Ilya anabadwa pa cha khumi cha Julayi 1947. Pa nthawi imeneyo banja la ojambula oleyera Oleynikova ankakhala mumzinda wa Kishenevo. Makolo a wojambulayo akhala akuyesera kulera kwa iye munthu wabwino, wophunzitsidwa bwino ndi wophunzira. Mwa njira, mbiri ya ojambulayo imanena kuti iye si Oleinikov, koma Klyaver. Dzina limeneli ndilo dzina la makolo a ojambulawo. Kuyambira ali mwana, Ilya anali ndi chidwi ndi okondana komanso kusonkhana. Ndicho chifukwa chake kunali kofunika kuti Oleynikov apite komweko, komwe angaphunzitsidwe luso lokopa. Ife tikudziŵa kuti zolemba zake zilibe ntchito yaikulu. Koma, ngakhale zilizonse, anthu ake, ngakhale amatsenga, sizongokhala zopanda pake, iwo ali ndi tanthauzo, ali ndi khalidwe lawo komanso amodzi. Ilya ali ndi luso lodabwitsa la munthu aliyense kuti asangalatse, koma komanso kwambiri.
Atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale, Oleinikov anapita ku Moscow n'kulowa ku Moscow State College ya Circus ndi Art Variety. Mu 1969, Ilya Oleinikov anamaliza maphunziro awo ku dipatimenti ya clownery, kumene adaphunzira mau ndi nyimbo zoimba. Ndondomeko itatha, mnyamatayo anapeza ntchito muimba yoimba ya Saul VIA-66. Kumeneko anagwira ntchito kuyambira 1970 mpaka 1974, ndipo adachoka pano kupita Lenkoncert. Kuyambira pachiyambi, aphunzitsi, ndiyeno otsutsa, adanena kuti Oleynikov ali ndi luso lomwe amasonyeza nthawi zonse kwa omvetsera. Izi zinatsimikiziridwa ndi mphoto yake yoyamba. Mu 1977, Oleinikov adapatsidwa mphoto yokwanira ya All-Union Contest of Variety Artists.
Kalelo, Oleinikov ankafuna kugwira ntchito pa televizioni monga wosangalatsa. Ndipo posakhalitsa iye anatha kumasulira maloto ake moona. Wojambulayo adawoneka ndi nambala yake yoyamba yosangalatsa pa TV zojambula mkatikati mwa zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu. Mwa njira, ngakhale ndiye sanagwiritse ntchito yekha, koma ndi mnzanu. Wokondedwa wake woyamba anali Aroma Kozakov. Mwinamwake ife tonse tikanati tidziwe chidutswa cha Kozakov ndi Oleynikov, ngati osati chifukwa cha imfa yowawa ya a Kozakov wachiroma. Pambuyo pake, Ilya kwa kanthaŵi sanapeze munthu wachiwiri mu duo. Anali ndi anzake ambiri pa siteji asanakumane ndi mnzawo wam'tsogolo komanso gawo lake lachiwiri - Yuri Stoyanov. Izi zinachitika kumayambiriro kwa zaka zapakati pa 90ties. Mu 1991, Oleinikov ndi Stoyanov pamodzi adawoneka pulogalamu ya TV, yomwe imatchedwa "apulo wa Adam". Linatulutsidwa ndi TV ya St. Petersburg. Kumeneku kunali koti Oleinikov ndi Stoyanov anayamba kuyesa kupanga nambala yawo yoyamba ya kanema. Inde, poyamba, sikuti onse anatuluka. Ngakhale, panthawiyo, zidawoneka ngati ojambula kuti akuchita masewero abwino kwambiri. Koma, monga ojambula amakondwerera tsopano, akuwongolera manambala awo, amawona zolakwa zambiri. Oleinikov amakhulupirira kuti mapulogalamu amenewo anali obiriwira, ndipo kuseka sikunali pamwambamwamba. Koma anthu aluso amatha kuvomereza zolakwa zawo ndikukonza zonse zomwe poyamba sizinagwire ntchito. Izi zinatsimikiziridwa ndi TV "Gorodok". Iye anawonekera pa TV pa TV pa 1993. Chifukwa cha "Gorodok" Oleinikov ndi Stoyanov adadziwika ndikukondana ndi malo onse a Soviet. Anthu ankakonda kuseketsa, zojambula zoyambirira komanso zokondweretsa zokambirana. Izi zinatsimikiziridwa ndi mphoto ya Teffi, yomwe inalandira telefoni mu 1996. Oleinikov ndi Stoyanov anali otchuka kwambiri. Ndiyenela kudziŵa kuti zodabwitsa ndizoti "Gorodok" sichikutchuka kwa nthawi yayitali. Pambuyo pake, nthawi zambiri, kusintha konse kwa ndondomekoyi sikukhala kwa nthawi yayitali, chifukwa, pambuyo pa zonse, kuseka kumatuluka kapena kumasiya kukhala koyenera. Koma ndi "Gorodok" chirichonse chiri chosiyana. Yakula kwa mibadwo yambiri, ndipo anthu onsewa akuyang'anabe chiwerengero cha Oleynikov ndi Stoyanov mosangalala.
Oleinikov ndi Stoyanov ndi chikhalidwe chokhazikitsidwa, anthu omwe palibe wina aliyense amene amachoka payekha. Iwo anabadwira ngakhale tsiku lomwelo, ngakhale ali ndi kusiyana kwa zaka khumi. Koma sanawalepheretse kukhala mabwenzi enieni. Mwinanso izi zinathandiza kwambiri kuti mauthenga awo akhala akuseketsa komanso otchuka. Zoonadi, pakati pawo, nthawi zina pamakhala kusamvetsetsana, koma, komabe, nthawi zonse amavomereza kuti amavomereza. Otsatsa awa amayesa kuti asamakangane ndi kuyanjana ndi anzawo ndi taluso.
Oleinikov ndi Stoyanov sali okongola kwambiri a humorists, komanso olemba. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1997 iwo adamasula buku "Onani mu Township". Kuwonjezera apo, Ilya Oleinikov ali ndi buku lake lodziwika bwino lomwe limatchedwa Moyo monga Nyimbo. Anatulutsidwa mu 1999.
Kuwonjezera pa kujambula ku Gorodok, Ilya Oleinikov nayenso adagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana mu filimuyo. Mwachitsanzo, chinthu chosaiŵalika, ndithudi, ndicho chomwe chinapangitsa kuti "Master ndi Margarita" asinthidwe bwino. M'filimuyi, Oleinikov anaimba pulogalamu ya mafilimu osiyanasiyana a Rimsky. Komanso Oleinikova amatha kuwonetsedwa pamaseŵera akuti "Chinthu Chosavuta" ndi "Alchemist". Mafilimu otsiriza anali odabwitsa kwambiri. Zimamva mzimu wa "Gorodok", kumene kuseketsa kuli wochenjera kuti usagwere ku chisautso chimodzi.
Ilya Oleinikov sankadziyesa yekha nyenyezi. Iye ndi munthu yemwe amangokonda kupatsa anthu chimwemwe ndi kukhala moyo wamuyaya. Ngati tikamba za moyo wake, ali wokondwa muukwati ndi mkazi wake Irina. Mwa njira, iye alibe chochita ndi siteji ndi cinema. Mkaziyo ndi wovomerezeka wa sayansi ya mankhwala. Koma mwana wa Ilya ndi munthu wotchuka komanso wamba. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa anthu omwe amakhulupirira kuti "Tea pamodzi" - Denis Klyaver.