In 2006, Popov was invited to perform at the 30th anniversary of the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo; at 75 years of age, he still managed to inspire a standing ovation.
Born the only child of an artist and a geologist in Moscow, Russia, Ted Vasin often attended the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard where his grandfather Alexander Falkovsky was a costume and stage designer who created costumes for Oleg Popov, Yuri Nikulin and Karandash.
Oleg Kalugin | Oleg Gazmanov | Oleg Mityaev | Oleg Kagan | Oleg Deripaska | Oleg Menshikov | Oleg Maisenberg | Oleg Kulik | Oleg Caetani | Alexander Stepanovich Popov | Alexander Popov | Vasil Popov | Oleg Yefremov | Oleg Strizhenov | Oleg Grabar | Oleg Goncharenko | Oleg Firsov | Leonid Popov | Faddeev–Popov ghost | Yevgeni Popov | Vladimir Popov | Vasile M. Popov | Oleg Vyugin | Oleg Timchenko | Oleg Tabakov | Oleg Pungin | Oleg Popov | Oleg Ostapenko | Oleg Maslennikov | Oleg Malov |