Bashkirtseva famous diary, where she describes her experiences and travels and gives an assessment of the French and Spanish artists, was published shortly after her death. In the Russian translation of the publication was accompanied by articles of fans Bashkirtseva: British Prime Minister William Gladstone and the French poet Francois Cope.

"She - the legend. Any little bit enlightened Frenchman knows the name of Marie Bashkirtseff - Musya Bashkirtseva. She is more known than Bunin, strangely enough. Her connection with the French elite, artists, writers ... It is a living symbol of what Russia at that time - is part of Europe ", - told RIA Novosti famous Slavic and art collector Rene Guerra.

Bashkirtseva became part of Western culture, while remaining Slavic soul.

"She - a symbol of incorruptibility of the Franco-Russian alliance. Then was the alliance, the dialogue of cultures, truly, without any politics, "- says Guerra.

Fate heritage

Heritage Bashkirtseva scattered around the world. About forty of her works belong to museum collections in Russia, more than twenty - France, her works are in museum collections in Ukraine, Greece, USA, Netherlands, Serbia and Czech Republic.

Fund Revival memory of Mary Bashkirtseva "creates a museum in her homeland - in Dikanka Poltava region, but the track is very difficult to collect. Valuable artifacts are stored in the chapel at the cemetery Passy, but the administration of the cemetery in the building will not allow anyone, because it does not address the issue with the owner of the chapel.

"Land was purchased at the grave of his mother Bashkirtseva and paid for 50 years. When it came time to pay, no money, and the heirs sold the land and the chapel American. An American died, leaving no heirs, and the current pretender to the French heritage - a great-nephew Philip Bashkirtseva Kare - can not prove their rights, because his grandmother is not written in metric ", - told RIA Novosti the head of the Fund's Tatyana Shvets.

In the chapel is an unfinished painting Bashkirtseva "holy women", armchair, chair, sculpture, palette, which worked with Maria.

"Now, when we create a museum, it is very difficult to find some things that belonged to Mary. And then this comes together and you can not save it, because everything is in the chapel of crude ", - said Shvets.

"I'm afraid that when we are in a few years will achieve permission for the restoration and conservation of these things will be too late - we touch and everything will fall apart" - feared head of the Fund.