Victor Ivanovich Nikitin
1911–1994 (age 83)
Biography
Victor Ivanovich Nikitin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Никитин; 12 February 1911 – 6 January 1994), was a Soviet tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble. 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.