Elena Andreianova

Elena Andreïanova
Colour lithograph of Elena Andreyanova c1840s. From the State Museum of Theatre and Music Art, St. Petersburg
Born
Елена Ивановна Андреянова

(1819-07-13)13 July 1819
Died28 October 1857(1857-10-28) (aged 38)
NationalityRussian
OccupationBallerina
Years active1837–1857

Elena Ivanovna Andreïanova , sometimes spelt Yelena Andreyanova (Russian Елена Ивановна Андреянова), 13 July 1819 St. Petersburg - 28 October 1857 Paris, was a Russian ballerina. She is considered to be the outstanding Russian ballerina of the romantic genre, but her life was one full of tragedy.