Tofig Huseynovich Akhundov ( azerb. Tofiq Hüseyn oğlu Axundov ; born November 28, 1941 , Baku , Azerbaijan SSR , USSR ) is a Russian circus artist, author of a show with hippos , works at the Russian State Circus .
| Tofig Akhundov | ||||
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| Tofig Huseynovich Akhundov | ||||
| Date of Birth | November 28, 1941 (aged 77) | |||
| Place of Birth | Baku , Azerbaijan SSR , USSR | |||
| Citizenship |  the USSR  Russia | |||
| Occupation | circus artist , trainer | |||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Born on November 28, 1941 [1] in Baku in a family where only father Huseyn Akhundov was related to art - he worked as an artist at Mosfilm .
He has been working at the Rosgoszirk since 1965 immediately after graduating from the State School of Circus and Pop Art . [2] Tofig Huseynovich has been engaged in his show for more than 30 years: the hippos Jan, Zlata and Aida and another hippopotamus (later he gave it to the Sochi aquarium) he acquired one year old in the Ramat Gan safari park in Israel. The An-12 transport aircraft delivered future artists to Moscow. [3]
With a trio of pets and an attraction called the Hippopotamus Show, he traveled to many countries in Europe and Asia. The wife Lyudmila helps him in his work. [four]
Rewards
- Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2001 No. 1473). [5]
- People's Artist of the Russian Federation (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 21, 2012 No. 315). [6]
- People's Artist of Azerbaijan . [7]
Notes
- ↑ AHUNDOV Tofig Huseynovich (b. 28.XI.1941)
- ↑ Tofig Akhundov - about a new attraction . Date of treatment November 2, 2014. Archived November 2, 2014.
- ↑ Hippos prefer Beethoven
- ↑ Hippos for kids (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 2, 2014. Archived November 2, 2014.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2001 n 1473 “On the Awarding of State Prizes of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ Residents of Moscow awarded state awards of the Russian Federation in 2012. Archived on November 2, 2014.
- ↑ Tofig Akhundov will present the audience with a new circus attraction