Acting

Matilda Kschessinska

1872–1971Local figure

Matilda Kschessinska

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  • Performed here · 1890–1917

    Mariinsky Theatre

    Prima ballerina of the Imperial Ballet at the Mariinsky.

  • Lived here

    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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