Sergei Diaghilev
（重定向自Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev）
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![Portrait of Serge Diaghilev with His Nanny, by Léon Bakst (1906).](/Images/godic/202502/10/Bakst_daighilev4613.jpg")
![Diaghilev's gravestone, Isola di San Michele, Orthodox section, Venice, Italy (April, 2011)](/Images/godic/202502/10/Cimitero_di_San_Michele_in_Isola_-_Tomba_di_Sergej_Djagilev4613.jpg")
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (/diˈæɡᵻlɛf/; Russian:Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев, tr.Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev;IPA: [sʲɪˈrɡʲej ˈpavɫəvʲɪtɕ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf]; 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1872 –19 August 1929), usually referred to outside Russia as Serge, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.