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Bolshoi Ballerinas warmup for a performance by the famed Bolshoi Ballet. Ballet is one of the favorite forms of entertainment for Moscovites.

A father and son lather each other with soap in a Russian steam bath. This ritual is a favorite Russian pastime.

Russian soldiers return to a Moscow train station following a home leave in Leningrad.

Moscovites celebrate in Red Square following the beginning of the new year.

Nina takes a curtain call following one of her performances at the famed Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Nina performs Swan Lake before a Moscow audience. For Moscovites ballet is one of their most cherished forms of entertainment.

Nina, Georgian from Tibilisi, is the favorite of the makeup ladies at the Bolshoi Ballet. Here they help her to get ready for an evening performance.

Nina watches as her dance teacher helps her to adjust a gesture in her role in Swan Lake.

Nina rehearses a role during one of her typical six hours a day of training as a Bolshoi Ballerina.

Nina ties her dancing shoes before a rehearsal.