Oleg Popov - the top of the clowns

in circus •  7 years ago 

Last November at the age of 86, died the biggest Russian clown. He began working at age 12 as a worker for Pravda, but due to his athletics skills, he applied for Moscow State College Circus and he started to work with the Moscow Circus.

After a tour in 1955 in Poland, France, Belgium and England, he became a circus star worldwide.

He was a juggler, clown and mime and also after the collapse of Soviet Union, he resettled to Germany and performed with success.

He returned in Russia in 2015 after 3 decades living in Germany and was awarded and greeted with a long standing ovation for his contribute to the circus arts.


by RuCircus

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... pity he died.

The most well know clown in Holland is Bassie ;-)
bassie clown.jpg

slowly I will post about all the clowns,thanks for yr contribute

Clowns creep me out a bit though

thanks for posting, I like to watch, it seems such a melancholy clown and it is an art

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