Yuri Nikulin

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Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (18 December 1921 - 21 August 1997) was a well-known Russian clown and actor who played in many popular films. Nikulin served in the Soviet Army during the Great Patriotic War and the Winter War with Finland. Once the war ended, he applied to several acting schools and theatres but was rejected due to "lacking artistic talent". Then he got accepted into the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard and worked there for more than 50 years, …

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Born:
December 18, 1921
Died:
August 21, 1997

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Yuri Nikulin (1921-1997) goes down in history as a most popular Russian cinema and circus actor, one of the best clowns of the 20th century, and the head of the Tsvetnoi Boulevard circus, which has been named after him.
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