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    The Lezginka (Lezgian: Лезги кьуьл; Russian: Лезгинка) is the collective name originally given by Russians to all North Caucasian dances united by fast...
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  • people before the Circassian genocide. Another similar dance is called the lezginka. Dancing ability is very important for social standing in Circassian communities...
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    in 1945. Dagestani folk dances include a fast-paced dance called the lezginka. It derives its names from the Lezgin people; nevertheless, Azerbaijanis...
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    in the eastern Black Sea region, Spoon dances in and around Konya, and Lezginka in Kars and Ardahan are some of the best known examples of these. With...
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  • in 2011 in Russia, these flash mobs were a direct answer to spontaneous lezginka street dancing flash mobs, frequent around that time in Russia and popular...
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  • Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka) Leventikos (Greece) Lezginka (Russian Caucasus Region) Lezim Likok Pulo Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal...
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    incorporates a Ukrainian gopak, Georgian, Armenian and Russian dances and a Lezginka, an energetic dance of many Caucasian peoples. The Masquerade Suite includes...
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    (costumes) Alexandre Benois (costumes) Ivan Bilibin (costumes) Mikhail Glinka ("Lezginka" from Ruslan and Ludmilla) Michel Fokine, Marius Petipa Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...
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    the entertainment industry in Dagestan. The republic's dancing ensemble "Lezginka" was led by Tankho Israilov, a Mountain Jew, from 1958 to 1979. Mountain...
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  • ensemble Lezginka began tours around the Soviet Union and foreign countries. They gained worldwide fame. Izrailov headed the dance ensemble Lezginka from...
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