Baryshnikov

Baryshnikov
/beuh rish"ni kawf', -kof'/; Russ. /bu rddish"nyi keuhf/, n.
Mikhail /mi kayl"/; Russ. /myi khu yeel"/, born 1948, Russian ballet dancer, born in Latvia, in the U.S. since 1974.

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