MOSCOW, August 27 People's Artist of the USSR, ballerina Svetlana Adyrkhayeva has died at the age of 85, the press service of the Bolshoi Theater reported.
«She died after a long illness at home,» said the source of the agency.
It is specified that the place and time of farewell to the artist will be announced later. 1938 in the village of Khumalag in North Ossetia. In 1955 she graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School, and in 1980 — the choreographer's department of GITIS. From 1960 to 1988 she was a soloist of the ballet troupe of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre.
In 1984 she received the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 2014, she was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree. =»1.00250626566416″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»602″ data-source-sid=»rian_photo» title=»Scene from Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty. Princess Floriana is played by Svetlana Adyrkhaeva» class=»m-vertical lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1925″ decoding=»async» />