Karandash
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Mikhail Nikolayevich RumyantsevTemplate:Efn (10 December 1901 [O.S. 27 November]Template:Snd31 March 1983), better known under his stage name KarandashTemplate:Efn was a famous Soviet clown.[1][2] He was a People's Artist of the USSR and a Hero of Socialist Labour, and was the teacher of the famous Russian clowns Oleg Popov and Yuri Nikulin.[3][4]
Family life
Rumyantsev was born in Saint Petersburg, and had two younger siblings, brother Kostya and sister Lena.[2] His mother died when he was six.
Rumyantsev had at least two daughters.[3]
Career as clown
Starting his career in the circus arena as the imitator of Charlie Chaplin, Mikhail Rumyantsev then abandoned it for, or rather, transformed that part into his would-be renowned image of Karandash always accompanied with his hallmark Scottish Terrier named Klyaksa (which means blot).
He enjoyed immense popularity with the Soviet audience and often gathered full houses all over the country. He had courage to ridicule such topics as religion, alcohol, fascism and even Soviet regime.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Rumyantsev taught his profession to both Oleg Popov and Yuri Nikulin.[5]
During World War II, Rumyantsev toured on frontiers and mocked fascist forces to raise soldiers’ morale.[6][7]
In 1960, he toured South America with the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.[6][8]
Altogether, Karandash had worked in the circus for 55 years, the last time he appeared in the arena was just two weeks prior to his death.
The Template:Ill was named after him.[9]
Notes
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- ↑ Biography in Italian Script error: No such module "webarchive"., retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ↑ a b Biography in Russian, retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ↑ a b Monument to legendary clown Karandash to open in Gomel June 1, 2006 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Official site of Gomel Oblast, retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ↑ History of clowns in Russia, retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ↑ Biography of Yuri Nikulin, retrieved on 27 April 2007.
- ↑ a b Official site of Nikulin's circus. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., retrieved on 27 April 2007.
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- ↑ Reddest show on Earth, Time, 4 April 1960, retrieved on 27 April 2007.
- ↑ Governmental Russian site about the school Script error: No such module "webarchive"., retrieved 30 April 2007.
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Literature
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External links
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- 1901 births
- 1983 deaths
- 20th-century Russian male actors
- Entertainers from Saint Petersburg
- Male actors from Saint Petersburg
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian clowns
- Russian male film actors
- Soviet clowns
- Soviet male film actors
- Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery