Bravin Mikhail Borisovich (real name Moses Pipus) (? - 1941, Riga) - actor, singer, entertainer, chairman of the Society of Small Stage Artists.

Mikhail Bravin began his career in 1901 as a dramatic actor, from 1909 he performed as a singer in Perm in the troupe of M. T. Stroev's Drama Theatre. From 1911 he worked in restaurants and cinemas in Odessa, from 1915 in restaurants and variety shows in Moscow (‘Hermitage’, ‘Aquarium’, ‘Yar’).

In November 1918 Mikhail Bravin moved to Latvia. Performed together with his wife Vera, first in Liepaja, and from 1920 in Riga: on stage in Liepaja and from 1920 in Riga - on the stage of the Russian Drama Theatre, in the first Riga cabaret ‘Victoria’ on the corner of Dzirnavu and Brivibas streets, in restaurants and cinemas. In 1922 he opened the first miniature theatre in Riga. He toured Latvia extensively, and for several years was chairman of the Russian Theatre Society in Riga.

Lit.: Mikhail Bravin: 25 years on stage in different roles Segodnya Vecherom. 1934. № 276. С. 4; Saturday evening of Mikhail Bravin Segodnya Vecherom. 1936. № 65. С. 6.