Tatiana Leskova — ballerina with roots in the Russian Empire
Tatiana Leskova was born in Paris on 6 December 1922 to Russian parents who had left Russia after 1917; she is a great-granddaughter of the writer Nikolai Leskov. She danced with Colonel de Basil's Original Ballet Russe in Britain, Australia and the United States, making her New York debut in Balustrade in 1941. She moved to South America in 1945 and from 1950 worked as ballet mistress, choreographer and dancer at the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the central figure in the establishment of professional classical ballet in Brazil. She was known for reviving the ballets of Leonide Massine, staging Les Presages at the Paris Opera in 1989, and worked at the Bolshoi between 1985 and 1990.
"Parents left Russia after 1917 for Paris; Leskova moved to South America in 1945"
Migration storyTracing the roots — Paris (parents from the Russian Empire)
Her parents left Russia after 1917 and settled in Paris. Sources differ on when she reached South America: the profile previously gave 1943, her English Wikipedia entry gives 1945.
Born in Paris in 1922 to parents who left Russia after the 1917 revolution. Great-granddaughter of the writer Nikolai Leskov.
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Paris (parents from the Russian Empire). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.