Anna Pavlova’s International Passport, 1914-1925 This is the international passport belon

Anna Pavlova’s International Passport, 1914-1925

This is the international passport belonging to the most famous prima ballerina of the 20th Century, Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes. It was issued on June 12, 1914 by the St. Petersburg Prefect of the Imperial Russian government, listing Pavlova as artist of the Imperial Ballet, and continues with entries dated all the way through 1925, including during the provisional government and Soviet period. (read more)

photo and note from Shapiro