Background
Nikolay Akimovich Nikitin was born on December 5, 1887 in Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine.
Nikolay Akimovich Nikitin was born on December 5, 1887 in Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine.
In 1917, after his father’s death, Nikolay Akimovich headed the Nikitin Brothers circus in Moscow. After the nationalization Nikitin worked as circus artist in K.I. Byla’s circus, toured abroad (1919-1922). Having returned home he worked as a juggler and trainer of horses. ikolay Akimovich worked as a director and artistic director of the circus program in Voronezh, where he opened a circus tent in the art garden Gubpolitprosveta (autumn 1924). He performed in the Voronezh circus in the autumn of 1934.