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World Service,12 Jun 2012,10 mins

Rudolf Nureyev defects

Witness History

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It is over 50 years since the great Russian ballet dancer left the Soviet Union for good. He asked for asylum at a Paris airport. Pierre Lacotte, a French dancer, was with him. In a programme first broadcast last year, he spoke to Witness. (Image: Rudolf Nureyev)

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