1. Defection at Le Bourget Airport

    · Le Bourget Airport, Le Bourget, France

    Defection at Le Bourget Airport
    Wikimedia Commons · This Swedish photograph is in the public domain in Sweden because it was created before 1 January 1976 and does not reach the Swedish threshold of originality. · file

    Nureyev requested political asylum at Le Bourget Airport rather than return to Moscow with Soviet officials.

All 71 moments of Rudolf Nureyev →