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Also Known As Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova
Born January 8, 1910 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died March 21, 1998 (aged 88) • Moscow • Russia

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Galina Ulanova as Giselle.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova
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Russian ballerina
Yuri Grigorovich
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
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Russian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
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Nijinsky in Paris
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Russian ballerina
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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
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