[2] Malakhov was born on 19 July 1954 in Lviv, which was in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

He worked at the Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama State Theatre of Kyiv from May 1978 to March 1979, which Tale of Monica was staged there by him.

[4] From 1987 to 2021, he was the artistic manager and director of the Kyiv academic drama theatre on Podil, with more than 60 performances to his credit.

His troupe presented the theatre art of Ukraine in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Greece, Turkey, and other countries.

The Theatre on Podil, under the leadership of Malakhov, was granted academic status in 2006 for outstanding achievements in the development of Ukrainian dramatic art.