Vladimir Doveyko(1922-2002)

Vladimir Vladimirovich Doveyko is a participant in the Great Patriotic War, military pilot - guard lieutenant, commander of a bomber. When the war broke out, despite government reservations and protests by relatives, he went to the draft board and asked for aviation. After graduating from the Novosibirsk flight school, and then - the high school night pilots began to fly on the American Boeing B-25. In the beginning, it bombed at night, and then they organized a special purpose regiment that flew during the day. He flew as a crew commander, long-range aviation squadron commander. It was he who, leading his squadron, was the first to bomb the Reichstag area in the daytime in Berlin. A regiment of Kozhedub fighters accompanied them. In early February 1945, his regiment bombed the German city of Breslau (now Polish Wroclaw). The city was an important transport hub, and the Germans turned it into a strongly fortified fortress. As part of the Lower Silesian offensive operation, Soviet troops stormed it from January to May 6, 1945. On this day, Vladimir Doveyko bombed the railway junction of Breslau and, having received 22 holes, returned home. Suddenly a messer emerged from the cloud. Doveiko turned the car around and attacked the fighter. Five bursts converged on the German body. In this messer Goering's nephew died. After World War II, journalist Ernst Mikhailov, who was examining Goering's archives, found an order for the Luftwaffe's asks: "To shoot down pilots: Pokryshkin, Kozhedub, Rychkalov, Molodchev and the" laughing clown "(surname and part unknown). He was Vladimir Doveyko. On the fuselage of his fighting vehicle he painted a laughing clown in a bright cap and wrote "For Soviet art!" He flew over enemy cities, bombing Berlin, terrified the Nazis who called him "Laughing clown." He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Red Banner, the Horde Mr. "World War II", medals "For the victory over Germany" and "For the capture of Berlin". Vladimir Doveyko is a hereditary artist, entered the arena at the age of 9 and did not leave the arena literally until the last days of his life. The circus for Vladimir Doveiko was a profession, vocation, life. The artists called him General. After the war, he returned to the circus and created the acrobatic attraction of the romance record-breakers, which had no equal on the world's arenas. He set three world records. He played in the cinema ("Much Ado About Nothing," "The Strongest," "Afraid of a Bold Bullet," "Purely English Killing," "Mrs. Shelton's Journey," etc.). A special merit is the introduction of a new direction in rooms with teeterboards, which has greatly expanded the scope of the traditional genre. People's Artist of the USSR and Russia, winner of the Golden Clown of the most prestigious circus competition in Monte Carlo, Golden Medal of the circus competition in South America. He was awarded the orders "Badge of Honor" and "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree. In connection with the 80th anniversary of his birth, a letter of gratitude was sent to Vladimir Doveiko "For his great contribution to the development of domestic circus art" by President Vladimir Putin. The unique creative longevity of the arena master was noted by the National Academy of Circus Art of Russia, which in February 2002 presented to V.V. Doveyko Prize "Circus 2002" in the nomination "Legend of the World Circus".