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Galina Vishnevskaya
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Galina Vishnevskaya

Actor · born October 25, 1926 · died 2012

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Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.

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  1. ~40Named People's Artist of the USSR1966
  2. ~45Received the Order of Lenin1971

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