 He began to work with his father at age 5, eventually replacing him in the act in 1960.Upon the death of his father in 1965, he inherited the act, which he continued to present in the Soviet Union (and later, Russia) and all over the world well into the 21st century.In 1962, he was married briefly to Galina Brezhneva, the daughter of Leonid Brezhnev; he was 18 years old, she was 33, and already married.