Askold Makarov
Askold Anatolievich Makarov was a Russian ballet dancer and ballet professor, leading soloist at the Kirov Ballet during the 1960s and early 1970s. Director of the Saint-Petesburg State Academic Ballet from 1976 to 2000. Awarded with: State Prize of the USSR and People's Artist of the USSR.
Askold Makarov became director of the theater Choreographic Miniatures after the Leonid Yakobson's death in 1975.