Vyacheslav Polunin，Vyacheslav Ivanovich Polunin (Slava Polunin) was born on June 11, 1950, in Novosil, Orel province, USSR. Young Polunin was obsessed with the image of Charley Chaplin. He imitated Chaplin at school performances and also developed a wide range of other comic characters during his school years.