David Vseviov was 27 born May 1949 in Tallinn to Isaac Vseviov and Rezi Vseviova. He speaks both Estonian and Russian fluently and is of Jewish heritage.[3]
In 1966 he graduated from the Tallinn Secondary School No. 6 (now the Tallinn Central Russian Gymnasium), and in 1971 from the Faculty of History and Linguistics of Tartu State University as a historian and history teacher. Since 1986 he is teaching art history and visual culture at Estonian Academy of Arts (professor).[1][2]
Since 1997 he has hosted the radio program Müstiline Venemaa ('Mysterious Russia').[4]
Married, has three children. His son Jonatan has worked in the Estonian Ministry of Defense and foreign ministry.
