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Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was born in Smolensk, in Western Russia, shortly after the end of the Russian civil war . He fought in the Red Army in the Winter War with Finland and the World War II with Germany. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling. Because of his rich in mimicry and doleful expression, Nikulin was hailed as \u201ca brainy clown\u201d outside Russia.<\/p>\n

Nikulin first took up clowning in 1944 when a political officer in his battalion, impressed by his repertoire of jokes, ordered him to organize entertainment for the division, which he did with resounding success. \"\"<\/a>Encouraged, once the war ended, Nikulin tried \u2013 without success – to enter drama college. Later he answered a newspaper advertisement recruiting trainees for the clown studio at Moscow’s Tsvetnoy Boulevard Circus.<\/p>\n

Nikulin was rejected by several acting schools and theatres, allegedly because of his lack in artistic talent. However, he did find initial success at the circus and qualified as a fully trained clown in 1950. After these years, he never left the circus, where he met his wife, Tatyana. Nikulin became, in 1982, the director of the Moscow Circus, a post he held until his death. But Nikulin family did not leave the circus after the death of Yuri Vladimirovich. Indeed, his son, Maxim, is nowadays the circus administrator.<\/p>\n

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