1080144 The Dancer Maria Petipa in the role of the Lilac Fairy, in Tchaikovsky\'s \'Sleeping Beauty\' (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 ??6 November 1893) was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Marie Mariusovna Petipa (17 (29) October 1857, St. Petersburg ??16 January 1930, Paris) was a noted Russian ballerina.); Sputnik; Russian, out of copyright.