This silver commemorate coin, issued by the Central Bank of Armenia,  is dedicated to the 75-th anniversary of Leonid Yengibarov’s birth.

Leonid Yengibarov (15.03.1935, Moscow – 25.07.1972, Moscow) is a circus and variety artist, clown and mime. He graduated from the Moscow School of Circus Art in 1959 and became an artist of the Armenian Circus Team. In 1971 he established a mime variety theater and initiated an original “Yengibarov technique” in mime. Being a great master of improvisation Yengibarov enriched the traditional image of the circus clown by depicting tragic and comic scenes and diversity of the human character. In his numbers he used intricate stunts equally performed in the circus and variety. Yengibarov used to go on tours abroad and in 1964 in Prague he got his first prize.

In 1971 Yengibarov was honored with the title of People’s Artist of the Armenia SSR. Yengibarov’s “Outdoor Acrobat”, “Steps”, “Umbrella” and many other miniatures are tinged with philosophical thoughts. He acted in “A Road to the Circus”, “2-Leonid-2”, “Meet Leonid Yengibarov” and other films and wrote two books - “The First Round” (1971) and “The Last Round” (1984).

In 1972 Yengibarov established a Circus School in Yerevan later honored with the People’s Team title.

Yengibarov’s memorial stands in front of the Yerevan Circus building.