Mu biography ya Lev Durov zikuwoneka kuti banja lake liri ndi kholo lalikulu kwambiri. Makolo a Mkango adagonjetsa wolamulira kuyambira m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri. Banja la Durov ndi wolemekezeka, yemwe anali paubale ndi olemekezeka ambiri. Koma, monga momwe tikuonera, kwa Lev, palibe ntchito ya usilikali kapena sitima ya masewera. Kuyambira ali mwana, Durov anakopeka ndi luso.
Zithunzi za wojambula zinayamba kudera la Moscow la Lefortovo. Wojambula wam'tsogolo adakula ngati mnyamata wovuta kwambiri. Mbiri yake imanena kuti Mkango wawung'ono umatha kutenga nawo mbali pazolimbana ndi nkhondo zonse. Anathamangitsidwa kambirimbiri kusukulu, koma izi sizinakhudze khalidwe la munthuyo. Bambo anga sanadzudzule Durov chifukwa cha zimene anachita. Iye anangokhala chete. Ndipo kwa Leo uwu unali chilango choopsa kwambiri. Anamvetsa kuti adanyoza atate wake pamaso pa ena, akuda nkhaŵa, koma, kwa nthawiyi, sanasinthe.
Nkhondo inagwidwa ndi Durov ku Moscow. Banja lake, ndipo adakali ndi alongo awiri: wamkulu ndi wamng'ono kwambiri, anakhalabe mumzindawu. Mnyamatayu anakhala, monga ana ambiri a nthawi imeneyo - anazimitsa mabomba-lighters, anathamanga ndi anyamatawo. Koma, panthawi imodzimodziyo, anali atayamba kale kusokoneza masewerawo. Leo anachita nawo masewera a amateur ndipo adachitiranso kuchipatala asilikali asanamwalire. Iye ankadziwa momwe angakondwerere odwala. Mnyamatayo anaimba ndi kujambulira ndikujambula nkhope zosiyanasiyana. Ngakhale apo, omvera ankamukonda, ndipo Leo pomalizira pake adakhulupirira kuti akufuna kukhala woimba kuti azisangalatsa anthu ndi zina.
Durov ataphunzira kusukulu, anapita ku studio ya masewero, yomwe inkagwira ntchito ku Palace of Pioneers. Atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale Leo anapita ku School-Studio ku Moscow Art Theatre. Mnyamatayo adangopita kudera lonse ndipo, motero, anakhala mmodzi wa ophunzira okondedwa kwambiri a aphunzitsi. Ndipo, ndikuyenera kuzindikira kuti panthawi imeneyo mamita enieni anaphunzitsidwa ku Moscow Art Theatre. Sikophweka kuti alemekezedwe, koma nthawi zonse panali chinachake choti tiphunzire.
Mapeto a Moscow Art Theatre, Durov anamaliza ku Central Children's Theatre. Ndiko komwe adadziwana ndi mkulu wa Efros, amene adasintha zotsatira za ochita masewera ambiri a nthawi imeneyo. Durov anali ndi maudindo osiyanasiyana. Ena anali ophweka komanso aang'ono, ndipo ena ankafuna luso labwino kwambiri komanso luso. Inde, Durov anakumana ndi ntchito zonse zomwe anapatsidwa ndipo adalandira chisangalalo chochuluka kuchokera ku zomwe anachita.
Mu 1963, Efros anasamukira ku Lenin Komsomol Theatre. Popeza Durov anali mmodzi mwa anthu omwe ankakonda kwambiri, mkuluyo adamutenga. Pamodzi ndi Durov, ena ochita masewera ena ambiri adalowa nawo ku zisudzo. Tikhoza kunena kuti Durov nthawizonse ankagwira ntchito ndi Efros ndipo anasamukira ku zisudzo kupita ku zisudzo pambuyo pake. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1969 woyang'anira anaperekedwa kuti azipita ku zisudzo ku Malaya Bronnaya. Pamodzi ndi iye, ojambula khumi ndi Durov amachoka, ndithudi. Anali pakati pawo. Mu zisudzo izi Lev Durov amagwira mpaka lero. Anagwira nawo ntchito zosiyanasiyana. Zina mwazo zinali masewera owonetsedwa ndi masewera a Gogol, Chekhov, Shakespeare, ndi ena olemba mabuku ambiri. Efros nthawi zonse ankawona talente ndi kuthekera kwa Durov. Kotero, iye anamupatsa udindo umene Mkango ukhoza kuwululira bwino zonse zomwe angathe. Owonerera nthawi zonse ankasangalala ndi momwe Durov anabadwira mwakuthupi mwa maonekedwe ake. Talente yopanda mwayi ndi aphunzitsi abwino nthawi zonse adamuthandiza. Chaka chilichonse, masewera a Durov akhala akuchulukirabe, ngakhale, ngakhale m'zaka zoyambirira, angatchedwe kuti ndi wochenjera.
Tiyenera kuzindikira kuti Durov sikuti ndi wokonda kwambiri, komanso wotsogolera. Panthawi ina adaphunzira ku Utsogoleri Wapamwamba ndipo iye mwini anayamba kuyambitsa machitidwe osiyanasiyana omwe nthawi zonse ankasangalala ndi omvera. Zina mwazo pali masewero achikhalidwe, ntchito za olemba amakono, ndi nyimbo. Pazochita zake zonse Durov amatha kupeza ndi kusonyeza chowonekera. Ndi bwino kutenga ojambula ndikuonetsetsa kuti omvera amakhulupirira zenizeni za zomwe zikuchitika pa siteji. Munthu uyu ali ndi luso lochokera kwa Mulungu.
Kuwonjezera apo, Lev Durov, ndithudi, nayenso anali wopanga filimu wamkulu. Iye anayamba kujambula kuyambira mu 1954, ndipo filimuyi itatha "Masiku Otsiriza a Chaka chimodzi" inakhala omvera ambiri. M'maganizo ake, Leo nthawi zonse amasonyeza kuti ali ndi ubwino, chikhalidwe, chinthu chapadera, kuwapangitsa kukhala chowala, chosakumbukika komanso pang'ono. M'maganizo a Durov nthawi zonse mumakhala kuwala, kukondwa ndi kupembedza. Makhalidwe onsewa ndi ofanana ndi wojambula yekha. Ngakhale tsopano, ngakhale ali ndi zaka, akukhalabe wosangalala komanso wokondwa. Lions Durov ankakonda malo a Soviet ndipo anapitiriza kupembedzedwa m'mbuyo mwa Soviet. Akupitiriza kusewera m'mafilimu omwe amayang'ana achinyamata komanso, monga makolo awo ndi agogo awo aamuna ndi agogo awo, amalemekezedwa ndi kulemekezedwa chifukwa cha munthu wachikulire wosayenerera komanso wosadziwika, yemwe nthawi zonse amamuona ngati woipa. Mwinamwake, ndicho chifukwa Durov akadali wotchuka kwambiri wotchuka, yemwe akuitanidwa kuwombera m'mafilimu ambiri.
Lev Durov ndi munthu yemwe sanayambe wakhala wachikazi ndi woyera. Pokhala wamng'ono, iye ankachita ngakhale kujambula nkhuni ndi kupanga zipangizo zake zokha ndi mipando yosiyanasiyana. Mkazi wake, Irina Kirichenko, anali ndi mwayi kwambiri ndi mwamuna woteroyo. Chowonadi ndi chakuti Leo nthawi zonse ankadziwa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito amuna onse pakhomo, koma, ngati kuli koyenera, akhoza kuphika ndi kuyeretsa. Durov ali ndi mwana wamkazi, Catherine, yemwe anakhala wojambula, monga makolo ake, komanso zidzukulu ziwiri: Katya ndi Vanya. Kotero ife tikhoza kunena kuti moyo wa munthu uyu unali wopambana. Mwinamwake, izo zinachitika chifukwa iye sanawope konse kanthu ndipo nthawizonse amapitirira. Durov ndi mphamvu yothandizira, yomwe, monga tonse tikuyembekeza, idzakondwera ndi owona ake kwa zaka zoposa chaka ndi maonekedwe pawindo pa ntchito zosaŵerengeka ndi zosaŵerengeka.