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Witness History

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Rudolf Nureyev defects

Rudolf Nureyev defects

2021-12-21
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In 1961 the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev stunned the world by defecting from the Soviet Union. Nureyev escaped his KGB minders at an airport in Paris - with the help of French dancer Pierre Lacotte. Pierre Lacotte spoke to Louise Hidalgo in 2011.

PHOTO: Rudolf Nureyev at a press conference in the 1960s (Getty Images)

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