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Olga Lepeshinskaya

Soviet ballet dancer

Born 1916 · KyivDied 2008RussiaSoviet Union
Olga Lepeshinskaya
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Olga Lepeshinskaya was a Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1916 in Kyiv, who died in 2008.

Biography

Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Лепешинская; 28 September [O.S. 15 September] 1916 – 20 December 2008) was a Soviet ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.

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