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Also Known As Mathilda-Maria Feliksovna Kshesinskaya • Mathilde Kschessinskaya • Mathilde Kshessinska
Born August 31, 1872 • Russia
Died December 7, 1971 (aged 99) • Paris • France
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Bakst, Léon
Léon Bakst
Russian artist
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova
Russian ballerina
Alexei Ratmansky
Russian dancer and choreographer
Vaganova, Agrippina
Agrippina Vaganova
Russian ballerina
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva
Russian ballerina
Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Olga Preobrajenska
Russian ballerina
Alfred Schnittke
Russian composer
Plisetskaya, Maya
Maya Plisetskaya
Russian ballerina
Ida Rubinstein
Ida Rubinstein
Russian dancer