Seva Novgorodsev

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Seva Novgorodsev
Seva Novgorodsev in the BBC World Service studios in 2006
Born	Vsevolod Borisovich Levenstein (1940-07-09) 9 July 1940 (age 83) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Radio presenter
Website	seva.ru

Seva Novgorodsev MBE^[1] (Russian: Се́ва Новгоро́дцев, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Vsevolod Borisovich Levenstein (Всеволод Борисович Левенштейн); born 9 July 1940) is a former radio presenter on the BBC Russian Service, and is famous through the former Soviet Union.

He created the music programme «Рок-посевы» ("Rock sowing" or "Rock crops", in Russian containing a pun with the name Seva) and the chat shows «Севаоборот» (Sevaoborot, a pun with the Russian word sevooborot, "crop rotation") and «БибиСева» (BBSeva). He has also written the books «Рок-Посевы» (Rock the Seva way) and «Секс, наркотики, рок-н-ролл» (Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll).

He was Russia's first radio deejay, and he has also features in a number of films. In 1981 he married actress Karen Craig, with whom he co-wrote a Russian cookbook for Sainsbury's in 1990,^[2] but they later divorced. He is now married to Olga, who is a designer.

On 4 September 2015, at the age of 75, Seva retired from broadcasting.^[3]

Filmography

• A View to a Kill (1985) - Soviet Helicopter Pilot
• Spies Like Us (1985) - Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
• Leto (2018) - Antiquarian

References

External links

• BBC, "Seva Novgorodsev: The DJ who 'brought down the USSR'", 5 September 2015
• Seva Novgorodsev at IMDb
• Seva's page on the BBC Russian Service website
• BBC Russian Service online
• Seva's personal site (mirror)

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