Acting

Matilda Kschessinska

1872–1971Local figure

Matilda Kschessinska

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

  • Lived here

    Belyaevsky Dacha

    Her memoir identifies this address as the Kislovodsk property where she rented accommodation during 1917–1919.

  • Performed here

    North Caucasus Philharmonic, Former Kursaal

    The imperial ballerina was among the dancers who appeared at the Kursaal.

Traces in other cities

Saint Petersburg
Mariinsky Theatre — Prima ballerina of the Imperial Ballet at the Mariinsky.
Saint Petersburg
Kschessinska Mansion (Museum of Political History of Russia) — The imperial ballerina commissioned and occupied the mansion before abandoning it during the February Revolution.

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