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Lepeshinskai︠a︡, Olʹga Vasilʹevna, 1916-2008

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Personal name headingLepeshinskai︠a︡, Olʹga Vasilʹevna, 1916-2008
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Variant(s)Лепешинская, Ольга Васильевна, 1916-2008
Lepeshinskaya, Olga, 1916-2008
Birth date1916-09-15
Death date2008-12-20
Place of birthKyïv (Ukraine)
Place of deathMoscow (Russia)
Profession or occupationBallerinas Ballet dancers
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated
Found inSolodovnikov, A. V. Olʹga Lepeshinskai︠a︡, 1983: t.p. (Olʹga Lepeshinskai︠a︡) p. 8 (Olʹga Vasilʹevna Lepeshinskai︠a︡)
Bolʹsh. sovet. ėnt︠s︡ik., 3rd ed.: v. 14, p. 345 (Lepeshinskai︠a︡, Olʹga Vasilʹevna, b. 1916)
New York times WWW site, Dec. 22, 2008 (Olga Lepeshinskaya; b. Sept. 15, 1916, Kiev; d. Saturday [Dec. 20, 2008], Moscow, aged 92; leading ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet in the 1940s and '50s whose bravura and vivacity served her both in the 19th-century classics and in uplifting roles as the heroine of contemporary Soviet works)
Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 22, 2008 (under Olga Lepeshinskaya: Olga Vasiliyevna Lepeshinskaya; Russian: Ольга Васильевна Лепешинская; b. Sept. 28 [O.S. Sept. 15] 1916, Kiev; d. Dec. 20, 2008, Moscow; Russian ballerina, People's Artist of the USSR (1951))
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