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Igor Moiseyev

Soviet dancer (1906-2007) · Russia · On the map · Died at 101

Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev was a Soviet and Russian ballet master, dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. Moiseyev was widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style similar to folk dance but with more professionalism and theatrics.

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2007Died2 November 20071999Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd classAward1996Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandAward1995State Prize of the Russian FederationAward1994Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1985USSR State PrizeAward1981Order of the October RevolutionAward1976Hero of Socialist LabourAward1967Lenin PrizeAward1958Order of LeninAward1952State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1950People's Artist of the Moldovan SSRAward1942Honored Artist of the RSFSRAwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1937Order of the Badge of HonourAward1906Born8 January 1906

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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class1999
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class1999
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland1996
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class1995
State Prize of the Russian Federation1995
Order of Friendship of Peoples1994
USSR State Prize1985
Order of Lenin1985
Order of the October Revolution1981
Order of Lenin1976
Hero of Socialist Labour1976
Lenin Prize1967
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1966
Order of Lenin1958
People's Artist of the USSR1953
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1952
People's Artist of the Moldovan SSR1950
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1947
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1942
Honored Artist of the RSFSR1942
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1940
Order of the Badge of Honour1937
Stalin Prize
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Order "Danaker"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Order of Saint Alexander
Order of Sukhbaatar
UNESCO Mozart Medal
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

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Russia
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 2007 · aged 101

The same award as Igor

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