Avdotja Ilyinichna Istomina
Avdotya Istomina Ilyinichna ( Russian Евдокия Ильинична Истомина ., Scientific transliteration Evdokia Il'inična Istomina ; born January 6, jul. / 17th January 1799 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † June 26 jul. / 8. July 1848 greg. Just there) was a ballerina in the time of the Russian Empire . She was hailed as the most important Russian dancer of the Romantic era and was one of the first to perform the lace dance . Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin immortalized them in the first chapter of his Eugene Onegin .
Istomina was born in Saint Petersburg in the winter of 1799. She completed her dance training with Charles-Louis Didelot at the Waganowa Ballet Academy . She died of cholera in her hometown at the age of 49 .
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- Article Istomina in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Istomina, Avdotja Ilyinichna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Istomina, Avdotia Ilyinichna; Istomina, Evdokia Il'inična; Истомина, Евдокия Ильинична (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | russian ballerina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1848 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |