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Sobchak in 2015, photo by magicinfoto /www.bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak
Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of Birth: 5 November, 1981
Ethnicity: Polish, Czech, Russian, Ukrainian, Ashkenazi Jewish
Ksenia Sobchak is a Russian television anchor, journalist, socialite, and actress.
Her father, Anatoly Sobchak, a politician, was Mayor of Saint Petersburg, from 1991 to 1996, and co-wrote the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Her mother, Lyudmila Narusova, is a politician, who was a member of the Federation Council of Russia, representing Tyva Republic and Bryansk Oblast. Her father was of Polish, Czech, Russian, and Ukrainian descent. Her mother is of Russian and Jewish origin. She identifies herself as of Jewish heritage, but not religiously. Ksenia received Israeli citizenship in 2022.
She is married to theatre director Konstantin Bogomolov. Ksenia has a son with her former husband, actor Maksim Emmanuilovich Vitorgan.
Ksenia’s paternal grandfather is Aleksander Antonovich Sobchak (the son of Anton Semyonovich Sobchak and Anna Ivanovna). Ksenia’s great-grandfather Anton was Polish. Anna was Czech.
Ksenia’s paternal grandmother is named Nadezhda Andreyevna Litvinova (the daughter of Andrey Litvinov). Nadezhda’s father was Russian and her mother was Ukrainian.
Ksenia’s maternal grandfather is named Boris Moiseevich Narusovich (the son of Moisey Narusovich). Boris is Jewish.
Ksenia’s maternal grnadmother is named Valentina Vladimirovna Hlebospolova (the daughter of Vladimir Hlebospolov).
Sources: http://sobchak.org http://www.eg.ru