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| − | '''Rudolf Nureyev''' (1938–1993) was a Russian ballet dancer of Tatar ethnicity, who defected to the West in 1961 and became a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. | + | [[File:Rudolf Nurejev 1961.jpg|thumb|Nureyev at the time of his defection in 1961]]'''Rudolf Nureyev''' (Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, 1938–1993) was a Russian ballet dancer of Tatar ethnicity, who defected to the West in 1961 and became a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. |
| − | He was born on a train on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and brought up in a village in Bashkortostan. | + | He was born on a train on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and brought up in a village in Bashkortostan. He joined the Kirov Ballet's school aged 17. |
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Rudolf Nureyev (Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, 1938–1993) was a Russian ballet dancer of Tatar ethnicity, who defected to the West in 1961 and became a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet.
He was born on a train on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and brought up in a village in Bashkortostan. He joined the Kirov Ballet's school aged 17.
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