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These Russian Bears really do skate says Jim Proudfoot, who went to see Moscow Circus on Ice at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. They stickhandle and sh(...)
These Russian Bears really do skate says Jim Proudfoot, who went to see Moscow Circus on Ice at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. They stickhandle and sh(...)

These Russian Bears really do skate says Jim Proudfoot, who went to see Moscow Circus on Ice at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. They stickhandle and sh(...)

Date10/6/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: These Russian Bears really do skate says Jim Proudfoot; who went to see Moscow Circus on Ice at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. They stickhandle and shoot in hockey game; dance and pirouette. Acrobats in this Soviet Version of our Ice Capades are all magnificent; as when the girl on right does flip and lands on bar with her skates. But performers would be just as good without their skates.
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Handy fellows and heady, too, are strongmen Kaseyey and Manassarian doing balacing act with Great Moscow Circus at Maple Leaf Gardens
Handy fellows and heady, too, are strongmen Kaseyey and Manassarian doing balacing act with Great Moscow Circus at Maple Leaf Gardens
9/5/1962
Bear trot: Dancing bears like Knopa at the Moscow Circus get enough exercise outside their cages, an Ontario Human Society inspector said yesterday
Bear trot: Dancing bears like Knopa at the Moscow Circus get enough exercise outside their cages, an Ontario Human Society inspector said yesterday
8/15/1988
Bear with us. The Moscow Circus opened 50 minutes late with its debut show on the CNE grounds last night. But the brown bear act soon soothed an impatient audience
Bear with us. The Moscow Circus opened 50 minutes late with its debut show on the CNE grounds last night. But the brown bear act soon soothed an impatient audience
8/17/1988
Circus hot shot, All set to get things off with a bang, Hugo Zacchini, of the famous family of 'Cannonballs' is with Garden Bros. circus which will open at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
Circus hot shot, All set to get things off with a bang, Hugo Zacchini, of the famous family of 'Cannonballs' is with Garden Bros. circus which will open at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight
5/24/1972
Nice kitty: Trainer Wayne Ragen, 26, is having his hand licked, not his nails trimmed, by sam, a 250-pound Bengal tiger at the Garden Brothers Circus, Which opens tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens
Nice kitty: Trainer Wayne Ragen, 26, is having his hand licked, not his nails trimmed, by sam, a 250-pound Bengal tiger at the Garden Brothers Circus, Which opens tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens
2/24/1982
Fun for the whole family, Dai Wen Xia, a contortionist with the Great Circus of China, practises her routine at Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday. The trou(...)
Fun for the whole family, Dai Wen Xia, a contortionist with the Great Circus of China, practises her routine at Maple Leaf Gardens yesterday. The trou(...)
5/29/1984
Dancing bear: Raisa and Grant Ibragimov's bruins are among Moscow Circus acts performing at CNE bigtop
Dancing bear: Raisa and Grant Ibragimov's bruins are among Moscow Circus acts performing at CNE bigtop
8/16/1989
Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better
Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better
8/13/1988
Behind bars: A bear cub walts to perform in the Moscow Circus at the CNE in 1988, amid humane society charges of cruelty
Behind bars: A bear cub walts to perform in the Moscow Circus at the CNE in 1988, amid humane society charges of cruelty
8/12/1988
Can I have this dance? Bianca the bear, a 350-pound Russian brown bear from Circus Tivoli, was a disco queen this weekend at Sparkles, the world's hig(...)
Can I have this dance? Bianca the bear, a 350-pound Russian brown bear from Circus Tivoli, was a disco queen this weekend at Sparkles, the world's hig(...)
5/9/1981
Stunts on Horseback by the Zapashny family were just one of the thrills in store for the audience at Maple Leaf Gardens last night when the Great Mosc(...)
Stunts on Horseback by the Zapashny family were just one of the thrills in store for the audience at Maple Leaf Gardens last night when the Great Mosc(...)
4/17/1973
Yuri Kuklachov, centre, who circus performers privately call the greatest clown there is, holds the Moscow Circus together Kuklachov coaxes a house ca(...)
Yuri Kuklachov, centre, who circus performers privately call the greatest clown there is, holds the Moscow Circus together Kuklachov coaxes a house ca(...)
9/28/1977