1913
January. Third exhibition "The Knave of Diamonds" opens in St. Petersburg with the participation of D. Burlyuk Lentulova, Tatlin, Exter, Braque, Picasso, Rousseau, etc. In March, a shortened version of the exhibition will move to Moscow.
February. Society "Knave of Diamonds" will organize a debate in Moscow, which Mayakovsky and David Burliuk, talking about contemporary art, call for the destruction of museums, "these sarcophagi of art.
Larionov has organized an exhibition "Target" in Moscow with the participation Goncharova, Malevich, Pirosmani, Shevchenko and Chagall. In this exhibition, first exhibited "luchistskie" work Larionov.
April. Tatlin, visited Paris, met with reliefs of Picasso.
August. Huge Goncharova's solo exhibition opened in Moscow, a smaller version of the exhibition next year will move to St. Petersburg.
November. The last exhibition of the Youth League has opened in St. Petersburg with the participation of Burliuks, Exter, Filonov, Cluny, Malevich, Matyushina, Morgunova, Rozanova, Tatlin, a separate section of the exhibition was devoted to the works of Elena Guro, which in May at age 36, died of leukemia.
December. In the theater of the Luna Park in St. Petersburg put the tragedy Vladimir Mayakovsky in the design Filonova and schoolchildren.
In the same theater later staged opera "Victory over the Sun" (music Matyushina, texts Khlebnikov and Kruchenykh design Malevich). Later Malevich characterize this performance as an important step on its way to Suprematism.
At the exhibition "World of Art" exhibited Altman, Goncharova, Larionov, Tatlin, Yakulov etc.
The main outcome of this year can be regarded as strengthening the vanguard of the vector in painting, expanding it to the related art.
And, although the mass of criticism innovators are still subjected to abuse and ridicule, there are other opinions. Thus one critic wrote in a review of the exhibition "Youth Union": "The audience laughed. Laughed uncontrollably. They laugh because they do not understand. Russian people do a lot of laughter from the defensive misunderstanding.

A black square for the first time appeared in the design of this opera?

Fross, so a detailed answer to your question in the article Yevgeny Kovtun, "Victory Over the Sun" - Beginning of Suprematism "
"Our Heritage", 1989. № 2
http://www.silverage.ru/stat/pobeda.htm

And another interesting article by Valery Turchin "Iconography of the Black Square by the light of Theosophy: an icon, symbol, sign."
http://www.gelos.ru/result/inkom/blacks2.html
Incidentally, he noticed a curious continuity: a triangle Kulbin - a square of Malevich.

I have found a solution I've found myself "Chronicle of the Union of Youth. Unfortunately, neither the author nor the source I have not been preserved. But compiled news, albeit in abbreviated form, based on the Department of Manuscripts and RM St. Petersburg Archive of Literature and Art, that is valuable.
In my opinion, the Youth League - a unique organization not only in the history of Russian avant-garde. This association of artists, for whom there was not any artistic idea or concept. (I do not remember another such). The main principle of association was in Novelty, ie It was officially established and registered society of innovators in many different directions. Perhaps it is this principle of association allowed peacefully, and most importantly, a fruitful co-exist in such different masters, as Philo and Malevich, Tatlin and Matyushin, Rozanova, Bubnov, etc. Since CM is quite comfortable collaborated Larionov and Goncharova and brothers Burliuks. Artists joined the company, came out of it, but after some time again to return. Because nowhere else they could find innovative quests such support as the SM.
And the name "Union of Youth" had no relation to the age of the participants. If the footnotes to see the date of birth - the majority of the CM were not at the youth age category. "Young" means to them "a new, growing, growing.
And the very idea of novelty is not haunted our innovators. They are usually signed their policy statements indicating the exact date. And not by chance - to secure a priority (as an invention).
TO SEE absolute merit, in my opinion, should include the fact that they organized the first edition, entirely devoted to the avant-garde art in various fields. They first drew attention to the theater, as the scope of application of its innovative ideas, first started talking about the synthesis of various arts, but who knows what more ...
Hopefully, I've found, will be useful.

As there-most proletarian art.

Haaaaroshy "I've found, thanks! :)

Few illustrative material to the subject of the 1913th year. Pay special attention to Torreadora Baranova-Rossini: amazing beautiful contraption, this collage of all that was available (wood, screws, sheet metal, etc.) at less than five feet tall can be seen as a monument to all innovators, not the fighting bulls, but with sheep.
This thing I was offered ten years ago, did not have the courage to buy, three years ago, she exhibited in the Manege Gallery "Minotaur", but asked for 3 million euros ...

And a bit:

1914 January. Goncharova and Larionov involved in making the film "The drama in the cabaret number 13".
February 1. Marinetti's first performance in St. Petersburg.
MAR. Another exhibition "Jack of Diamonds" with the participation of Malevich, Popova, Udaltsova, Exter.
March-April. 30.1 In the exhibition "Salon of the Independents in Paris involved Archipenko, V. Baranov, V. and D. Burliuks, S. Sarsuns, Chagall, Exter, Malevich, Puni.
In Moscow, Larionov organized exhibition «№ 4" with the participation Goncharova, Shevchenko, Zdanevich, Le Dante.
April. In St. Petersburg, issued a manifesto "Intimate studio painters and draftsmen" to make prints "- Declaration of the analytical art, signed Filonov, D. Kakabadse, A. Kirillova, EA Pskovitinovym, E.Lasson-Spirovo.
April-May. Personal exhibition at the Art Bureau Goncharova NE Dobychina. Petrograd.
May. In Rome, the first free International Futurist Exhibition, in which the invitation Marinetti attended Archipenko, Kulbin, Rozanova, Exter.
June. In Paris the personal exhibition of Larionov and Goncharova. In the exhibition catalog Apollinaire wrote about Rayonism as the achievement of European painting.
November. In Germany, held solo exhibitions of Kandinsky and Chagall.

Menkov (picture number 8 in the message number 139) we have hanging in the museum.
Symphony. (Skripka.) "1915, s /m, 63H60, 5.