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                                                        Shelest A.Y., (1919-1998), ballerina 
                                                                           
                         
                        SHELEST Alla Yakovlevna (1919-1998, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, pedagogue, People's Artist of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1957). Upon graduating from A.Y
                                             
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                                                        Sobinov L.V., (1872-1934), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        SOBINOV Leonid Vitalievich (1872-1934), opera singer (lyric tenor), chamber singer, [theatre figure], People's Artist of the Republic (1923). In 1890-95 he studied at the Faculty of Law at Moscow University
                                             
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                                                        Solovyev-Sedoy V.P., (1907-1979), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        SOLOVYEV-SEDOY (real last name Solovyev) Vasily Pavlovich (1907, St. Petersburg - 1979, Leningrad), composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1967), Hero of Socialist Labour (1975). Graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory studying composition under P
                                             
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                                                        Spesivtseva O.A. (1895-1991), ballet dancer 
                                                                           
                         
                        SPESIVTSEVA Olga Alexandrovna (1895-1991), ballet dancer. After graduating from the St. Petersburg Theatre School where she studied under K.M. Kulichevskaya, Spesivtseva worked at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1913 to 1924. She was the lead dancer in M
                                             
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                                                        Stars of White Nights, festival 
                                                                           
                         
                        STARS OF WHITE NIGHTS, the Mariinsky Theatre's annual summer international music festival. First held in 1993 on the initiative of Mariinsky Theatre conductor and artistic director V. А. Gergiev
                                             
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                                                        Stravinsky F.I., (1843-1902), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        STRAVINSKY Fedor Ignatievich (1843-1902, St. Petersburg), opera singer (bass). Father of I.F. Stravinsky. In 1869-73 he studied at the Petersburg Conservatory under P. Repeto, E. Viardo, G. Nissen-Saloman, and C. Everardi
                                             
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                                                        Stravinsky I.F., (1882-1971), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        STRAVINSKY Igor Fedorovich (1882, Oranienbaum - 1971), composer and director, son of F.I. Stravinsky. In 1900-05 he studied at the Faculty of Law at Petersburg University, taking composition classes from N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov between 1903 and 1905
                                             
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                                                        Tchaikovsky P.I., (1840-1893), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        TCHAIKOVSKY Peter Ilyich (1840-1893, St. Petersburg), composer, conductor, pedagogue, musical writer. Director of the Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society (1885), member of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts
                                             
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                                                        Teatralnaya Square 
                                                                           
                         
                        TEATRALNAYA SQUARE, known as Karuselnaya Square until the 1780s, surrounded by Griboedova Canal Embankment, Kryukov Canal Embankment, Dekabristov Street, Glinki Street and Soyuza Pechatnikov Street. The square was built in the 1760s
                                             
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                                                        Tovstonogov G.A., (1913-1989), director 
                                                                           
                         
                        TOVSTONOGOV Georgy Alexandrovich (1913-1989, Leningrad), director, pedagogue, theatre worker, People's Artist of the USSR (1957), Hero of Socialist Labour (1983), corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of GDR (1983)
                                             
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                                                        Ulanova G.S., (1910-1998), ballet dancer 
                                                                           
                         
                        ULANOVA Galina Sergeevna (1910, St. Petersburg - 1998), dancer, pedagogue, Hero of Socialist Labor (1974, 1980), People"s Artist of the USSR (1951). Graduating from the Leningrad Choreographic School under A.Y
                                             
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                                                        Vaganova A.Y., (1879-1951), ballet-dancer 
                                                                           
                         
                        VAGANOVA Agrippina Yakovlevna (1879, St. Petersburg - 1951, Leningrad), ballet-dancer, pedagogue, choreographer, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954)
                                             
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                                                        Vaynonen V.I. (1901-1964), ballet dancer, choreographer 
                                                                           
                         
                        VAYNONEN Vasily Ivanovich (1901 - 1964, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, choreographer, Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1939). Graduated from the Petrograd Drama School, where he studied under V.I
                                             
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                                                        Virsaladze S.B., (1908/09-1989), stage designer 
                                                                           
                         
                        VIRSALADZE Simon Bagratovich (1908-1989), stage designer, full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1975), people's artist of the USSR (1976). He studied in Tbilisi in 1926, Moscow in 1927, and Leningrad's Academy of Arts in 1928-31
                                             
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                                                        Vyaltseva A.D., (1871-1913), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        VYALTSEVA (married name Biskupskaya) Anastasiya Dmitrievna (1871-1913, St. Petersburg), operetta and opera (mezzo-soprano) singer, variety actress. Studied singing in St. Petersburg under S. M. Sonki
                                             
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                                                        White Nights, festival 
                                                                           
                         
                        WHITE NIGHTS, A musical and theatrical festival succeeding the Leningrad Festival of Arts held from 1958 to 1963. The annual festival was conducted in Leningrad from 1964 to 1990, on 21-29 June
                                             
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                                                        Yakobson L.V., (1904-1975), choreographer 
                                                                           
                         
                        YAKOBSON Leonid Veniaminovich (1904, St. Petersburg - 1975), dancer, choreographer, Honoured Worker of Arts of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1957). After graduating from the Leningrad Drama School, where he studied under V.I
                                             
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