While on tour with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov_Ballet" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kirov Ballet">Kirov Ballet</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Nureyev" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rudolf Nureyev">Rudolf Nureyev</a> defects from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_16#cite_note-8" id="mwAQ4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ8">[8]</span></a></sup>
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