Nikolai Tarasov
Nikolai Lazarevich Tarasov was an Armenian–Russian oil-industrialist and dandy, who was a devotee of the theatre.Biography
He was born as Nikoghayos Torosian in a family of Armenian traders from Armavir. 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, to organise comedy evenings for members of the Arts Theatre.
He committed suicide in 1910. Tarasov's tomb at the Moscow Armenian Cemetery is a modernist style work by sculptor Nikolai Andreev.Links
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