Emil Teodorovich Kio (né Emil Teodorovich Girshfeld-Renard) (; 11 April 1894 – 19 December 1965) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

illusionist Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of close-up magic, parlor magic, and stage magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural me ...

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

. His sons, Igor Kio and Emil Kio, Jr., became famous Soviet magicians as well.

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1894 births 1965 deaths Artists from Moscow Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian magicians Soviet magicians {{Russia-artist-stub Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Entertainers from the Russian Empire