U-Ilya wazalwa ngolweshumi kaJulayi 1947. Ngaleso sikhathi umndeni womculi ozayo u-Oleynikova wayehlala edolobheni laseKhishenevo. Abazali balo mculi baye bazama njalo ukukhulisa kuye indoda enhle, ithuthukiswe ngokwengqondo futhi yafundiswa. Ngendlela, isichazamazwi se-artist sichaza ukuthi empeleni akayena u-Oleinikov, kodwa uKlyaver. Yilali gama abazali balo mculi okwenziwe. Kusukela ebuntwaneni u-Ilya wayenesithakazelo kubahlaziyi kanye nokuqothulwa. Yingakho kwakubaluleke kakhulu ukuba u-Oleynikov ahambe lapho, lapho ezofundiswa khona ubuciko bokulimaza. Thina siyazi ukuthi i-biography yakhe ayinayo imisebenzi engathà sina. Kodwa, noma kunjalo, bonke abalingiswa bakhe, ngisho namahlaya, akuzona nje izinto ezingenangqondo, zinenjongo, zinezinhlamvu zazo kanye neziqu zabo. U-Ilya unamandla okumangalisayo wabalingiswa bakhe bonke ukuze bangajabuli nje kuphela, kodwa futhi banomqondo ojulile.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme u-Oleinikov waya eMoscow wangena eMoscow State College yaseCycus ne-Variety Art. Ngo-1969, u-Ilya Oleinikov waphumelela emnyangweni we-clownery, lapho afunda khona inkulumo nomculo womculo. Ngemva kokuqeqesha, le nsizwa yathola umsebenzi kumculo we-orchestra we-Saul VIA-66. Lapho wasebenza kusukela ngo-1970 kuya ku-1974, wabe esehamba kule ndawo eya eLenkoncert. Kusukela ekuqaleni, othisha, bese kuthi abagxekayo, bathi u-Oleynikov unethalente ekhombisa ngaso sonke isikhathi izilaleli. Lokhu kwaqinisekiswa ngomklomelo wakhe wokuqala. Ngo-1977, u-Oleinikov wanikezwa njengelungelo lomncintiswano we-All-Union of Variety Artists.
Kakade kulezo zinsuku, u-Oleinikov wayefuna ukusebenza kumabonakude njengendlela yamahlaya. Futhi masinyane wakwazi ukuhumusha amaphupho akhe eqinisweni. Umlingisi wakwazi ukuvela ngenombolo yakhe yokuqala ehlekisayo kuma-skrini we-TV maphakathi namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. Ngandlela-thile, wayesebenza hhayi yodwa, kodwa nomlingani wakhe. Umlingani wakhe wokuqala wayengumRoma Kozakov. Mhlawumbe sonke sasingazi ukuthi kungani uKozakov no-Oleynikov, uma kungenjalo ngokufa okubuhlungu kweKozakov yaseRoma. Emva kwalokho, u-Ilya okwesikhashana akakwazanga ukuthola umuntu wesibili kule duo. Waba nabalingani abambalwa esiteji ngaphambi kokuhlangana nomngane wakhe wesikhathi esizayo futhi yingxenye ebalulekile ye-duo - u-Yuri Stoyanov. Lokhu kwenzeka ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. Ngo-1991, u-Oleinikov no-Stoyanov babonakala ndawonye ohlelweni lwe-TV oluhle, olubizwa ngokuthi "i-apula ka-Adam". Kwathunyelwa ithelevishini yaseSt. Petersburg. Yilapho u-Oleinikov noSteyanov baqala ukuzama ukudala izinombolo zabo zokuqala zethelevishini. Yiqiniso, ekuqaleni, akukhona bonke abavela. Nakuba, ngaleso sikhathi, kubonakala sengathi abaculi babenza umbukiso omuhle kakhulu. Kodwa, njengoba abaculi begubha manje, babukeza izinombolo zabo, babona amaphutha amaningi. U-Oleinikov ukholelwa ukuthi lezo zinhlelo zaziyizinto eziluhlaza, futhi amahlaya ayengekho ezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu. Kodwa abantu abanekhono bangakwazi njalo ukuvuma amaphutha abo futhi balungise konke okwakungasebenzi ekuqaleni. Lokhu kwaqinisekiswa yi-TV "Gorodok". Wabonakala esiteshini sethelevishini eRussia ngo-1993. Kungenxa yokuthi "Gorodok" Oleinikov noSteyanov baqaphela futhi bathandana nayo yonke isikhala se-post-Soviet. Abantu bathande amahlaya abo, ama-skits original kanye nama-funny. Lokhu kwaqinisekiswa ngumklomelo weTeffi, owawusakazwa ngo-1996. U-Oleinikov noStoyanov babeyinhloko yokudumile. Kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuthi ukumangala yiqiniso lokuthi "i-Gorodok" ayilahlekelwa ukuthandwa kwayo isikhathi eside. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngokuvamile, konke ukuhanjiswa kwaloluhlelo akuhlali isikhathi eside, ngoba, ngemuva kwakho konke, ukuhleka kwehla kuyaphuma noma kuphelile. Kodwa nge "Gorodok" konke kuhlukile. Ukhule ngezizukulwane eziningana, futhi bonke laba bantu basabheka izinombolo zika-Oleynikov noStoyanov ngenjabulo.
U-Oleinikov no-Stoyanov bayisisekelo esinqunyiwe, abantu abangabikho muntu owenza ngokuhlukile. Bazalelwa ngisho ngosuku olulodwa, nakuba bekhona umahluko phakathi kweminyaka eyishumi. Kodwa akakaze avimbe ukuba bangabangane beqiniso. Mhlawumbe nalokhu kwadlala indima ebalulekile ekutheni ukuhanjiswa kwabo sekuhlale kuhlekisa futhi kuyathandwa. Yiqiniso, phakathi kwabo, futhi, ngezinye izikhathi kukhona ukungaboni kahle, kodwa, kunjalo, njalo bayazi ukuthi bavumelane kanjani futhi bahlehlise. Labadlali bazama ukungalwani futhi bahloniphe ubungane bomunye nomunye.
U-Oleinikov noStoyanov abagcini nje abahle kakhulu, kodwa nabalobi. Isibonelo, ngo-1997 badedela incwadi ethi "Ngiyabona eKapa". Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Ilya Oleinikov unencwadi yakhe siqu ethi Life as Song. Yakhululwa ngo-1999.
Ngaphandle kokuqopha eGorodok, u-Ilya Oleinikov naye wadlala indima eziningana ebhayisikobho. Isibonelo, okunye okukhunjulwa kakhulu, yiqiniso, kwakuyingxenye ekuzivumelaneni okuhle kwe "Master and Margarita". Kule ifilimu, u-Oleinikov wadlala umqondisi wemidlalo ehlukahlukene yeRimsky. Futhi i-Oleinikova ingabonakala kuma-comedies "Into Enhle" ne "Alchemist". Ifilimu yokugcina yayihlekisa ngempela. Izwa umoya we "Gorodok", lapho amahlaya ehlakaniphile ngokwanele ukuba angawa enkanyeni eyodwa.
U-Ilya Oleinikov akazange azibheke njengenkanyezi. Ungumuntu othanda ukumnika abantu injabulo futhi aphile ngokugcwele. Uma sikhuluma ngokuphila kwakhe siqu, uyajabula emshadweni nomkakhe u-Irina. Ngendlela, akanalo lutho ngalesi sigaba ne-cinema. Owesifazane ungumbhalisi wezesayensi yamakhemikhali. Kodwa indodana ka-Ilya yindoda eyaziwa futhi ejwayelekile. Lona ungomunye we-soloists we-duet "I-Tea ndawonye" - UDenis Klyaver.