Many times we talked to him about the antiques business - for me it was a tremendous experience. Tahir - a terrific professional, legally savvy, who knows the history and the business. In addition, he is one of the few people who had been imprisoned under the public service. There are serious professionals who do not know how to communicate, and there are as versatile Tairov. This is a huge loss for all the antique community. It was with Oleg Petrovich created rules and evaluation criteria developed the old art. But most importantly, was a man of wide Tairov soul with him was always a pleasure to talk about everything.

Oleg Tairov died today, Dec. 5, at 6 am.

Doctor of Biology, with excellent knowledge of English, German and French, he often engaged in scientific work and teaching. In 2002, he founded the gallery of "Belvedere", specialized in Russian painting of the XIX century, which quickly became one of the leaders in the Russian art market in the classical Russian art. Permanent member of Russian antique shops, a respected professional, one of the founders of the International Confederation of antique and art dealers, a member of the Board MKAAD - Merit Tairov many long list ...