#1 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/06/2022 #11

In 1993, ballet dancer Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev died in suburban Paris at age 54. #RudolfNureyev

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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/16/2022 #5

In 1961, ballet dancer Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union to the West. #RudolfNureyev

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/17/2026 #7

In 1938, Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer, was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Lake Baikal, in Siberia, while his mother Farida was travelling to Vladivostok, where his father Khamet, a Red Army political commissar, was stationed. #RudolfNureyev

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