Сент-Женевьев-де-Буа. Русский погост в предместье Парижа

Na znamenitom russkom kladbishche Sent-Zhenevʹev-de-Bua bliz Parizha upokoilisʹ svi͡ashchenniki i t͡saredvort͡sy, byvshie ministry i krasavit͡sy-baleriny, velikie kni͡azʹi͡a i terroristy, khudozhniki i belye generaly, proslavlennye geroi voĭn i agenty GPU, freĭliny dvora i portnikhi, zvezdy kino i rezhissery teatra, byvshie zakadychnye druzʹi͡a i smertelʹnye vragi...Odni iz nikh vstretili prikhod XX veka v rast͡svete svoeĭ russkoĭ slavy, drugie togda eshche ne rodilisʹ na svet. Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ, Zinaida Gippius, Ivan Bunin, Matilʹda Kshesinskai͡a, Sheremetevy i I͡Usupovy, general Kutepov, otet͡s Sergiĭ Bulgakov, Alekseĭ Remizov, Tėffi, Boris Zaĭt͡sev, Serzh Lifarʹ, Zinaida Serebri͡akova, Aleksandr Galich, Andreĭ Tarkovskiĭ, Vladimir Maksimov, Zinaida Shakhovskai͡a, Rudolʹf Nuriev...Sudʹba svela ikh vmeste pod berezami ėtogo ostrovka ushedsheĭ Rossii vo Frant͡sii, na pogoste minuvshego veka. Na stranit͡sakh uvlekatelʹnoĭ knigi Borisa Nosika ozhivai͡ut mnogie imena velikikh i neizvestnykh s ikh goresti͡ami i radosti͡ami, khitrospletenii͡ami sudeb...

The famous Russian cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-de-Bois, near Paris, was the resting place of priests and courtiers, former Ministers and beautiful ballerinas, Grand Dukes and terrorists, artists and white generals, famous war heroes and agents of the GPU, ladies-in-waiting of the court and dressmakers, movie stars and theater Directors, former cronies and mortal enemies...Some of them met the arrival of the XX century in the heyday of their Russian glory, while others were not yet born. Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Zinaida Gippius, Ivan Bunin, Matilda Kshesinskaya, the Sheremetevs and Yusupovs, General Kutepov, father Sergiy Bulgakov, Alexey Remizov, taffy, Boris Zaitsev, Serge Lifar, Zinaida Serebryakova, Alexander Galich, Andrey Tarkovsky, Vladimir Maksimov, Zinaida Shakhovskaya, Rudolf Nureyev...Fate brought them together under the birch trees of this island of bygone Russia in France, in the churchyard of the last century. On the pages of Boris Nosik's fascinating book, many names of the great and unknown come to life with their sorrows and joys, the intricacies of fate...