Aleksander was educated at a prestigious Leningrad school specializing in mathematics and physics, now known as the Saint St. Petersburg Lyceum 239. In 1975, he finished the Leningrad College of Industrial Education, and in 1980 graduated from Leningrad Institute of Engineers of Railway Transportation, specializing in the field of "electronic computing machines" (EVM).
Where? When?, one of the currently four "Magisters of the Game". Vice-President of the International Association of Clubs, director of the Saint-St. Petersburg branch of the Aleksander Drouz is a certified systems engineer He is also a dedicated numismatist.
He first appeared as a contestant on in 1981 and his active participation in the gameshow has been uninterrupted since then
He holds a record for the longest uninterrupted participation in the television version of He also holds a current record on the number of the conducted television games (65) and victories (39). In 1995, he was named the first "Magister of the Game" in the show"s history.
Since then, three other prominent veterans of the game also became bearers of the title, namely Maxim Potashev, Viktor Sidnev and Andrey Kozlov. He was captain of the team «Transsfera» (sporting version of the game), which he led to victory at the 1st World cup (2002).
Where? When? nine times in a row.
Where? When?) in 1990, 1991, 1994. Drouz is married and has two daughters: the elder Inna Drouz and the younger Marina Druz. Both daughters have followed in their father"s footsteps and participated in the "" program
Inna especially was both very active and successful in the game.
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Александр Друзь на радио «Эхо Москвы».
He was awarded a "Crystal Owl" as the best player of the intellectual club (1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2006). As of 2014, Alexander Drouz is the only 3 times World Wide Web World Cup Champion. The team also won the "Mayor of Saint St. Petersburg" Cup in sporting What? Aleksander Drouz was champion of the television show Brain Ring (a gameshow closely related in principle as well as personnel to What? He also twice became a champion in another intellectual Russian television gameshow Svoya igra (1995, 2003).
On 5 April 2008, Aleksandr Drouz became one of the Russian torchbearers of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, along with numerous members of government, famous athletes, film stars and artists.
