- Kiril Zelenskiy is one of the 2 children of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- The 11 years old’s father was a comedian and actor who became the first Jewish president in Ukraine
- The great-grandson of a Simon Zelenskyy who fought in WWII is listed as the No.2 target by Russia
Kiril Zelenskiy, 11 is the citizen of the second-largest country in Europe by area, Ukraine. More to this, he is the second child and the only son of the 6th President of the country, Volodymyr Zelenskyy who was an actor until he assumed the presidential seat in 2019.
Kiril Zelenskiy Was Born 10 Years After Volodymyr Zelenskyy and His Wife Were Married
Kiril was born Kyrylo Zelenskyy on January 21, 2013, 10 years after his parents got married and about 9 years after the birth of his eldest and only sister, Aleksandra.
Apart from his images and little details about him on the media, the President’s son stays out of the spotlight. Nonetheless, his 20 years old sister Oleksandra “Aleksandra” who was born in 2004 is an actress who appeared in their father’s film of 2014, 8 New Dates.
In addition, she played another role in The Comedy Comet Comedy’s Kids that landed her a winning price of 50,000 Hryvnias.
His Father is The First Ukrainian Actor to Become a President
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There aren’t many world leaders who started out as actors and land as president. Well, America’s 40th president Ronald Reagan claims the same title of an actor turned president. In the case of the father of Kiril Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he became the first president of Ukraine who was an actor and producer.
Prior to his becoming president, Zelenskyy had played in several TV series and films such as Paddington (Ukrainian dub, 2014), Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon (2012), and Love in The Big City (2009).
Nonetheless, the 46 years old Ukraine’s President is mostly remembered for his role in Servant of The People (2015-2019). In the series, he played the character of “Vasyl Goloborodko”, a teacher who would later become Ukraine’s president.
The fame of the series increased when fate led Zelenskyy to become the 6th president of Ukraine only 2 months after the end of the series in March 2019.
In the same light, the mother of Kiril Zelenkiy, Olena Zelenska before becoming the first lady of Ukraine in 2019 was a writer for Kvartal 95, an entertainment TV.
Kiril Zelenskiy is Russia’s No. 2 Target in Its Invasion of Ukraine
In February 2022, Russia started to launch its attacks in Ukraine and many women, children, and men have reportedly died while others are left injured. According to reports, the president of Ukraine has been dubbed the No. 1 target of Russia while his family – his wife Olena, daughter Aleksandra, and son Kiril Zelenkskiy are listed as target No. 2.
Although there is no knowledge of how the 11 years old is fearing in the time of unrest in Ukraine, his father reportedly refuses to flee from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Other Interesting Facts About the Son of Ukraine’s President You Probably Never Came Across
His Mother Was Listed as One of The Most Influential Ukrainians
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Olena Kiyashko who is better known as Olena Zelenska is the 46 years old mother of Kiril Zelenskiy. About 7 months after she became the first lady of Ukraine, she was listed among the 100 Most Influential Ukrainians by Focus Magazine.
Apart from this, the1978 born is famous for visiting the nutrition of schools in Russia. Through her initiative, Ukraine which borders Belarus, Poland, and Slovakia among others started a reform on nutrition in schools that aimed at improving the quality, nutrition, and safety of food.
She has also contributed towards gender equality as well as spreading and preserving the Ukrainian language among other works.
The Great-Grandfather of Kiril Zelenkiy Served During WWII
Like Vladimir Putin’s father, Zelenskyy’s grandfather, and Kiril’s great-grandfather, Semyon “Simon” Ivanoych Zelenskyy fought in WWII under the Red Army.
Although there are not many details about him and the war he fought, Simon birthed Kiril Zelenskiy’s grandfather, Oleksandr Zelenskyy in 1947. He is also a famous Ukrainian who is a professor, doctor of technical sciences, mining scientist, and the head of the Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware at the Kryvyu Rih State University, the same institution Ukraine’s president and his wife attended.
His Father is Fluent in the Russian Language
The 46 years old Ukraine’s leader is multilingual. According to reports, Russian is his first language before acquiring other languages such as Ukrainian and English. There are also claims that he has a good knowledge of Mongolian.
In his great knowledge of the Russian language, the father of Kiril has many of his movies in the Russian language.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Father of Kiril Won His Elections to Beat an Incumbent
It was in 2018 that Volodymyr’s company Kvartal 95 registered Servant of the People as a political party. The party got its name from a TV series of the same name where the then-aspiring president featured as president.
In 2019, he stood against the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko. Most of his electoral campaigns were done via social media and interestingly, he also campaigned through stand-up comedy.
The father of Kiril Zelenskiy won the first round of the elections of March 31, 2019, and also won the run-off elections in April of the same year.
On May 20, 2019, Volodymyr was inaugurated to become the first Jewish President in Ukraine, and at the time of his elections, he was one of the only 2 leaders outside of Israel to be Jewish.
His Net Worth
Kiril Zelenskiy does not have any career as much as the media is aware of. Nonetheless, his father has had a successful career as an actor and the president of Ukraine since 2019. From his career as an entertainer, he made a net worth of an estimated $1.5 million.
As a president, the income of Zelenskyy is not known but he may have a good earning even though he is the leader of a developing country.
On a general note, the country of Kiril Zelenskiy, Ukraine as of 2020 is reportedly the poorest country in Europe with a per capita GNI of $3.540. Due to the Russian-Ukraine crisis, the economy of the country has further gone down as well as affected the world’s economy.
