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- Died
- Birth nameOlga Vasilevna Lepeshinskaya
- Olga Lepeshinskaya was born on September 28, 1916 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Grand Concert (1951) and Kontsert frontu (1942). She was married to Alexei Antonov. She died on December 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia.
- SpouseAlexei Antonov(1956 - 1962) (his death)
- Her powerful technique and high-flying leaps
- Was rumored to be the favorite ballerina of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
- Ballerina at the Bolshoi from 1933 to 1963.
- Russian prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet.
- After retiring from performing, she taught classical ballet in the Soviet Union, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, and China.
- Her husband Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov (9 September 1896 - 16 June 1962) was a Soviet general.
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