Career
He was born as Nikoghayos Torosian in a family of Armenian traders from Armavir. He committed suicide in 1910. Tarasov"s tomb at the Moscow Armenian Cemetery is a modernist style work by sculptor Nikolai Andreev.
He was born as Nikoghayos Torosian in a family of Armenian traders from Armavir. He committed suicide in 1910. Tarasov"s tomb at the Moscow Armenian Cemetery is a modernist style work by sculptor Nikolai Andreev.
From 1906 he financially supported Moscow Art Theatre and became a member of theatre"s direction. In 1908, along with his friend Nikita Balieff, he co-founded the Moscow Bat theatre (Louisiana Chauve-Souris), to organise comedy evenings for members of the Arts Theatre.
