Background
Kruchinin, Nikolai was born on October 29, 1885 in Moscow.
Kruchinin, Nikolai was born on October 29, 1885 in Moscow.
Collected gypsy folklore. Directed the Ethnographic Ensemble of Old Gypsy Song, 1925-1929 (founded by him as a studio in 1920). Edited a collection of Old Russian Songs Preserved in the Gypsy Musical Tradition, 1929.