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Galina Ulanova

1910 - 1998

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Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: Галина Сергеевна Уланова, pronounced [ɡɐˈlʲinə ʊˈlanəvə]; 8 January 1910 [O.S. 26 December 1909] – 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Galina Ulanova is the 23rd most popular dancer (down from 19th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from Russia (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Dancer.

Galina Ulanova is most famous for her role as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Russian ballet "The Nutcracker."

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Galina Ulanova ranks 23 out of 116. Before her are Tamara Karsavina, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Serge Lifar, Alicia Alonso, and Izumo no Okuni. After her are Bronislava Nijinska, Carlo Blasis, Mary Wigman, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Olga Khokhlova, and August Bournonville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Galina Ulanova ranks 65. Before her are August Landmesser, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Dorothy Vaughan, Miguel Najdorf, Shunichi Kumai, and Lobsang Rampa. After her are A. J. Ayer, Ferdinand Daučík, Kim Il, John Sturges, Imi Lichtenfeld, and Karel Zeman. Among people deceased in 1998, Galina Ulanova ranks 53. Before her are Zlatko Čajkovski, Lloyd Bridges, David McClelland, Roddy McDowall, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, and Nelson Goodman. After her are Martha Gellhorn, Fritz Honka, Albert Gore Sr., Cozy Powell, Imi Lichtenfeld, and Sonny Bono.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Ulanova ranks 450 out of 3,761. Before her are Leonid Rogozov (1934), Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903), and Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917). After her are Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), Ivan Bilibin (1876), Mikhail of Tver (1271), False Dmitry II (1600), and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Galina Ulanova ranks 7. Before her are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Anna Pavlova (1881), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Michel Fokine (1880), Tamara Karsavina (1885), and George Balanchine (1904). After her are Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Léonide Massine (1896), and Olga Preobrajenska (1871).

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