Makhlin Zinovy Isaakovich (1909-1977)

Makhlin Zinovy Isaakovich (1909, Kazan — 1977, Moscow) was a juggler.

In 1930 Zinovy Makhlin graduated from the Moscow College of Circus Arts. At the beginning of his career he imitated the outstanding performer Maximilian Truzzi, but later created an original fast-paced act based on work with balls. During the Second World War he performed in frontline artistic brigades together with Lidiya Ruslanova. He stood at the origins of the development of the Mongolian circus. After the war he worked at the Izhevsk Circus. In 1951 he served as artistic director of the Riga State Circus.

He died of a stroke and was buried at the Khokhryakovsky Cemetery in Izhevsk.