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Date of Birth
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25-October-1926
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Place of Birth
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Saint Petersburg
(Russia, Northwestern Federal District)
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Nationality
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Russia
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Also know as
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Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, Galya, Galina Pavlovna Ivanova, Galina Wishnewskaya, Галина ВишневÑька, Галина Павловна Иванова
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Profession
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Actor, Opera Singer
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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 also the wife of world-famous cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.
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