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The Nikitin Circus was a Russian circus enterprise established by the brothers Dmitry, Akim, and Pyotr Nikitin during the nineteenth century. The brothers built permanent circus venues and presented programs featuring equestrian acts, acrobatics, clowning, and other established circus disciplines. Their work helped develop a domestically operated Russian circus tradition before the Soviet period, when the country's circus institutions were reorganized under state control.
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Who were the Nikitin brothers?
Dmitry, Akim, and Pyotr Nikitin were nineteenth-century Russian circus performers and entrepreneurs. They helped establish a Russian-owned circus business at a time when many major venues were run by foreign impresarios. [Great Russian Encyclopedia](https://old.bigenc.ru/theatre_and_cinema/text/2268276)
When did the Nikitins open their first permanent circus?
They opened their first Russian stationary circus in Penza on December 25, 1873. A second important venue followed in Saratov in 1876. [Great Russian Encyclopedia](https://old.bigenc.ru/theatre_and_cinema/text/2268276)
What acts did Dmitry, Akim, and Pyotr Nikitin perform?
Dmitry worked as an athlete and balalaika soloist, Akim as a juggler and Auguste clown, and Pyotr as a jumper and trapeze gymnast. Pyotr later also performed as an acrobat, equestrian, and rider of unsaddled horses. [Great Russian Encyclopedia](https://old.bigenc.ru/theatre_and_cinema/text/2268276)
Which cities had Nikitin circus buildings?
The brothers built or operated venues in cities including Kyiv, Baku, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kharkiv, Tbilisi, and Odesa. Their Moscow enterprise opened in 1886, followed by a purpose-built Moscow circus venue in 1911. [Great Russian Encyclopedia](https://old.bigenc.ru/theatre_and_cinema/text/2268276)
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