Yury Nikulin. Funny and tragic. Razzakov F.I.

“Funny and tragic are two sisters accompanying us in life,” said Yuri Nikulin. So in his life. A brilliant clown in the Moscow circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, an actor of comedy cinema, the compiler of many collections of jokes - we remember him. Meanwhile, Nikulin’s life was not easy, it was not overwhelmed only by rainbow moments. The blood of the Great Patriotic War, daily overcoming the misunderstanding of his work by those who considered the ability to mix lightweight and unnecessary. But he stubbornly walked chosen for himself, relying on the support of family and friends, on the love of millions of spectators. “To hear laughter is joy. Calling laughter is pride for me. ” And Yuri Nikulin was really proud that he mixed us. In the new book, the famous journalist Fedor Razzakov recreates the life of Yuri Nikulin literally by the days, in all details, not hiding anything, up to common gossip and rumors. At the same time, the author, illuminating the events of the life of the Great Clown, resorts to many sources: memoirs, memories of relatives and friends, interviews and articles.