Yury Dud

In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Dud.
Yury Dud
Personal information
Born (1986-10-11) 11 October 1986
Potsdam, East Germany
EducationMoscow State University
OccupationJournalist, interviewer
Websitehttp://yurydud.ru/
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers9.68 million[1]
(13 December 2021)
Total views1.58 billion[1]
(13 December 2021)
100,000 subscribers 2017
1,000,000 subscribers 2017

Yury Aleksandrovich Dud (Russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Дудь; born 11 October 1986) is a Russian journalist and YouTuber. He was editor-in-chief of Sports.ru from 2011 to 2018 and since 2018, has been Deputy Director-General. In 2017, he launched his YouTube channel vDud (Russian: вДудь) where he interviews famous figures from Russia and other post-Soviet states.

Biography

Dud considers himself to be of Ukrainian origin and Russian by identity. He was born in East Germany and has lived in Russia since the age of 4.[2]

Since 2001, he worked in Russian newspaper Izvestia as a freelance journalist, and became a staff journalist at the age of 16.[2] In 2008 Yuri Dud graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism.[2]

In 2007, he worked in sports magazine "PROsport", then in the sports division of NTV Plus.[2]

In 2011–2013, Dud hosted a TV show "Headbutt" at Russia-2. In 2015–2017, he started another show called "KultTura" for TV channel Match TV.[2]

From 2011 to 2018, Dud was an editor-in-chief of Sports.ru.[2] In 2018, he moved to the position of Deputy Director-General.[3]

In February 2017, Dud launched a YouTube channel named vDud, where he interviews Russian celebrities.[4] His interviewees are musicians (mainly rappers), politicians, journalists, film directors, and business people.

Personal life

Dud is married to Olga Dud (née Boneva) and has two children.[5][6]

Awards
  • 2016 – Winner of GQ Russia's Person of the Year award in the Face from TV category with Yevgeny Savin.[7]
  • 2017 – Winner of GQ Russia's Person of the Year award in the Face From the Screen category.[8]
  • 2017 – Laureate of Redkollegia's prize in October.[9]
  • 2019 – Winner of GQ Russia's Person of the Year award in the Face From the Screen category.[10]

References
  1. "About вДудь". YouTube.
  2. Юрий Дудь / Биография и фильмография (in Russian). Russia-2. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. "Юрий Дудь: "Новый главный редактор Sports.ru – Александр Аксенов"". Sports.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. Cichowlas, Ola (2 June 2017). "Talking Heads: How Russia's Videobloggers are Shaping Public Opinion". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. Личная жизнь Юрия Дудя: татуировки в честь детей и непубличная жена
  6. "В день рождения Юрия Дудя: 7 поводов его любить". PEOPLETALK (in Russian). 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. "Лицо из ТВ 2016: Евгений Савин и Юрий Дудь". gq.ru. 3 October 2016.
  8. "ЧЕЛОВЕК ГОДА 2017". gq.ru.
  9. "Лауреаты за 2017". redkollegia.org.
  10. "Все победители премии "GQ Человек года" 2019". gq.ru. 10 September 2019.
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