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Lyubov Petrovna Radina (1838, St. Petersburg – March 9, 1917, Petrograd) was a ballet artist of the imperial troupe.

Biography
Lyubov Radina was born in St. Petersburg in the family of the dramatic actor of the St. Petersburg branch of the Imperial Theatres P. D. Radina on February 14, 1838. The older sister Sophia Petrovna Radina (1830-1870), was also a ballerina, a characteristic dancer, left the stage at the age of 22.

Lyubov Petrovna from childhood was surrounded by an artistic environment. Like many children from artistic families, she also saw herself only on stage. She entered the St. Petersburg Theatre School, ballet department. Among her teachers were famous French dancers who taught in Russia, Pierre Frederick Malavergne (by the stage name Frederick), E. Huge.

After graduation, she was accepted into the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet Company, successfully debuting in 1855 in the main part of the ballet "Armida", replacing Fanny Cherrito, who shone in this role.

She worked on the stage of the Imperial Theatre for thirty years, from 1855 to 1885.

She immediately gained fame and approval of theatrical criticism as a classical dancer, and as a performer of facial roles. For ten years, 1870-1880, Lyubov Radina was the leading performer of characteristic dances. Criticism noted: “Outstanding success was in dances characteristic, requiring fire and passion, but differed in facial roles”, “Performed classical parts that required serious technique and mimic play... Critics also praised her performance in ballets.”

She finished her artistic career in 1885.

Repertoire
on the stage of the Great (Stone) Theater
- Armida.
Satanilla, “Satanilla, or Love and Hell”
Gulnara, Corsard, choreographer Jules Perrault
Packeretta, choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
The Orphan of Theolind, or the Spirit of the Valley, by choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
Ramsea, Daughter of the Pharaoh, choreographer Marius Petipa
The Humpbacked Horse, choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
Katarina, Katarina, the Robber's Daughter
Myrta, "Giselle"
On the Mariinsky Theatre Stage
- Spanish chicca*, Don Quixote, choreographer Marius Petipa
Moorish dance*, "Camargo", choreographer Marius Petipa
Malabar dance*, Butterfly, choreographer Marius Petipa
- Bacchic dance * "The Adventures of Peley", choreographer Marius Petipa
1876 – festive divertissement*, “The Blacksmith of Vakula” by P. I. Tchaikovsky (together with Matilda Madayeva, Maria Amosova, Pavel Gerdt, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Pisho and Felix Kshesinsky)
January 23 – Indian dance * "Bayaderka", choreographer Marius Petipa (together with Felix Krzesinski and Alexander Pisho)
Montenegrin dance*, Roxana, the beauty of Montenegro, choreographer Marius Petipa
– Chardash*, The Virgin of the Danube, choreographer Marius Petipa
Abyssinian Dance, Zoraya, choreographer Marius Petipa
Ramis, "The Cyprus Statue"
Cossack, "Night and Day"
Lezginka, opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, choreographer Alexander Bogdanov
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