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 ===A New Era===
-The immediate post-communist era (under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin) was a disastrous time for Russia, during which old Soviet institutions collapsed with practically nothing to replace or efficiently reform them. The once-glorious Soviet circus, which was under the control of a state organization, [[SoyuzGosTsirk]] (soon renamed [[RosGosTsirk]]), was no exception&mdash;a situation that caused a diaspora of talented Russian artists.
+[[File:Tamerlan_Nugzarov_Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tamerlan Nugzarov (2017)]]The immediate post-communist era (under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin) was a disastrous time for Russia, during which old Soviet institutions collapsed with practically nothing to replace or efficiently reform them. The once-glorious Soviet circus, which was under the control of a state organization, [[SoyuzGosTsirk]] (soon renamed [[RosGosTsirk]]), was no exception&mdash;a situation that caused a diaspora of talented Russian artists.
 However, circus troupes and performers working with large or wild animals couldn’t easily find work abroad, and like several of his colleagues in the same situation, Tamerlan and Svetlana created in 1997 their own circus collective, and put together an equestrian pantomime which they called ''My Russia''. It was to be Tamerlan's masterpiece. It had an elaborate storyline, a full corps de ballet, a spectacular machinery and pyrotechnic effects. In the piece, Tamerlan also worked with a leopard. It was a true circus pantomime in the line of the spectacle of his mentors, Mikhail Tuganov and Boris Manzhelli, in which he had learned his craft.
-[[File:Tamerlan_Nugzarov_Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tamerlan Nugzarov (2017)]]Things went progressively better with the arrival of a new century and a stronger and more efficient leadership (in the person of Vladimir Putin), and the old stars of the Soviet circus (and the upcoming stars of the new Russian circus) saw their rightful place in the Russian artistic community eventually restored. Tamerlan Nugzarov, of course, was one of them. In 2007, Tamerlan and his wife began to prepare yet another spectacle, titled ''Fairy Tale'', which included an evil sorcerer, a good fairy, a beautiful princess, and horses disguised as mythical creatures. Tamerlan succinctly described it thus: "Love, Poetic Fantasy, and Horses."
+Things went progressively better with the arrival of a new century and a stronger and more efficient leadership (in the person of Vladimir Putin), and the old stars of the Soviet circus (and the upcoming stars of the new Russian circus) saw their rightful place in the Russian artistic community eventually restored. Tamerlan Nugzarov, of course, was one of them. In 2007, Tamerlan and his wife began to prepare yet another spectacle, titled ''Fairy Tale'', which included an evil sorcerer, a good fairy, a beautiful princess, and horses disguised as mythical creatures. Tamerlan succinctly described it thus: "Love, Poetic Fantasy, and Horses."
 On May 8, 2010, Tamerlan participated in ''Victory Salute'' at Moscow’s [[Circus Nikulin]], a show given to celebrate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in WWII, in which he played with great pride the role of Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the legendary leader of the Red Army. And he was indeed featured among the most illustrious stars of the Russian circus for the celebration in 2019 of its one-hundredth anniversary as a State institution, in the ring of the same circus, Circus Nikulin (the former Circus Salamonsky), Moscow’s oldest circus,  on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

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 File:Nugzarov_Zhukov.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov as Marshal Zhukov (2010)
 File:Nugzarov_in_Ring.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov (c.2015)
 File:Tamerlan_Nugzarov_in_Ring.jpeg|Tamerlan Nugzarov (2016)
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 File:Nugzarov_Horseman.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov (1990)
 File:Tamerlan_Nugzarov_on_Horse.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov (c.2002)
 File:Nugzarov_Zhukov_Horse.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov as Marshal Zhukov (2010)

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 File:Nugzarov_Horseman.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov (1990)
 File:Tamerlan_Nugzarov_on_Horse.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov (c.2002)
 File:Nugzarov_Zhukov.jpg|Tamerlan Nugzarov as Marshal Zhukov (2010)
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 At the beginning of the [[Idol Festival]] in September 2017 at the [[Bolshoi Circus]] of Verdnasky Avenue in Moscow, two stars were unveiled on the Circus Alley of Stars (the Russian circus equivalent of Hollywood’s Walk of Fame) in the circus’s foyer: One honoring the legendary clown [[Yury Nikulin]], the other, the horseman Tamerlan Nugzarov. In spite of his age, Tamerlan Nugzarov was still working with his horses every day, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. He still had a considerable energy and had built by himself a large country house in Moscow’s suburbs where he spent his weekends when he was not performing.
-For performing, he continued to do so until the end. Then during a tour with his troupe in Yaroslavl in 2020, he suddenly fell ill. The show was cancelled after only two days of performance, and Tamerlan went into retirement. He passed away in Yaroslavl a few days later, on May 24, 2020, causing a considerable emotion in the circus world. Echoing the circus community’s feelings, [[Maksim Nikulin]], the director of Circus Nikulin, commented on Tamerlan’s passing in an interview: "He was really a circus legend. It is a loss for the circus community, and for the circus world." It was indeed. The Nugzarov dynasty continues, however, with Tamerlan's son, Tamerlan Tamerlanovich, a remarkable horseman like his father.
+For performing, he did until the end. During a tour with his troupe in Yaroslavl in 2020, he suddenly fell ill. The show was cancelled after only two days of performance, and Tamerlan went into isolation, victim of the Coronavirus pandemic. He passed away in Yaroslavl a few days later, on May 24, 2020, causing a considerable emotion in the circus world. Echoing the circus community’s feelings, [[Maksim Nikulin]], the director of Circus Nikulin, commented on Tamerlan’s passing in an interview: "He was really a circus legend. It is a loss for the circus community, and for the circus world." It was indeed. The Nugzarov dynasty continues, however, with Tamerlan's son, Tamerlan Tamerlanovich, a remarkable horseman like his father.
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 * Video: [[Nugzarov_Troupe_Video_1990|Tamerlan Nugzarov Troupe, Cossack riding]], Moscow Circus U.S. Tour (1990)
 * Video: [[Nugzarov_Video_2001|Tamerlan Nugzarov's ''My Russia'']] (excerpts), at the Circus of Yekaterinburg (2001)
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 In 1922, Kazbek Nugzarov had become part of the Cossack-riding troupe of the legendary [[Alibek Kantemirov]] (1882-1975), and he later created his own act. Young Tamerlan first worked as a groom for his stepfather, and being a good horseman, he soon became part of Kazbek's act, in which he developed his Cossack-riding skills under the tutlage of his stepfather. Then, from 1962 to 1965, he joined the troupe of [[Mikhail Tuganov]] (1900-1974) to perform in [[Boris Manzhelli]]’s circus pantomime ''The Legend of Bakhshisaray''&mdash;a story set in the famous (and still extent) Tatar-Crimean palace of that name, built in the sixteenth century, which was the principal residence of the khan of Crimea.
-Mikhail Tuganov retired from performing in 1963. That same year, he created a show that was to be presented at Paris's Palais des Sports under the title ''La Gonka de Moscow'' (''Гонка'', or "gonka," means "dashing" in Russian, which makes the French title a little odd). It was mostly an equestrian spectacle that included such Soviet circus luminaries as [[Yury Ermolaev]] with his liberty act, the equestrian pas-de-deux and statues of the [[Lapiado-Korolëv Family]], and the remarkable acrobatic act on horseback of the [[The Zapashny Family|Zapashnys]]. Tamerlan had be drafted by Tuganov to take part in the Cossack-riding act that concluded the show.
+Mikhail Tuganov retired from performing in 1963. That same year, he created a show that was to be presented at Paris's Palais des Sports under the title ''La Gonka de Moscow'' (''Гонка'', or "gonka," means "dashing" in Russian, which makes the French title a little odd). It was mostly an equestrian spectacle that included such Soviet circus luminaries as [[Yury Ermolaev]] with his liberty act, the equestrian pas-de-deux and statues of the [[Lapiado-Korolëv Family]], the dancer on bareback horse [[Gitana Leontenko]], and the remarkable acrobatic act on horseback of the [[The Zapashny Family|Zapashnys]]. Tamerlan had be drafted by Tuganov to take part in the Cossack-riding act that concluded the show.
 Tamerlan Nugzarov acknowledged later that Tuganov (who retired from performing in 1963 and went on to create his own shows) and Manzhelli (a very talented and creative animal trainer whose real name was Svechenko) had a strong influence on his artistic development. Mikhail Tuganov, who had also performed with Alibek Kantemirov, was a legend in his own right who had written an important page of Russian circus lore: In June 1941, right after Germany had declared war to the Soviet Union, Mikhail Tuganov and his horsemen left the ring of Moscow’s [[Circus Nikulin|Old Circus]] on Tsvetnoy Boulevard at the end of their performance and together went directly to enroll in the Red Army!