Boris Alexandrovich Skibin (russian: Борис Александрович Скибин; 3 June 1876 – 3 December 1937), spelled Skibine in French, was a Russian ballet dancer with the
Ballets Russes
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, as was his son,
George
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. Boris Skibine appeared in
Gaston Roudès
Gaston Roudès (born 24 March 1878, Béziers, Hérault, France; d. 5 November 1958, Villejuif, Val-de-Marne
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' 1935 comedy, ''
Le chant de l'amour''.
Skibin was born in the village of Sharapovka, near
Belgorod
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, and served during with the Imperial Army during World War I. He was executed in 1937 during the
Great Purge
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. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1989.
See also
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List of Russian ballet dancers
This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigra ...
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1876 births
1937 deaths
Russian male ballet dancers
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Great Purge victims from Russia
Male ballet dancers from the Russian Empire
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