Stanislav Opekunov, physician, dancing the part of the Jester in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", as staged by the amateur choreographic company of the Miners Palace of Culture in Karaganda, Soviet Kazakhstan. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), was a great Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russiandegree Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Some of these are among the most popular theatrical music in the classical repertoire. 1950's Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies