U-Ilya wazalwa ngomhla weshumi kaJulayi 1947. Ngaloo xesha intsapho yomculi ozayo u-Oleynikova wayehlala kwisixeko saseShhenevo. Abazali bomculi baye bazama ukuphakamisa kuye indoda elungileyo, ephuhliswe ngokwengqondo kwaye efundiswe. Ngendlela, i-biography yenkcazo ichaza ukuba ngokwenene akayena u-Oleinikov, kodwa uKlyaver. Leli gama lalaba bazali bomculi. Ukususela ebuntwaneni u-Ilya wayenomdla kubadlali be-comedians kunye ne-satire. Yingakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba u-Oleynikov ahambe apho, apho wayeya kufundiswa khona ubugcisa bokucima. Thina siyazi ukuba i-biographie yakhe ayikho inxaxheba ebalulekileyo. Kodwa, nangona kunjalo, bonke abalinganiswa bakhe, nokuba bahlaziyileyo, abahlali nje bahlekisayo, banentsingiselo, banomdla wabo kunye nomntu ngamunye. U-Ilya unamandla amangalisayo ngabalinganiswa bakhe bonke ukuba bangayivuyo nje kuphela, kodwa banzulu.
Emva kokugqiba esikolweni esiphakeme u-Oleinikov waya eMoscow waza wangena kwiKhorensi yaseKoscow yaseCoscus kunye noTshintsho lwezoBuchule. Ngo-1969, u-Ilya Oleinikov waphumelela kwiSebe le-clownery, apho wafunda khona inkulumo kunye nomculo-uhlobo lwezobugcisa. Emva kokuba uqeqesho luphelile, le nsizwa yafumana umsebenzi kwi-orchestra ka-Saul VIA-66. Wayelapho wasebenza ukususela ngo-1970 ukuya ku-1974, waza wahamba kule ndawo waya eLenkoncert. Ukususela ekuqaleni, ootitshala, kunye nabagxeki, baqaphele ukuba u-Oleynikov unetalente ahlala ebonisa kubaphulaphuli. Oku kwaqinisekiswa yintlawulo yokuqala. Ngomnyaka we-1977, u-Oleinikov wanikezelwa njengoluhlu lwe-All-Union Contest of Variety Artists.
Sekule minyaka, u-Oleinikov wayefuna ukusebenza kumabonwakude njengomntu ohlaselayo. Ngokukhawuleza wakwazi ukuguqulela amaphupha akhe. Umdlali weqhawe wayekwazi ukubonakala nenombolo yakhe yokuqala yokuhleka kwiimboniselo zethelevishini kwiminyaka engama-80. Ngendlela, wayesebenze yedwa, kodwa kunye naye. Umlingani wakhe wokuqala wayengumRoma Kozakov. Mhlawumbi thina sonke saza sazi i-tandem kaKoakov no-Oleynikov, ukuba kungengenxa yokufa kabuhlungu kwe-Roman Kozakov. Emva koko, u-Ilya okwethutyana wayengenakufumana umntu wesibini kwi-duo. Wayenabalingani abambalwa kwinqanaba ngaphambi kokudibana nomhlobo wakhe wesikhathi esizayo kunye nenxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-duo - Yuri Stoyanov. Oku kwenzeka ekuqaleni kweminyaka engama-90. Ngo-1991, u-Oleinikov no-Stoyanov babonakale kwiprogram yeTV yamahlaya, ebizwa ngokuthi "i-apple ka-Adam". Yayisasazwa ngumabonakude waseSt. Petersburg. Kukho apho u-Oleinikov noSteyanov baqala ukuzama ukudala amanani abo omabonakude okuqala. Ewe, ekuqaleni, akuyiyo yonke into. Nangona, ngelo xesha, kwabonakala ngathi abaculi bawenza umboniso obalaseleyo kwaye ohlekisayo. Kodwa, njengokuba abaculi begubha ngoku, bahlaziya amanani abo, babona ezininzi iimpazamo. U-Oleinikov ukholelwa ukuba ezo nkqubo zazinqabileyo, kwaye amahlaya ayengekho kwizinga eliphezulu. Kodwa abantu abaneetalente banokuhlala bevuma iimpazamo zabo baze balungise yonke into engayisebenzanga ekuqaleni. Oku kwaqinisekiswa ngothutho "Gorodok". Wabonakala kwikhenkethi ye-TV ngo-1993. Kwabulela "Gorodok" u-Oleinikov noSteyanov baqaphela baze bazithanda yonke indawo yaseSoviet. Abantu babethanda amahlazo, iimpawu zokuqala kunye neengxoxo ezihlekisayo. Oku kwaqinisekiswa yintengo yeTeffi, efunyenwe ngo-1996. U-Oleinikov noSteyanov babengumntu ophakamileyo. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba into emangalisa kukuba "i-Gorodok" ayilahlekelwa ukuthandwa kwayo ixesha elide. Emva koko, ngokuqhelekileyo, zonke iiprogram zolu hlobo azihlali ixesha elide, kuba, emva koko konke, ukuhleka kwehla kuyaphuma okanye kuphelile ukuba kulungile. Kodwa nge "Gorodok" yonke into iyahluke. Ikhulile kwizizukulwana eziliqela, kwaye bonke aba bantu bajonge iinombolo zikaOleynikov noStoyanov ngokuzonwabisa.
U-Oleinikov noSteyanov bayisisombululo esimiselweyo, abantu abangabikho mntu owenzayo ngokwahlukileyo. Baye bazalwa ngosuku olufanayo, nangonahluko phakathi kweminyaka elishumi. Kodwa akazange abayeke ukuba babe ngabahlobo bokwenene. Mhlawumbi oku kwadlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimeko yokuba ukuhanjiswa kwabo kuye kwahlala kuhlekisayo kwaye kuyathandwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo, phakathi kwabo, ngamanye amaxesha kukho ukungaqondani, kodwa, kunjalo, bahlala bekwazi ukuvumelanisa kunye nokunciphisa. Aba bathathi bazama ukungaxabani kwaye baxabise ubuhlobo bomntu kunye neetalente.
U-Oleinikov noSteyanov abagcini nje ngabantu abahle kakhulu, kodwa nabalobi. Ngokomzekelo, ngo-1997 bakhupha incwadi ethi "Yabonani eKapa". Ukongezelela, u-Ilya Oleinikov unencwadi yakhe siqu ethi Life as Song. Yakhishwa ngo-1999.
Ukongeza kwiifoto kwiGoododok, u-Ilya Oleinikov naye wadlala indima emininzi kwi-cinema. Ngokomzekelo, enye yezinto ezikhunjulwayo, ngokuqinisekileyo, yayiyinxaxheba kwimeko enhle ye-"Master and Margarita". Kule filimu, u-Oleinikov wadlala umlawuli weeRimsky ezahlukeneyo. Kananjalo u-Oleinikova unokubonakala kwiingqungquthela "Into entle" kunye ne "Alchemist". Ifilimu yokugqibela yayihlekisayo. Ivakalelwa umoya we "Gorodok", apho ukuhleka kweentlanzi kunokwaneleyo ukuba kungabikho kuhlambala.
U-Ilya Oleinikov akazange azicinge njengenkwenkwezi. Nguye othanda ukumnika abantu uvuyo aze aphile ubomi ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba sithetha ngobomi bakhe, uyonwabile ngomtshato nomkakhe u-Irina. Ngendlela, akanakwenzeka nantoni na ngesigaba kunye ne-cinema. Eli bhinqa ngumviwa wesayensi yeekhemikhali. Kodwa unyana ka-Ilya ngumntu owaziwayo kunye noluntu. Lo ngenye yeengcali ze-solo "I-Tea kunye" - uDenis Klyaver.