Person in history
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (born 1949)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2021 · December 28
Their story
Who they were
Igor Youriévitch Bogdanoff and Grégoire "Grichka" Youriévitch Bogdanoff, alternatively spelled Bogdanov, were French television presenters, producers, and essayists who presented a variety of programmes in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology. The brothers – identical twins – were involved in a number of controversies, the most notable being the Bogdanov affair. It brought to light how they received Ph.D.
Early life
Early life and disputed claims about ancestry The twins' maternal grandmother, Countess Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowská The identical twin brothers Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were born to Maria "Maya" Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowská (1926–1982), of Bohemian and Polish descent, and Yuri "Youri" Mikhaïlovitch Bogdanoff (1928–2012), [ 1 ] an itinerant Russian emigré farm worker and later painter; Igor was born 40 minutes before Grichka. The twins' parents divorced shortly after their birth,
Why this date
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff appears on our December 28 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
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December 28 2021.
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