Dubrovsky Leonid (1918-1996)
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| Surname | Dubrovsky |
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| Name | Leonid |
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| Birth year | 1918 |
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| Birth month | 5 |
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| Birth day | 7 |
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| Birth place | Kremenchug |
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| Death year | 1996 |
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| Death month | 2 |
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| Death day | 14 |
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| Death place | Riga |
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| Sex | M |
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Dubrovsky (pseudonym, real surname Simkhovich) Leonid (07.05.1918, Kremenchug (Ukraine) – 14.02.1996, Riga) - circus worker, animal trainer.
In 1938, Leonid Dubrovsky began working in the circus, and in 1939, he became a bear trainer (advertised on circus posters as ‘the world's first Jewish bear trainer’). In 1940, he performed with trained lions; as a bear trainer he participated in V. Durov's attraction. Leonid Dubrovsky performed at the Riga State Circus in 1958, 1973, and 1978. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Riga.