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Виктор Никитин

Виктор Иванович Никитин (12 февраля 1911, Сызрань — 6 января 1994, Москва) — советский певец тенор, солист ансамбля Александрова. Знаменит исполнением песни «Калинка». Victor Ivanovich Nikitin,(Russian: Виктор Иванович Никитин), was a Soviet tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble, born in Syzran 12 February 1911 and died in Moscow 6 January 1994. He is notable for being the first Mr Kalinka, and for being called "Ambassador Kalinka" by Erich Mückenberger after singing at the 1948 Berlin peace concert.