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  • Tamara Karsavina

    Ballerina. Born in St Petersburg in the family of ballet dancer Platon Karsavin and Anna Khomyakova (1885). Graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in St Petersburg (1902). Danced at the Mariinsky ...

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  • Mikhail Fokine

    Ballet dancer, choreographer. Born in St Petersburg the family of a merchant called Mikhail Fokin (1880). Graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in St Petersburg (1898). Danced at the Mariinsky Th...

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  • Ekaterina Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya

    Actress. Born in Kostroma in the family of a provincial actor called Pavel Korchagin (1874). Joined the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Petrograd (1915). Famed for her images of patriotic women. People’s Ar...

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  • Giovanni Battista Rubini

    Italian tenor, bel canto opera singer. Born in Romano di Lombardia near Bergamo (1794). Debuted in Pavia (1814). Repertoire included Gioacchino Rossini’s Otello, Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermo...

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  • Fanny Elssler

    Austrian character dancer. Born Franziska Elßler in Gumpendorf near Vienna (1810). Performed in Russia (1848–51). Introduced La Cachucha (an Andalusian dance) to the theatre. Died in Vienna (1884).

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  • Alla Shelest

    Ballerina. Born in Smolensk in the family of Yakov Shelest (1919). Performed at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad. Winner of the Stalin Prize (1947, 1951), People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1957). Died in S...

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  • Fyodor Volkov

    Actor. Born in Kostroma in the family of a merchant called Grigory Volkov (1729). Founded an amateur drama company in Yaroslavl (1750) and the first professional Russian company in St Petersburg (175...

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  • Vasily Samoilov

    Actor, amateur artist. Born in St Petersburg (1813) in the family of Vasily Samoilov (1782–1839), head of a family of actors at the Alexandrinsky Theatre. Studied at the School of Mining in St Peters...

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  • Anna Vorobyova

    Opera singer, contralto. Born in St Petersburg in the family of Yakov Vorobyov (1816). First performer of the part of Vanya in Mikhail Glinka ’s opera A Life for the Tsar (1836). Married Osip Petrov ...

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  • Joachim Tartakov

    Opera singer. Born in Odessa in the family of Victor Tartakov (1860). Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Performed more than a hundred roles, including the Demon in Anton Rubinstein’s...

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