Nikita Fyoderovich Baliev –his Armenian name Mgrdich Asdvadzadoor Balyan—was the creative and artistic director of the famous Moscow cabaret “the Bat” (1908-1920). After the Russian Revolution, he moved to Paris and created new shows. He later took his theatre group to South America, Hollywood and New York. He died of a fatal stroke in a New York taxi in 1936. He was born in Erzurum in 1877.

Nikita Fyoderovich Baliev –his Armenian name Mgrdich Asdvadzadoor Balyan—was the creative and artistic director of the famous Moscow cabaret “the Bat” (1908-1920). After the Russian Revolution, he moved to Paris and created new shows. He later took his theatre group to South America, Hollywood and New York. He died of a fatal stroke in a New York taxi in 1936. He was born in Erzurum in 1877.