Kschessinska was born at Ligovo near Peterhof Like all her Polish family to whom she was known as Matylda Krzesińska Mathilde performed at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre of Saint Petersburg with the renowned Imperial Ballet Kschessinskaya made her d 233 but in a pas de deux from La Fille Mal Gard 233 e during a graduation performance in 1890 attended by Emperor Alexander III and the rest of the