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French TV star Igor Bogdanoff dies ‘from Covid’ days after brother Grichka
Early years
The twins' maternal grandmother Berta Kolowrat-Krakowská.
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were identical twin brothers born to Maria Maya Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowská (1926–1982) and Yuri Mikhaïlovitch Osten-Sacken-Bogdanoff (1928–2012), a Russian painter. Igor Bogdanoff was born 40 minutes before Grichka. They were raised by their maternal grandmother, Countess Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowská (1890–1982), in her castle in southern France. The Bogdanoff twins descended from a noble Muslim Tatar family dating back to the beginning of the 17th century, originally from Penza, one of whose mirzas converted to Orthodox Christianity, and was rewarded with the title of prince by a decree from Tsar Fedor III. They did not exercise this right, and the title of "Prince Bogdanoff" was quickly lost by the end of the 19th century.
Igor Yourievitch Bogdanoff (29 August 1949 – 3 January 2022) and Grégoire "Grichka" Yourievitch Bogdanoff (29 August 1949 – 28 December 2021) were French twin brother television presenters, producers, and scientific essayists who, from the 1970s on, presented various subjects in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology. They were involved in a number of controversies, most notably the Bogdanov affair, in which it was alleged the brothers wrote nonsensical advanced physics papers that were nonetheless published in reputable scientific journals.
French TV star Igor Bogdanoff dies ‘from Covid’ days after brother Grichka
Early years
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The twins' maternal grandmother Berta Kolowrat-Krakowská.
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were identical twin brothers born to Maria Maya Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowská (1926–1982) and Yuri Mikhaïlovitch Osten-Sacken-Bogdanoff (1928–2012), a Russian painter. Igor Bogdanoff was born 40 minutes before Grichka. They were raised by their maternal grandmother, Countess Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowská (1890–1982), in her castle in southern France. The Bogdanoff twins descended from a noble Muslim Tatar family dating back to the beginning of the 17th century, originally from Penza, one of whose mirzas converted to Orthodox Christianity, and was rewarded with the title of prince by a decree from Tsar Fedor III. They did not exercise this right, and the title of "Prince Bogdanoff" was quickly lost by the end of the 19th century.
Igor Yourievitch Bogdanoff (29 August 1949 – 3 January 2022) and Grégoire "Grichka" Yourievitch Bogdanoff (29 August 1949 – 28 December 2021) were French twin brother television presenters, producers, and scientific essayists who, from the 1970s on, presented various subjects in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology. They were involved in a number of controversies, most notably the Bogdanov affair, in which it was alleged the brothers wrote nonsensical advanced physics papers that were nonetheless published in reputable scientific journals.
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