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Lili Larys
Lili Larys (Helena Maliszewska-Płaczkiewicz, primo voto Osmólska) (March 19, 1909 in Yalta, Russia – August 24, 1986 in Katowice, Poland) was a Polish dancer. She was born to a Polish family in Yalta in the Crimea. Her parents were Andrzej Maliszewski and Teodozja Rytter. In 1905 they left Warsaw for the Crimea because of the illness of Andrzej. He was a chemist in Yalta and he had run a successful Russian-French business there. She practiced ballet while in Russia. Their house in the Crimea was visited by, among others, Ivan Mosjoukine, who taught her how to dance tango. Helena and her mother returned to Warsaw in November 1922. She continued her studies in Poland including the ballet school. Her father Andrzej had to escape from the Crimea to France because of the Bolsheviks in 1918. Helena made her debut in 1926 and began performing solo and as a partner of, among others, the ballet master Konrad Ostrowski and Andrzej Śnieżyński in theaters, cabarets and nightclubs of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalta
Yalta (: ) is a resort town, resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is controlled de facto by Russia, which Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards the town as part of the Republic of Crimea (Russia), Republic of Crimea. According to the most recent census, its population was The city is located on the site of the ancient Greece, ancient Greek colony of Yalita ( ). It is said to have been founded by Greek settlers who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black Sea, surrounded by the mountain range Ai-Petri. It has a humid subtropical climate and is surrounded by numerous vin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
