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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (March 31, 1872, Selishchi, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire – August 19, 1929, Venice, Italy) was a Russian theatre and artistic figure, one of the founders of the Mir Iskusstva group, organizer of the Russian Seasons in Paris and the Diaghilev Russian Ballet troupe, and impresario.