MOSCOW — Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin lay in state yesterday in the only appropriate place, the imposing ring of the Moscow Circus, with banks of flowers and enormous wreaths displacing for a moment ...

What would a clown say? With all the political mess going on between the Ukraine and Russia, and the economic sanctions by western countries, it makes me think of one thing: I miss Yury Nikulin. I’m ...

Award-winning comics showcased yesterday the art of clowning and tomfoolery as they honoured Russia’s brightest circus star Yuri Nikulin who would have turned 100 at the weekend. During a gala in the ...

What would the legendary Soviet comedian have to say about the way things are turning out between Russia and Ukraine? With all the political mess going on between the Ukraine and Russia, and the ...

One of Russia’s oldest stationary circuses was principally an attraction for children Albert Salomonsky, a founder and a director of the new circus, cut the ribbon in Moscow on Oct. 20, 1880. He ...

The Yuri Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoi Boulevard in Moscow is one of the oldest circuses in Russia. More than 60 artists regularly perform on the arena of this circus. Among them, famous Russian elephant ...

“We don’t intend to offend Nikulin. This is the technical problem,” the Moscow mayor said MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) – Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Maxim Nikulin had been proposed a low ...

MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) – Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Maxim Nikulin had been proposed a low rental payment for the Old Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Sobyanin told Itar-Tass, “The rental ...