Sun Myung Moon
In December 1989, Julia Moon made her debut with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad in a performance of "Giselle". To promote the performance, Sun Myung Moon took out a full-page advertisement in "The New York Times". The ad featured an image of Sun Myung Moon. It also contained the text of an interview with Sun Myung Moon by a Soviet reporter, where Moon said the ballet was "an important moment in the development of my personal contact with the Soviet Union". Sun Myung Moon created the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Northeast for Julia, and recruited Oleg Vinogradov of the Kirov Ballet in Russia to serve as artistic director; Vinogradov was appointed to the role in 1998.