Irina Bugrimova
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Irina Nikolayevna Bugrimova (March 13, 1910 – February 20, 2001) was the first female lion tamer in the Soviet Union. Called a "circus legend" by sources such as the BBC,[1] Bugrimova was the first woman in Russia and the then-Soviet Union to work with lions, tigers, and ligers in a variety of performing acts,[2] and trained more than 70 big cats during her career.[3]