The most beautiful Russian emigre (PHOTO)

Marina Chaliapina-Freddi, who fled the USSR, was, inter alia, ballerina, actress, naval officer and wife of the Italian Minister of Culture.

"In those days, to be declared a beauty in front of everyone was shameful! But it was nothing like the competitions that are held nowadays," recalled Marina Chaliapina.

In 1931, the daughter of the great Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin won the Miss Russia crown a