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Birthday
September 10, 1867
Day of Death
1941-04-25
(73 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also Known As
Aleksandr Širjaev
Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev
Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev
Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev
Александр Викторович Ширяев
Aleksandr Shiryayev
Alexandr Shiryaev
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.
2004