Pavel Nikolaevich Kripakov (Russian: Павел Николаевич Крипаков; February 10, 1908 - October 7, 1985) was a Russian-born American singer who was a member of the Don Cossack Choir.
[1][2] Born in Tatishchevskaya, station of the Orenburg Cossack Host, during a period of revolutionary upheaval, Kripakov's early life was marked by his father's efforts to protect the family from the threat faced by tsarist officers.
Placed in the Don Cadet Corps in Novocherkassk, Kripakov discovered his talent for singing under the guidance of choir director N.M. Verushkin.
Kripakov's father found him and secured a place for him in the Don Cadet Corps named after Alexander III in Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
While studying, he also received singing lessons and joined the Platovsky Cossack Choir, embarking on a global tour that lasted two years.