About
Nina Vladimirovna Vyroubova (Russian: Нина Владимировна Вырубова; 4 June 1921 – 25 June 2007) was a Russian-born French ballerina, considered one of the finest of her generation. She was born in Gurzuf, Crimea, but moved to Paris as a child with her grandmother and widowed mother, fleeing the Russian Revolution. Her first ballet teacher was her mother, followed by renowned Russian ballerinas Olga Preobrajenska, Vera Trefilova and Lyubov Yegorova.