Bim Bom was a Moscow

Moscow

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 circus

Circus

A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...

 clown

Clown

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 duo consisting of Ivan Radunsky

Ivan Radunsky

A Pole by birth, Ivan played the part of Bim in the clown duo of Bim Bom. He used his clowning as a platform to criticize the Bolshevik party....

(as Bim) and various "Boms" throughout the years. The clown act was enormously popular, but often banned or censored

Censorship

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 due to its satirical political content. Each act would begin with an original song and dance performed by Bim. The duo has been called "the most popular entertainment in Civil War Moscow".

Bim was always played by Radunsky, but Bom was played by several different individuals.

1. Vitaly Lazarenko
   Vitaly Lazarenko
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Radunsky had been a member of the Bolshevik Party and was a pledged member of the Futurist movement

Russian Futurism

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 early on. However, after the October Revolution

October Revolution

The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...

 in 1917, the duo turned their wit against the new power. Bim Bom desisted from mocking the Bolsheviks only when their couplets so offended Latvian Riflemen

Latvian Riflemen

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in the audience that they shot up the circus and threatened to do the same to the clowns.

Bim Bom is mentioned in the 2007 documentary, "Russian Revolution In Color."