Who are these Russian people? .T He was born in Russia in 1828 into a noble family and fought in the Crimean War. At the age of 82, he left his home but soon became ill and died in man, a small railway station hotel. A talented wrote some of the world's greatest novels. One of them is Anna Karenina. 2. She was a ballet dancer that Russia is proud of. After studying at the Moscow school of Ballet, she began working in the Bolshoi Theatre. She danced in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Carmen where she per- formed some of her best parts. She was married to the famous Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who wrote music for her ballets. She taught young ballet dancers and staged new ballet