Stanislav Filipenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Bakhstasovych and the family name is Filipenko.

Stanislav Bakhstasovych Filipenko (Ukrainian: Станіслав Бахстасович Філіпенко; 8 July 1938 – 6 August 2025) was a Ukrainian circus artist.

Life and career

Filipenko was born on 8 July 1938, and began his career in the circus after graduating from school.^[1] He worked with the State Circus for 26 years. In 1983, he joined the folk circus "Youth of Kyiv", where he worked as a tutor. In later life, he taught at the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts, while simultaneously directing the "Youth of Kyiv".^[2]

Filipenko died on 6 August 2025, at the age of 87.^[3]