Karandash
Soviet clown
Died when: 81 years 111 days (975 months)Star 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.
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