Maksim Galkin (Russian: Максим Александрович Галкин) was born on June 18, 1976 in Naro-Fominsky District, USSR. He first became famous as an impersonator and is known for his talent at parody and his duets with the famous Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva and Ani Lorak. Maksim Galkin was also the host of the Russian version of Kto khochet stat' millionerom? on February 19, 2001 after it was renamed from O, Schastlivchik! (Oh, Lucky Man!) and to 2008. He hosted the Desyat Millionov, Russian version of The Million Pound Drop.