Petro Maha is a Ukrainian-Rusyn[1] actor, song and playwright, television host, and one of the presenters of the Shuster LIVE political show.
Maha was born in village Solomonovo[1] (or Strazh), Uzhhorod Raion in a family of railroad workers.
While a student in high school, Maha became a laureate of the All-Union theatric festival of propaganda (agitation) collectives.
Maha wrote number of songs for several Russian and Ukrainian singers such as Iryna Bilyk, Larisa Dolina, Iosif Kobzon, Taisia Povaliy, and many others.
In 1999-2007 Maha hosted a show "Telefortuna" at the Pershyi Natsionalnyi (state central channel).