Inmemoryof the intelligence officer and stand-up comedian Arthur Petrov (call sign "Kelt")

30.09.2026, 09:00◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

He had the kindest jokes and was a mentor for the younger generation of comedians — Ukrinform.

Inmemoryof the intelligence officer and stand-up comedian Arthur Petrov (call sign "Kelt")

Arthur was born on April 10, 1985 in Dnipro. During his school years, he was engaged in the children's art studio "Vesnyanka". He drew his first stories of stand-ups, which he told his classmates, from the holidays in the village.

"It was Arthur who figured out how to communicate with the audience, how to build the language of the show inside – and then everyone already worked under Arthur Petrov," said Volodymyr Borodyansky, ex-head of Starlight Media.

He stood at the origins of this genre of humor in Ukraine. He began with performances at the Bank bar in Lukyanivka, and later moved to The Stand-Up team. He has been a resident of the Underground Standup for the past seven years.

Colleague Anton Zhitlov recalls that Arthur always tried to support the younger generation of comedians, to perform at their concerts. Once he was late for a train, so he ordered a taxi, which cost as his fee, only because he promised to take part in a concert.

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He worked a lot with young comedians, helped a lot of people to reveal themselves, "Zhytlov recalls.

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After school, he studied journalism at the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.

In 2007, he moved to Kyiv, where he worked as a screenwriter on the STB TV channel. Arthur was involved in the creation of such television programs as "Sweetheart, we kill children" and "I'm ashamed of my body." In his screenplay, Arthur tried to make complex social stories and the educational function of reality shows balanced with humor.