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Olga Spessivtseva

1895 - 1991

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Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva (Russian: Ольга Алекса́ндровна Спеси́вцева; 18 July [O.S. 6 July] 1895 – 16 September 1991) was a Russian ballerina whose stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939. She was one of the finest prima ballerinas of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olga Spessivtseva has received more than 65,150 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Olga Spessivtseva is the 72nd most popular dancer (down from 71st in 2019), the 1,582nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,625th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Dancer.

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  • 65k

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  • 49.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Olga Spessivtseva ranks 72 out of 116. Before her are Yvette Chauviré, Lydia Lopokova, Vera Karalli, Olga Preobrajenska, Mrinalini Sarabhai, and Alicia Markova. After her are Vakhtang Chabukiani, Hans van Manen, Birgit Cullberg, Yury Grigorovich, Sylvie Guillem, and Marie Rambert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Olga Spessivtseva ranks 201. Before her are Ernest Labrousse, Titsian Tabidze, Conchita Supervía, Anita Stewart, Virginia Rappe, and Melville J. Herskovits. After her are Liane Haid, José Díaz, Hans Rosbaud, Georg Muche, Ben Sharpsteen, and Jack Northrop. Among people deceased in 1991, Olga Spessivtseva ranks 168. Before her are Július Torma, Tadashi Imai, Steve Marriott, Ole Beich, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, and György Szűcs. After her are Jean Langlais, Pierre Brunet, Ellen Braumüller, Alfred Eisenbeisser, John McIntire, and Boris Papandopulo.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olga Spessivtseva ranks 1,582 out of 3,761. Before her are Dmitry Furmanov (1891), Natalya Bondarchuk (1950), Gennady Khazanov (1945), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1974), Alexander Lebedev (1959), and Simon Ushakov (1626). After her are Lila Tretikov (1978), Anatoly Kvashnin (1946), Viatcheslav Ekimov (1966), Mikhail Shchepkin (1788), Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1868), and Galimzyan Khusainov (1937).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Olga Spessivtseva ranks 16. Before her are Lev Ivanov (1834), Léonide Massine (1896), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vera Karalli (1889), and Olga Preobrajenska (1871). After her are Yury Grigorovich (1927), Avdotia Istomina (1799), Diana Vishneva (1976), and Polina Semionova (1984).

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