called aggressive and compared with the publications of Soviet newspapers on international events.

On December 30, 2015, Zakharova almost disrupted the broadcast of the Special Opinion program on the Ekho Moskvy radio station. The guest of the program was a Polish journalist Vatslav Radzivinovich, which, according to the format, should give its own assessment of the main news of the day. During the discussion of the issue of depriving Radzivinovich of Russian accreditation, Maria Zakharova herself appeared in the studio, not declared as a participant in the program, but invited to air by the editor-in-chief.

In March 2016, a columnist for the Vedomosti newspaper Mikhail Overchenko drew attention to the diplomatic incident involving Maria Zakharova, who considered what was said by the representative of the State Department Mark Tonner the phrase put up or shut up (meaning to take an action to do what they are talking about, or stop talking about it) as a rude insult to the Russian Federation, urging him to order his colleagues to shut up.

According to Western media, Zakharova is a "sexy and smart blonde," whose appearance is "a subtle diplomatic provocation." This opinion was expressed by the German edition of Stern in an article dedicated to Zakharova.

The publication called the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry "a sexual beast."

According to Stern, Maria Zakharova demonstrated that it is possible to combine femininity and beauty with success and even toughness at the same time.

The attention of German journalists was attracted by the recent incident with correspondents of the Moscow office of Reuters. Maria Zakharova literally made a mockery of the journalists of the British agency in connection with the Reuters report that Russia would allegedly prepare the reform process in Syria.

It should be noted that Zakharova is also an active blogger., and regularly uploads his photographs to the Web, which are not always "diplomatic in nature".

However, the passion for trendy hats, expensive resorts and daily "bows" on Instagram has not yet affected professional activity Russian diplomat.

Maria Zakharova is a charming woman who attracts the attention of many people in the country, even those who are not interested in politics. She is for short term became very popular and famous. Sergei Lavrov appointed her as a personal assistant, whom he takes with him on trips to other countries. The woman then scrupulously and accurately describes everything that happened during the trip, allowing those who read the information to form their own opinion about the policy of the Russian Federation.

It was her first for the whole Russian history the woman was entrusted to become a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. She is respected not only in our country, but also in other states. Her speech is literally divided into quotations. A woman is distinguished by objectivity and simplicity, so she is appreciated by many politicians around the world.

Height, weight, age of Maria Zakharova

Maria Zakharova is distinguished by harshness and even some harshness of statements. But many people not only of the Russian Federation, but also foreign countries interested in all the information about her, including the height, weight, age of Maria Zakharova. During the speeches of this representative of the Foreign Ministry, men look at her appraisingly, marveling at the perfection of her forms and the luxury of her body. Women, on the other hand, look with envy at her figure, although she almost always appears in public in a diplomat's suit. But he emphasizes the perfection of the lines of the body.

On the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs you can find out that the year of birth of our heroine was 1975. Having made simple calculations in the mind, we can say that Maria Zakharova is 42 years old. The height of the diplomat is 170 centimeters and weighs 58 kilograms.

A woman has stubbornness and perseverance, which is important for moving forward. career ladder.
On the page on Instagram, Maria Zakharova: a photo in her youth and now posted recently. Many subscribers put a class under the pictures.

Biography of Maria Zakharova

Father - Vladimir Yuryevich Zakharov and mother - Irina Vladislavovna influenced their daughter. It was thanks to their attention that the girl became so purposeful, courageous and open.

Maria has been interested in politics since childhood. She watched the International Panorama with interest. The girl studied well at school, wrote poetry, studied Chinese and English language and who now knows perfectly. After graduating from an excellent school, Maria Zakharova entered MGIMO on the first attempt. The girl chooses journalism. After receiving a diploma, a young diplomat goes to practice in the East. She chose China's Beijing.

After working at the Chinese embassy, ​​the girl becomes an employee of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2003 the dissertation was written by the girl, which was soon brilliantly defended at RUDN University. She became a candidate historical sciences. At first, Maria Zakharova did not serve in responsible positions, she became an editor in a special magazine for diplomatic figures - Diplomatic Bulletin.

After a short period of time, a young diplomatic worker began to work on monitoring funds mass media. Fast promotion the career ladder was ensured due to the fact that Maria performed her duties well. After 2-3 years, a woman begins to serve in the representation of the Russian Federation to the United Nations as a press secretary. In 2008, Zakharova was transferred to the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, where she served for three years.

At the beginning of 2011, she began to serve in the Department in charge of information and press affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At this time she becomes public person, communicating with journalists of various newspaper and magazine publishing houses and television and radio services.

Sergei Lavrov, during his trips outside the country, took a woman with him as his personal assistant. She performed her tasks with great responsibility, and then she posted reports on the results of the trip on Instagram, Odnoklassniki and VKontakte.
It was thanks to Maria and her scrupulousness that the articles became emotional, and sometimes humorous. It was she who became the political person who helped defend the honor of Russia in various television show programs.

Since 2015, Zakharova began to represent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working as the official representative of this institution.
About how she came to the profession, Maria Zakharova herself, the Russian Foreign Ministry, reports. The biography (Wikipedia gives only the most limited information about the young diplomat) Zakharova is revealed to the audience in more detail.

Personal life of Maria Zakharova

The young woman does not talk about her personal life at all. For the broad masses of Russian residents, this is a mystery. All questions about this are ignored by her. She only replies: “No comment,” and smiles enigmatically.

The personal life of Maria Zakharova is not advertised in in social networks and blogs. No one has any idea when she began dating members of the opposite sex, whether she has a husband. This is hidden, since Maria works in an organization where frankness is not expected. Only recently it became known that Zakharova has an official husband who surrounds his wife with attention and care.

Family of Maria Zakharova

The family of Maria Zakharova was distinguished by education and intelligence. The father of our heroine was a diplomat, specialized in Chinese and other oriental languages. But in the 80s he was sent to work in the Chinese people's republic, where he moved with his family - his wife and daughter Masha. After returning to Russia, he worked at the Higher School of Economics and the School of Oriental Studies. The mother of a well-known representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation did not work anywhere in her youth, she took care of the hearth.

After returning from China, she began working at the Museum fine arts named after Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. During the years of her stay in China, she perfectly studied the culture, history and traditions of this eastern country. The couple recently released a book of Chinese folk tales, among the main images you can recognize their daughter and granddaughter.

Recently, Zakharova, in an interview, said that she received her determination thanks to her grandmother, but she did not name her last name, first name, or patronymic.

Children of Maria Zakharova

Are there any children of Maria Zakharova, until recently it was unknown. You cannot learn about them either from official sources or on the global web. Social networks also do not provide any information on this issue. It gave birth a large number of rumors. They said that Zakharova's children study at elite schools Abroad. But how many children, what age and what they like to do - was hidden. It was said that such secrecy is due to the fact that children can be kidnapped or killed.

Only in recent times it became known that our heroine has a little daughter, whom she loves incredibly. The girl is brought up by Maria's parents, who try to do everything for the girl.

Daughter of Maria Zakharova - Maryana

A few months ago it became known that Zakharova has a little daughter, who was named Maryana. But sometimes another name is mentioned - Marianna. On Wikipedia, you can read that the daughter of Maria Zakharova, Maryana, was born in mid-2010. The girl recently celebrated her 7th birthday.

Next year, Marianna - Maryana will go to one of the Moscow schools. But now she can speak Chinese and English. The girl is interested in the East, especially China, about which she likes to listen to fairy tales and stories.

Recently, information appeared on the World Wide Web that Maryana was bitten by a dog on vacation in Sochi. The bites were small, now the baby has fully recovered.

The husband of Maria Zakharova - Andrey Makarov

Until recently, it was impossible to find on the World Wide Web whether Maria Zakharova had a husband. There is no information on this issue on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

But in June 2017, Zakharova herself posted a joint photo of herself and young man. She captioned the picture: "Me and my beloved man." In early autumn, she posted another picture, which depicts wedding ceremony. So it became known that the husband of the young representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Andrei Makarov. But the wedding took place in 2005. The husband of Maria Zakharova - Andrey Makarov is engaged in business. He is successful in this area.

Photo by Maria Zakharova in Maxim magazine

The young woman is absolutely not shy, on social networks she often posts her candid shots. Men look at her photographs with interest, and girls are amazed at the beauty and sophistication of forms.

At the beginning of 2017, one could view a photo of Maria Zakharova in Maxim magazine. In some pictures, a young Foreign Ministry official poses naked. She impresses with her impeccable body lines, without the presence of any flaws.
Maria Zakharova also starred for Playboy magazine, a woman posted a photo in a swimsuit on her Instagram page.

Instagram and Wikipedia Maria Zakharova

The young diplomat has pages on many social networks. On the page on Instagram, you can see photos that illustrate information about where Zakharova went, how she goes in for sports, and keeps house.

But Instagram and Wikipedia of Maria Zakharova do not provide absolutely no information about the children and wife of the young diplomat. But you can find out how a young woman spends her free time. On pages on social networks, you can read Zakharova's poems and a fairy tale written by her parents. Posts to photos are written in a humorous way, which attracts the attention of many subscribers of the page.

"PP" Sometimes it seems that Zakharova's tousled hairstyle embodies (or rather "hairs") the position of the Foreign Ministry on a number of issues. And do not tell that the lady simply does not know how to take care of herself. can, when he wants. How to borrow beautiful poses from socialist realism.

"A few questions" to Maria Zakharova,
who decided to "condemn" the Generalissimo of Victory

March 04, 2015

The blogosphere is widely discussing the statements of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, made in the comments to one of the posts in facebook. ("PP" Direct link to the muzzle book) .

The speaker of the Foreign Ministry "walked" on the Generalissimo of Victory, Joseph Stalin, and, according to experts, with the indiscriminateness characteristic of "Trotsky's great-grandchildren, Khrushchev's grandchildren, Gorbachev's children."


“Honestly, I was not particularly surprised by the fact that yesterday evening, quite unexpectedly, I found on FB a comment by Ms. M. Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry (that is, the talking head of our foreign policy department), under her post dated February 29 this year, Where's she appeared in the true face of an old friend of the well-known Russophobes and liars - Venediktov and Kashin.

I have only a number of tiny questions for Madame Zakharova:

1) Could you, as a candidate of historical sciences, give specific references to documentary sources and serious scientific research, where it is proven for certain that Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin destroyed millions of his fellow citizens, and, mind you, innocent ones.

2) Could you, as a colleague historian, also tell us about how scientific literature, dedicated to history "Stalinist repressions"Have you managed to get acquainted lately and how do you feel about scientific research a number of major Russian historians, in particular, doctors of historical sciences Yu.N. Zhukov and V.N. Zemskov.

3) I remember when the fascist bastards Yatsenyuk and Schetyna, to the enthusiastic cries of all Russophobic Western and homegrown liberalism, on the eve of the 70th anniversary Great Victory again put Hitler and Stalin on the same level, accusing the leadership of the USSR and the Third Reich of equal responsibility in unleashing World War II, you threw thunder and lightning at these scoundrels. But now they have already surpassed them, declaring that Adolf Aloizovich is twice as good as Iosif Vissarionovich ... Sorry, but with what device did you determine the degree of brightness of burning in hell and how did you manage to visit there and return back?

4) In this case, could you tell us how much Vladimir Monomakh burns brighter than Khan Itlar, Alexander Nevsky - Khan Berke, Ivan the Terrible - Stephen Batory, and Peter I - Charles XII, "the expert notes.

Reference("PP" Seen from "Wikipedia" )

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova was born on December 24, 1975 in a family of diplomats. As a child, she lived with her parents in Beijing (PRC).
("PP" Here you have to intervene. We look. Atscreenshotbelow, you have to understand, Masha's dad is Zakharov Vladimir Yuryevich. Already a teacher at the Higher School of Economics ..

"PP". Now dad's servicelist:

1971-2004 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR / Russia
2004-2013 SCO Secretariat|
2014-2015 at HSE

Enviable stability! There is only one question: how could the daughter of such a seasoned diplomat not be able to adopt her father's skills and keep her mouth shut, and why is Trotskyism and liberalism so rode out of her?)

In 1998 she graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism of the Moscow State Institute international relations(University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia with a degree in Oriental Studies and Journalism. She did an internship at the Russian Embassy in Beijing.

Candidate of Historical Sciences. In 2003, she defended her dissertation at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia on the topic "Transformation of understanding the symbolism of the celebration of the traditional New Year in modern China. The last quarter of the 20th century." ("PP" What? What the hell is this, may I ask? An international journalist from MGIMO, who grew up and formed in China, has not found more hot topic for scientific research in 2000-2003? Was Masha going to continue her career as a diplomat at all, or was she trying on the role of the Snow Maiden? Of course, I understand that it was much easier to defend a candidate at RUDN University than at MGIMO, but judging by the title, the dissertation is more about scientific and professional disqualification as a journalist, diplomat, than about the qualification and qualitative growth of Zakharova as a historian!)

Since 1998, she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: in the editorial office of the journal "Diplomatic Bulletin", then in the Department of Information and Press (DIP) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in 2003-2005. Headed a department in the same department.

In 2005-2008 - Press Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (UN) in New York (USA).

In 2008-2011 again headed one of the departments in the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Since 2011 - Deputy Head of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich. She supervised the organization and conduct of briefings by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the work of the official accounts of the Russian Foreign Ministry in social networks, was engaged in information support foreign visits of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

She was a member of the organizing committee for the preparation of the Eurasian Women's Forum (will be held on September 24-25, 2015 in St. Petersburg).

Featured Honorary diploma President of the Russian Federation (2013).

In 2014, the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia became the winner of the "Runet Prize" in the nomination "culture, media and mass communications", which was presented to Maria Zakharova at an official ceremony.

"Political propaganda". And such people form (well, or provide promotion) today foreign policy Russia? Not realizing a damn thing that an anti-Soviet is always a Russophobe and an enemy of Russia? Below is the wish of Zakharova from one user of "Aftershock".

aftershock. Maria Zakharova "uncovered":
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (!) is tormented by Stalin, like a demon from holy water

March 04, 2016

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova is a well-known politician, diplomat, a charming woman with a PhD in History. He is a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, he has a creative approach to fulfilling his duties.

Maria Vladimirovna is the first woman in the history of Russia to be appointed to the post of a diplomat of such a high level. She is respected, quoted, made an antagonist to her American colleague Jennifer Psaki. She is a worthy person who is able to talk about political events in the international arena objectively and as simply as possible.

Height, weight, age. How old is Maria Zakharova?

Immediately after the appointment of this luxurious woman with a masculine character as a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, many ordinary people are interested in what physical parameters this politician has. Height, weight, age of Maria Zakharova are not a secret.

Of course, as a woman, Maria Vladimirovna has the right to hide her age, but as a politician, she has no such right. Zakharova was born in 1975, so she is currently forty-one years old. According to the sign of the Zodiac, a woman is a stubborn and persistent Capricorn, whose qualities help her move up the career ladder without going over the heads of her subordinates. And by eastern horoscope- Rabbit.

Maria Zakharova is above average height, as she rises to a meter seventy centimeters. Her weight, of course, is not constant, but recently it has been holding at 59 kilograms.

Biography of Maria Zakharova Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Is Maria Zakharova Jewish? Little Mashenka was born on December 24, 1975 in the capital of our Motherland. In her family, everyone was fluent in languages, including Chinese, so the girl speaks it perfectly. She also mastered English. She wrote excellent poetry, which she continues to do to this day.

At school, the girl studied remarkably, she carried out all the instructions of the teachers and did not bring concern to her parents. She has been repeatedly awarded with certificates and commendations.

As a child, she loved walking the streets of Beijing and sharing her impressions with her mother, gluing cardboard houses, creating miniature interiors. Grandmother taught Masha that everything should be done perfectly, or else not to take on this work at all.

Maria did not really like cartoons, but with bated breath she was waiting for the "International Panorama". She tried to convey the news herself the way an announcer does, and dreamed that she would become a famous Russian diplomat.

After leaving school, Maria, unlike her peers, knew exactly where she would go. The girl submitted documents to MGIMO and became a student of the Faculty of Journalism. In 1998 she received a diploma in international journalism and went to practice in Beijing, China.

At the embassy, ​​a talented girl was noticed and offered to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2003 she defended her dissertation at the University of Peoples' Friendship and received a PhD in History.


At first, of course, the girl was not trusted with responsible posts, she worked as an editor of the Diplomatic Bulletin. Later she became the head of the department, whose responsibility was to monitor the media.

She coped with her duties perfectly, so she quickly moved up the career ladder. Soon she became the head of the Russian press service to the UN in New York, where she remained until 2008.

Article Maria Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry biography Wikipedia indicates that the diplomat worked for three more years in the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 2011 received a new appointment. The woman headed the Department of Information and Press under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And since 2011, she has often appeared in public and talked to the press at various briefings.

She officially represented Sergey Lavrov's department, so she accompanied him on visits abroad and posted trip reports on social networks.

All events of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were presented on the Internet in an understandable way. Each person could receive articles about the activities of this department, seasoned with humor and harsh statements. Namely, under Zakharova, scarce reports acquired emotionality, and she began to take an active part in all political television programs, defending the honor of Russia.

In 2015, she took the post of representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for official level. She did not change anything in her activities, she simply brought her to more high level. He calls the former representative of the Foreign Ministry Lukashevich his teacher in this field.

The way of doing business in a new place was condemned by many Russian citizens, but most consider it innovative and popular.

Personal life of Maria Zakharova

The personal life of Maria Zakharova is a secret with seven seals, since a diplomatic career does not imply frankness in this intimate area.


A very interesting fact is that on her pages on social networks and blogs, she managed to never mention her love affairs or family. Only in one interview did the phrase accidentally slip that Maria was married and happily married. It is also unknown whether this is official or civil marriage.

Family of Maria Zakharova

The family of Maria Zakharova was very educated and intelligent.

Her father, Vladimir Yuryevich, worked as a diplomat at the USSR Foreign Ministry. He graduated from Leningrad State University, where he studied Chinese language, literature, and traditions. For a long time he worked in the representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Beijing, where little Maria spent her childhood. AT last years He taught at the School of Oriental Studies at the Higher School of Economics.


Mom - Irina Vladislavovna - worked at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and the Russian Federation. Irina Zakharova wrote amazing book for kids about Chinese-Russian relations "Magic Journey to Beijing", in which her daughter and granddaughter became the prototypes of the main characters. Together with her husband, they released the most interesting Chinese fairy tales, which are adapted for Russian children.

Maria Zakharova is married and has a daughter.

Children of Maria Zakharova

The children of Maria Zakharova are not mentioned in official sources, you can not find their photos on social networks. There is no data on what school they go to and what exactly they like to do in their free time.

This behavior of Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova is directly related to her important work for the Russian Federation. The reputation of a woman should be crystal clear, and the bad behavior of a child can undermine her.


The fact that Zakharova does not mention children may be due to the threat of kidnapping and threats that a child may be exposed to.

Daughter of Maria Zakharova - Marianna

From scraps of scant information on the Internet, it is possible to find out that the official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a daughter, Maria Zakharova, Marianna.

From other sources, another name for the girl emerges - Maryana. The exact age of the baby is also unknown. According to the Wikipedia article, we clarify that Maryana was born in 2010, which means she was 6-7 years old. The fact is that the date of birth of the girl is unknown.


The girl does not attend school yet, but she speaks Chinese well and loves to listen to her grandmother's tales about this magical land.

The husband of Maria Zakharova - Andrey Makarov

The diplomat also does not spread about his chosen one anywhere. His photos are not posted on social networks.

It is only known that the husband of Maria Zakharova, Andrei Makarov, is a private entrepreneur.


The couple got married in the US capital city of New York in late autumn 2005. family life everything is fine with them, however, for some reason, in the status of social networks, Maria Vladimirovna has the lines “not married”. She does not mention the presence of a spouse in some questionnaires. With what it is connected, nobody knows.

Photos of Maria Zakharova before and after plastic surgery often appear on the Internet. They say that she did Botox injections and skin tightening after childbirth, but the diplomat herself denies this.

Maria claims that she constantly goes in for sports and eats rationally, so outside interference in her body is not required.


Recently, Maria Zakharova flashed a photo in a swimsuit on the network, which was received ambiguously. This photo was not part of any spicy photo shoot, but just a fun swim with the children of the Artek DOL. By the way, many social media users noted that Maria looks much younger than her years.

Instagram, Facebook and Wikipedia Maria Zakharova

The diplomat actively uses social networks, posting messages on blogs about what is happening in the Foreign Ministry. Instagram and Wikipedia of Maria Zakharova are full of photo reports about her trips, and the politician and diplomat does not hesitate to show himself in a playful or homely manner.


She often posts photos on Instagram signed with lines of her own composition. Videos from talk shows or diplomatic events are often posted.

The only thing that Maria Zakharova categorically does not want to share is her personal life, family and beloved daughter.

Name: Maria Zakharova

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Age: 42 years

Place of Birth: Russia

Growth: 170

Activity: Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Childhood and youth

Maria Zakharova is the first woman in the history of Russian diplomacy to be appointed to the post of official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. She is one of the most quoted diplomats in Russia and is known for her "poignant" remarks on social media. The new speaker of the diplomatic department is often compared with the former speaker of the US State Department, Jen Psaki, who is often ridiculed in Russia for ridiculous comments and statements. For the informality of speech and the ability to present diplomatic information in a “living” language and in an extraordinary manner, Zakharov is called “Anti-Psaki”, considering her a worthy main media person of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova was born on December 24, 1975 in a family of Russian diplomats, for a long time working in Beijing. In this regard, the childhood of the future speaker of the Russian Foreign Ministry was spent in the capital of China, thanks to which she is fluent in Chinese.

Mother - Irina Vladislavovna Zakharova - was born in 1949, in 1977 she graduated from the Department of Art History of the Faculty of History of the Moscow state university named after M. V. Lomonosov, after which she began working at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Aesthetic Education; defended in 1994 Russian Academy dissertation on the topic “Traditional foundations of Chinese folk toys”, candidate of art history, head of “Family groups”, music programs, experimental projects, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, member of the Moscow organization of the Union of Artists.

Education

O school years Zakharova information is practically absent, it is only known that she was a diligent student who dreamed of becoming a diplomat from childhood. According to Zakharova herself, her favorite program in early years there was the "International Panorama", which fascinated her.

Because of this, it is difficult to choose future profession the girl did not experience - she did not hesitate to enter the Moscow state institute international relations at the Faculty of Journalism, which she successfully graduated in 1998 with a diploma in international journalism. Undergraduate practice Zakharova was held at the Russian embassy in Beijing, and after receiving her diploma, she remained to work at the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2003, Maria became a candidate of historical sciences, having defended her dissertation at the Peoples' Friendship University.

After graduating from school, Maria and her parents returned to Moscow, where she entered the Faculty of International Journalism of MGIMO (specializations in Oriental Studies and Journalism). In 1998, in her final year, Zakharova underwent postgraduate practice at the Russian Embassy in China, which was almost native to her. Five years later, in 2003, at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Maria successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on such a familiar and close topic about celebrating the New Year in China, after which she received a Ph.

The height of the diplomat is 170 centimeters and weighs 58 kilograms. A woman has stubbornness and perseverance, which is important for moving up the career ladder.

Diplomatic career

The first place of work of Maria Zakharova was the editorial office of the magazine of the Russian Foreign Ministry "Diplomatic Bulletin". In the editorial office, Maria met Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko, her first leader and future Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Alexander Vladimirovich adhered to the same principles in his work as Maria's beloved grandmother. He believed that quality, professional interaction between team members is important in work. Masha's grandmother also taught the girl to think that any work should be done perfectly, even if no one checks it. As an example, she cited embroidery, which even with reverse side should look neat. So the girl easily joined the team.

Having shown herself well in the editorial office, Maria, by decision of the leadership, soon moved to the Department of Information and Press under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Having settled into new job, in 2003 Zakharova headed the department of operational media monitoring. Two years later, Maria went to New York as the press secretary of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations. In 2008, Maria returned to her native department, to Moscow, but three years later she was appointed deputy head of the Department of Press and Information, and just two years later she headed it, replacing her former boss Alexander Lukashevich. The reason for the appointment was not only Maria's professionalism, experience and knowledge, but also her popularity in the media sphere. The woman was a frequent guest on numerous talk shows, did not miss the opportunity to express her position on social networks.

She was responsible for organizing the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, maintained the official accounts of the Ministry in social networks, and provided information support to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov during trips abroad. Zakharova was soon appointed to the post of official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Since then, the diplomat has often appeared on TV screens explaining the official position of the Ministry, but she did it so informally and naturally that she repeatedly provoked heated debate and discussion.

Ratings, criticism

According to the journalists of the Gazeta.ru online publication Polina Matveeva and Alexander Bratersky, with the arrival of Zakharova as director of the Information and Press Department, the Russian Foreign Ministry “spoke in a different language”: the usual officialdom now coexists with informal and often controversial statements on social networks, and the Department she heads is one of the main newsmakers in Russia and abroad.

The German newspaper Handelsblatt noted that with the appointment of Zakharova, the previously very official department adopted a new, sharper language style, which spread not only to the press department, but also to Minister Lavrov. Zakharova herself explains that the Russian Foreign Ministry keeps pace with the times and takes into account overseas experience. And the editor information service Radio Liberty, Candidate of Historical Sciences Yaroslav Shimov called the journalistic style inherent in her "patriotic" blog on the website of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" aggressive, comparing it with the editorials of Soviet newspapers on international themes. In his opinion, Zakharova gained fame by participating in television political talk shows on Russian state television channels and commenting on political issues on social networks.

BBC journalists Jenny Norton and Olga Ivshina noted that "as the public face of Russia in increasingly strained relations with the West, her communication style is becoming strikingly undiplomatic." A number of statements by Maria Zakharova caused a resonance in the media.

In March 2016, a certain public outcry was caused by correspondence in verse between Zakharova and the writer and poet Dmitry Bykov.

Commenting on the fact of applying an anti-Semitic inscription on the monument Soviet army in Sofia, on November 2, 2017, Zakharova stated at a briefing at the Foreign Ministry that “this trick is especially cynical in light of the fact that during the Second World War, thanks to our soldiers, it was possible to prevent the deportation of Jews from Bulgaria and thereby save about 50 thousand people from inevitable death ".

After that, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that “when Bulgarian citizens stood on the railroad tracks in front of trains departing for Nazi camps death, when representatives of the Bulgarian political, economic and intellectual elite wrote letters of protest in defense of Bulgarian Jews, and the highest hierarchs of the BOC joined the Jews gathered for deportation, declaring that their compatriots could only be taken to the camps with them, the Red Army was in the thousands kilometers from the borders of Bulgaria”, while the organization of Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” emphasized that “the salvation [of the Jews] is the result of the actions of the majority of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Bulgarian anti-fascist community”.

Later, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that "the fact that the Bulgarian Jews were not deported is one of the greatest successes Bulgarian deputies, the church, the public and, above all, the people", but "unfortunately, after 1944, the People's Court sentenced the Bulgarian deputies who supported the declaration against the deportation of Jews to death, and Dimitar Peshev to 15 years in prison", and the President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev noted that the statements from the Russian Foreign Ministry are "either a deep ignorance of history, or an attempt at provocation."

Soon, the Russian embassy in Bulgaria recognized “the indisputable heroic contribution of the Bulgarian people, including representatives of the intelligentsia and Orthodox Church, in the fight against Nazism, including the rescue of Jews living in the country from death camps, "and the scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, Mikhail Myagkov, spoke about how" the Red Army saved Bulgaria from the Holocaust, arguing this salvation "by the changed situation on the war fronts, the victories of the Red Army near Stalingrad and Kursk, the victims of the Soviet people, laid down for the sake of the liberation of both their country and the countries of Europe”, as well as “a turning point in the war and the approach of the Red Army to the borders of European countries”.

After that, the Israeli historian Efraim Zuroff acknowledged that Myagkov was somewhat right in that "that even more Jews would have been killed in the Holocaust if not for the Red Army, but these [Jews in Bulgaria and Jews in Europe] are two separate issues," while naming Zakharova's statement is "absurd". At a briefing on November 9, Zakharova answered a journalist's question about Radev's words with a question - "Did the President of Bulgaria say anything about the desecration of Russian monuments?"; referring the Bulgarian media to the material of the RVIO as historical, noting that "this whole discussion showed that there is an attempt to divert the whole conversation from the texture, the real assessment of the situation with monuments into the historical mainstream."

Personal life of Zakharova Maria

Maria Zakharova married on November 7, 2005 Andrei Mikhailovich Makarov. Andrey Makarov is an entrepreneur. They got married in New York while Maria was working in the US. Photos of the wedding of Maria Zakharova caused a certain resonance many years after the ceremony. The couple have a daughter, she was born in August 2010. The girl was named Marianna (Maryana). The girl already knows how to speak Chinese and English, is interested in the East, especially China, about which she loves to listen to fairy tales and stories. Recently, information appeared on the World Wide Web that Maryana was bitten by a dog on vacation in Sochi. The bites were small, now the baby has fully recovered.

Maria Vladimirovna said in an interview that she arrives at work by 9 am, but the working day can drag on for no one knows how long: “We leave work when it ends, and it rarely ends.” Sometimes she had to take her little daughter with her to work when there was no one to leave her with.

Zakharova also said that she herself chooses and buys clothes with her own money, including for diplomatic meetings. As for stylists, she never had them.

Writes poems. So, on November 24, 2015, she wrote a poem in memory of a Russian pilot and a marine who died in Syria as a result of an incident with a Russian Su-24 bomber shot down by the Turks:

Let us remember, brothers, those

Who closed the world

About personal, your success

For us forever forgotten.

Let us remember them with a prayer,

To forgive those

Who didn't take us

Leaving on the ground.

Let's remember them a hundred times

And a glass and a tear,

And the bitterness of rewards

For their farewell fight.

Let's remember everything standing

Bent over the grass.

They left where

The light hides behind the darkness.

Let's reach out our hands to those

whose eyes are full of tears,

Whose house has been orphaned

From the horror of trouble.

Let's change them, please.

Let's make peace with them,

who died for the country

For honor and for their own.

Selected quotes by Maria Zakharova:

  • “There are countries that are ahead of many other states in terms of their economic development, military potential, financial power. They got ahead, they became leaders in many industries. Of course, there is a desire to rewrite the rules of the game in your favor, and this is natural for any society. But the question is how the rest of society reacts to this. You can surrender your positions and submit to the right of the strong, or you can fight to defend your rights. And it seems to me that the moment of truth is just now. Either we really stand up for our rights, uphold the right to an independent life, or we don’t do it.”
  • "Washington's actions are the implementation of a containment policy, but in this case, containment is not only Russia, it is containment of Europe as well."
  • "I was better opinion about European politics, believed that it was stronger. It is clear that the United States put pressure on them, but they put pressure on them – don’t bend.”
  • "I believe that any propaganda and any disinformation spread is powerless in front of a thinking person."
  • "Leaders who destroyed their own people burn in hell twice as bright as those who destroyed someone else's."
  • “Life is so much more diverse and unrealistic than any science fiction films and action films that those people who are not dedicated cannot even imagine what it really is.”
  • “We have to be honest and truthful with our own history. And if I'm like official representative Foreign Ministry demand respect from countries regarding monuments Soviet soldiers, then I must first of all be honest with them and with myself, saying that there were different moments in our history: there are things that we are proud of, and there are things that are mistakes, big and tragic mistakes.

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    https://24smi.org/celebrity/829-mariia-zakharova.html https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakharova_Maria_Vladimirovna https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-maria-zakharova.html