Nina Kornilova

From the list of elephant persons Family: Suprun

☨ Nina Kornilova

Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1926-12-25

Dead


Spouse(s)	1958 Anatoly Kornilov

Residence
Country	Russia

Locations
Title	director 1943-
Location	at Circus Kornilov in Russia

Biography details

Nina Andreevna Suprun , circus director in Russia

Suprun was born * 1926-12-25

Married 1958 to Anatoly Kornilov born 1924 .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Flora (trainer from 1982 to 1990)

Trained in ballet since childhood, she had been a dancer in Rostov’s Operetta Theatre, Nina was assigned in 1943 to the Kornilov ensemble, of which she became the soloist who worked directly with the elephants. In 1958, re-married with Anatoly Kornilov (1924-1991), Aleksandr’s son, who was his father’s assistant in the elephant act. Now married, Anatoly and Nina put together their own acts—a "Cossack act" on Siberian camels, and a comedy act in which bears impersonated firemen whose chief was Anatoly, while Nina was a nurse. These acts were part of the Kornilov ensemble, and the young couple continued to participate in the elephant act.

In 1984, SoyuzGosTsirk gave Anatoly Kornilov the management of Riga’s circus (Latvia was then part of the Soviet Union). There, Nina devised a new attraction, Elephants Around the Globe. Anatoly and Nina retired in 1990 and the attraction passed into the hands of their daughter, Taisiya. Nina never left the circus and, to this day (2018), she continues to participate in the training of the Kornilovs’ elephants.

Nina Kornilova is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Kornilov,

Nina Kornilova is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesFlora,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director Nina Andreevna Suprun in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2499. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Dominique Jando http://www.circopedia.org/The_Kornilov_Dynasty

Selected publications

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