He is of Russian descent, and drives a very cheap Soviet car, the Zaporozhets ZAZ-966 from the 1970s.
Among her main roles as performer is Natalka, from Natalka Poltavka by Mykola Lysenko, Oksana, from The Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube by Gulak-Artemovskii), and Liuba Shevtsova, from The Young Guards by Yuliy Meitus.