Karandash, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karandash

Soviet clown

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1901

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1983

Profession: clown, actor, circus, circus performer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mikhail Nikolayevich Rumyantsev (Russian: ?????´? ??????´???? ????´????) (10 December 1901 – 31 March 1983), better known under his stage name Karandash (Russian: ???????´? which means pencil), was a famous Soviet clown.
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.