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Kremlin Clown Raikin Draws Laughs From Soviet Leaders
A.A.P. Reuter reports Arkadi Raikin, famed as the Kremlin clown, entertains Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders with satire in a tubby rubber-faced act. Raikin, with a 100 rouble fee per show, writes directs and stars in his pieces and aspires to perform in the West without censorship.
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A.a.p.-Reuter
Nikita Krushchev
Arkadi Prikin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Ood
Russia
Raikin Iys
Ulanova
Serge Obraz
Communist Party
Raiken
West