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Opera singer. Born in the Ukrainian town of Elisavetgrad (now Kirovohrad) in the family of Afanasy Petrov (1807). Founder of the Russian school of opera singing. Performed the operas of Mikhail Glink...
Ballerina. Born in Vilna (1908) in the family of physiotherapist Sergei Brustein (1873–1947) and writer Alexandra Vygodskaya (1884–1968). Studied under Nikolai Legat and Agrippina Vaganova at the Pet...