The grave of Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) at the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris

The grave of Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) at the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris. The idea of making the tombstone in the form of an oriental carpet covering the slab belongs to Nureyev's friend Enzo Frigerio, one of the leading designers of the Paris Opera. Nureyev not only collected carpets and antique textiles but even took some of them with him on tour, so it is no accident that a mosaic carpet lies over the place of his rest.

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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The grave of Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) at the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s