Olga Preobrajenska

This article is about the Russian ballerina. For Russian actress and film director, see Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director).
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Iosifovna and the family name is Preobrazhenskaya.
Olga Preobrajenskaya
Preobrajenskaya as the Tsar Maiden in Alexander Gorsky's revival of The Little Humpbacked Horse. St. Petersburg, 1912.
Born
Olga Iosifovna Preobrazhenskaya

(1871-01-21)21 January 1871
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died27 December 1962(1962-12-27) (aged 91)
Paris, France
Occupations
  • Prima ballerina
  • ballet teacher
Career
Former groupsRussian Imperial Ballet

Olga Iosifovna Preobrajenska (Russian: О́льга Ио́сифовна Преображе́нская; born Preobrazhenskaya; 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1871 – 27 December 1962) was a Russian ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet and a ballet instructor.

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