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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galina Ulanova has received more than 668,921 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Galina Ulanova is the 19th most popular dancer (down from 18th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Russia (down from 291st in 2019) and the 6th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Galina Ulanova ranks 19 out of 76Before her are Marie Taglioni, Martha Graham, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jean-Georges Noverre, Michel Fokine, and George Balanchine. After her are Alicia Alonso, Tamara Karsavina, Serge Lifar, Bronislava Nijinska, Izumo no Okuni, and Liane de Pougy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Galina Ulanova ranks 43Before her are Robert van Gulik, Pierre Schaeffer, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, António de Spínola, Michel Aflaq, and Ne Win. After her are Meša Selimović, Edvard Kardelj, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Archer Martin, Eero Saarinen, and Lobsang Rampa. Among people deceased in 1998, Galina Ulanova ranks 26Before her are Vasily Arkhipov, Alfred Schnittke, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Falco, Bob Kane, and George H. Hitchings. After her are Martha Gellhorn, Alan Hodgkin, Conrad Schumann, Julien Green, Lúcio Costa, and Alan J. Pakula.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Ulanova ranks 358 out of 3,262Before her are Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Michael Chekhov (1891), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Anton Arensky (1861), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), and Léon Theremin (1896). After her are Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Henri Troyat (1911), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), and Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924).

Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Galina Ulanova ranks 6Before her are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Anna Pavlova (1881), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Michel Fokine (1880), and George Balanchine (1904). After her are Tamara Karsavina (1885), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Alexander Godunov (1949), Léonide Massine (1896), and Lydia Lopokova (1892).