Katya galitzine biography

  • Katya Galitzine travelled to the former USSR in 1989 to learn Russian and study sculpture.
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    I am in Moscow’s Red Square, staring into the face of Vladimir Lenin. There’s no mistaking his determined mouth and gingery moustache, and the more I stare, the more I shudder, half-expecting his eyes to flick open. Why? Well, this isn’t a statue or a portrait. Instead, it’s the embalmed body of one of the most powerful men who ever lived.

    It’s all rather creepy, made more so by Lenin’s neat black suit. While I look, armed guards in thick grey coats and astrakhan hats patrol the cool, dark mausoleum, waiting to reprimand those who linger or talk. And the creepiness continues when I learn that each afternoon his body is lowered into the bowels of the building to be freshened up by embalmers.

    Even so, seeing Lenin in the flesh somehow shrinks time — especially since this is a significant year in Russia’s history. In October it will be 100 years since he and the Bolsheviks seized power, and I’m here to unravel the tumultuous story of 1917.

    I’ll return to Moscow’s role later, but fir

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    Clerk's daughter, WW2 codebreaker, Dior model, actress, Terence Rattigan muse, TV presenter and Russian Princess - the incredible life of a 1950s supermodel 

    From joining a top secret female espionage team during World War Two to modelling for Dior, Vogue and Balenciaga, her life was a heady mix of intrigue and glamour right to the end. 

    Princess George Galitzine - the last supermodel of the 1950s - passed away in London last week, leaving an impressive legacy of charity work, acting, modelling and even advising M&S on fashion. 

    Known as Jean Dawnay in the '50s, she went on to marry Prince George Galitzine from one of the noblest families in Imperial Russia - a direct descendant of Catherine the Great. 

    Princess George Galitzine posing with champagne and furs in 1956. The former model passed away in London last week, aged 91

    The Princess, a former modehus model, went on to act, present and work as a freelance fashion consultant for M&S

    But despite her breathtaking

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    Jean Dawnay

    British fashion model (1925–2016)

    Jean Mary Dawnay, Princess George GalitzineMBE (22 March 1925 – 14 månad 2016) was a British mode model, television personality, stage and film actress, who worked for Christian Dior.[1]

    Early life

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    Jean Mary Dawnay was born in Brighton on 22 March 1925.[2] She was the daughter of Frederick Dawnay and Maud (née Howard) and was educated at the City of London School for Girls and the Central School of Art and Design.

    Career

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    Having joined the WAAF in 1943, she served in World War II under Leo Marks in the Special Operations Executive in Baker Street and at Bletchley Park. Throughout her career she was photographed by many leading photographers including John French, Richard Dormer, Cecil Beaton, Norman Parkinson, Antony Snowdon and Francis Goodman.[3] She was associated with many of the leading fashion houses of the day including Christian modehus, by whom she was dubbed "The Engl

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