Nikita Balieff

Nikita Balieff
Նիկիտա Բալիև
Nikita Balieff by Sergis Alberts, 1909
Born
Mkrtich Balyan

1877 (1877)
Erzerum, Ottoman Empire (disputed)
DiedSeptember 3, 1936(1936-09-03) (aged 58–59)
New York City, New York, United States
Occupation(s)Vaudeville, stage performer, writer, impresario, director

Nikita Fyodorovich Balieff (c. 1873 – September 3, 1936, born Mkrtich Balyan) was a Russian Armenian vaudevillian, stage performer, writer, impresario, and director. He is best known as the creator and master of ceremonies of La Chauve-Souris theater group.

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