Olga Lepeshinskaya (dancer)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevna and the family name is Lepeshinskaya.

Olga Lepeshinskaya
Lepeshinskaya as Swanilda, Coppélia, 1957
Born
Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya

(1916-09-28)28 September 1916
Kyiv, Russian Empire
Died20 December 2008(2008-12-20) (aged 92)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materMoscow State Academy of Choreography
Occupation(s)Prima ballerina, teacher
Years active1935–2008
Spouse
    • Leonid Raykhman
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    (m. 1956; died 1962)​
Awards

Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Лепешинская; 28 September [O.S. 15 September] 1916[1] – 20 December 2008[2]) was a Soviet ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.[3]

  1. ^ Lepeshinskaya, Olga Vasiliyevna article in Krugosvet encyclopedia (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Obituary (in Russian)". Echo of Moscow. 20 December 2008.
  3. ^ Lepeshinskaya, Olga Vasiliyevna article in Peoples.ru encyclopedia English translation Retrieved 19 September 2008.