Russian ballerina Irina Kolesnikova hung on until 34 years of age. We had arranged to meet at their new apartment on the Amur River. The name krokodil comes from its trademark side effect: scaly green skin like a crocodile. I was fourteen when the famous Virginia Zucchi arrived in St. Petersburg. Lydie, Olga with Elena, Elena with Olik and Irina, Sviatoslav.