Today is the birthday of Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872-1929)

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The outstanding figure of Russian and Western culture, a brilliant organizer, a man of rare taste and high art culture, one of the founders of the group "World of Art", the organizer of "Russian Seasons" in Paris and the company "Russian Ballet of Diaghilev.

In 1896 Diaghilev graduated from university, but instead of doing jurisprudence, began his career in the arts. A few years after graduation has created with ANBenois association "World of Art", edited the magazine of the same name (from 1898 to 1904) and himself wrote art history articles. Organizing an exhibition, an ambition that resonates: in 1897 - Exhibition of British and German watercolors, familiar to the Russian public with a number of great artists in these countries and current trends in art, then the exhibition of Scandinavian art in the halls of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, the Exhibition of Russian and Finnish artists in the Stieglitz Museum (1898) themselves miriskusniki thought of my first statement (Diaghilev succeeded in attracting the participation in the exhibition, in addition to the initial core group of friendly circle, from which emerged association "World of Art, and other leading representatives of the young art - Wrubel, Serov, Levitan and others) Historical portraits of Russian art exhibition in St. Petersburg (1905), exhibition of Russian art in the Salon d'Automne in Paris, with works by Benois, Grabar, Kuznetsova, Malyavina, Repin, Serov, Yavlensky (1906), etc.

In 1899, kn. SM Volkonsky, who became Director of the Imperial Theaters, appointed Sergei Diaghilev official at-Large, gave him the editing of the Yearbook of the Imperial Theaters. Together with Diaghilev arrived at the Imperial Theater, many artists (Rev. M. Vasnetsov, A. Benoit, LS Bakst, Serov, Konstantin Korovin, AE Lancere). In the season 1900-1901 Volkonskii put on Diaghilev ballet by Delibes "Sylvia". Diaghilev brought the production of artists of the "World of Art", but it fell through because of protests from officials of the Directorate. Diaghilev did not obey the order of the director Volkonskogo, pointedly refused to edit the Yearbook, and the case ended in the dismissal of Diaghilev.

   This was an outstanding man! In addition to artists, how many talented people worked with him - Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Alexander Glazunov, Chaliapin, Fokine, Pavlova, Nijinsky, Karsavina, Geltser!

Thanks to such as he, then, may be called the flowering of Russian culture in all its manifestations!

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in the Perm diocese urge to clean the zoo with the cemetery in Perm

  On the grave of Diaghilev's walking lion, and no one cares

Perm . September 26. Interfax - Metropolitan Methodios of Perm and Solikamsk asked to postpone the zoo with the former Bishops monastery and cemetery in Perm .

"Despite the fact that not all residents of our city - the people of faith , we all need to understand that finding the menagerie in the cemetery is an unacceptable thing from the point of view of elementary common sense. Remains of people whose souls are now with God, desecrated for seventy years . Therefore, this issue is very worried about me, and I urge all who are gathered here to support me , "- said the hierarch of the meeting of interfaith advisory committee of the Perm region , the press service of the local diocese .

Metropolitan recalled that at the cemetery but the clergy are buried governor , well known doctors Diaghilev Dynasty .

" We in the city throughout the year many events are held in memory of Diaghilev's a wonderful Dyagilev gymnasium , various festivals and recitals name of this prominent figure , a memorial plaque . And the fact that on his grave every day goes left , this is one do not care about the residents of the city does not hurt a soul . course, sensible person can not accept this , "- he stressed.

The bishop expressed his hope that the new leadership of the province is "seriously address this issue ."

"We would like to make a commemorative stele , to rewrite the names of all those buried there , put in order the headstone , so that residents of the city know where he is buried Diaghilev , Grahl and other distinguished citizens of Perm - clergymen , merchants, sponsors ," - he added.

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Grave of Sergei Diaghilev at the Orthodox cemetery plot of the island of San Michele (Reparto Greco-Ortodosso) in Venice.