Ganapolsky was born in Lviv in 1953. His mother Dina Levina was one of the last surviving eyewitnesses of the
Babi Yar tragedy. Ganapolsky spent his childhood in Lviv, later leaving for
Kyiv and then for Moscow where he graduated from the
GITIS. From 1981 to 1986, he lived in Kyiv picking up a job at the local Variety Theatre. In 2016, he obtained Ukrainian citizenship. As of 2020, Ganapolsky hosted a talk show named
Ekho Ukrayiny on
Pryamiy kanal and, until the radio station's closure in March 2022, several radio programmes on Echo of Moscow. == References ==