It also hosts various touring ballet companies, including the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet.

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The paper noted that the Mariynskiy, known in the Soviet era as the Kirov, had always played host to important events.

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Directly adjacent to them are another three Russian oblasts that have not fared very well in the market: Bryansk, Kirov, and Pskov.

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During her career, Bussell has also performed with the New York City Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, Australian Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet.

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He was hired by RT, the Kremlin-financed television station, after giving an impressive presentation on a cucumber festival in the provincial city of Kirov, he says.

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Konstantin Zaitsev, the chief judge at the Kirov City Court, said Blinov, who is 35 years old, has acquitted no defendant in his career as a magistrate.

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