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1. Theatre Street. London, 1930; in Russian - "Театральная улица". L., 1971. 2. This part, which describes Karsavina’s dramatic troubles and her departure from Russia together with her husband and two-year-old son, was removed from the Soviet publication of 1971, probably for censorship reasons. 3. Lev Platonovich Karsavin (1882 – 1952), brother of Tamara Karsavina – historian, philosopher and religious thinker. 4. Susanna Lvovna Karsavina (1921-2003). 5. Zablotsky, E.M., "Karsavins and Balashevs". - In the book "Perm'' Annual-95. Choreography. History, documents, study". Perm'', 1995. 6. Russian state historical archive (RGIA), fund 497 (Board of Imperial Theatres), inventory 5, matter 195, 1371, 1372, 1373, 2753 and fund 498 (Petersburg Theatre School), inventory 1, matter 2383, 2597, 3268, 4561, 6190. 7. According to Karsavina’s details in Theatre Street the house was located opposite the Pokrov church (Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin) in Kolomna (now Turgenev Square. The church was demolished in 1934). 8. Sokolov-Kaminsky, A.A." Karsavina, Tamara Platonovna" - In the book: "Russian foreign lands: a golden book of emigration". M, 1997. 9. “Permanent Guild” - those registered with the Guild on a permanent basis, in contrast to those registered only provisionally, belonged to the craftsman class. After a period as a student and then as an apprentice the member of the guild could present his work to the board of craftspeople for assessment and, if approved, obtain a certificate as a master. 10. He was already looking after a daughter, Iraida (1892-1941), from his first marriage to Elena Mikhailovna Shchukina (1874-1893). The second daughter of Nikolai Nikolaievich, by Natalia Trofimovna, was named Evgenia and died at the age of 9 years in 1905. 11. According to Nina Nikolayevna Zablotskaya’s recollections, in these years Anna Iosifovna was partially paralyzed, but with her one still good hand she was occupied with embroidering adornments for church equipment. Platon Karsavin passed away in 1922. 12. This was the pension for a dancer of the 1st rank. In comparison, the pension for an artist in the corps de ballet (like Vladimir Karsavin) was 300 roubles, and for N.N.Balashev, a dancer of the 3rd rank - 500 roubles a year. 13. RGIA, fund for 1343 (Department of Heraldry), inventory 40, matter 2207 14. “Concerning the day pupil Tamara Karsavina” (fund for 498, inventory 1, matter 4561) and “concerning the service of the artist of the ballet company Tamara Karsavina (fund for 497, inventory 5, matter 1373). 15. In her memoirs Karsavina says that she obtained the title of prima ballerina in 1910. 16. Besides his son Lev, who became a ballet artist, Nikolai Nikolayevich wanted his daughter Nina to enter the school, but she was not accepted because she was too short. 17. Lev Nikolayevich Balashev (1904-1960) studied at the ballet department of the Theatre school from 1914 until 1922; he danced at the Mariinsky theatre, then in the Music Hall, and from 1930 he earned his living as layout artist, - tradition has it that he was a friend of the artist V. Ushakov. And so for a period of 70 years three generations of the Karsavin-Balashev clan served on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. 18. Nina Nikolayevna Zablotskaya (1905-1994); Lubov'' Nikolayevna Safronova (1908-1977); Irina Lvovna Karsavina (1906-1987); Marianna Lvovna Suvchinskaya (1911-1994). |
