This day in Russian history and the History of the world.

May 19

May 19, 1909: Famous "Ballets Russes" of Sergei Diaghilev launched in Paris.

The company included the best young Russian dancers, among them Anna Pavlova, Adolph Bolm, Vaslav Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina and Vera Karalli.

Their first night on 19 May 1909 was a sensation.

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May 19, 1922: is considered to be a birthday of the All-Union Pioneer Organization ( Vsesoyuznaya pionerskaya organizatsiya ) in USSR.

By October 1922 pioneer units were united to form an organization Spartak Young Pioneers which was named after V.I.Lenin by a decision of the Central Committee of Komsomol of January 21.

The organization was aimed for children of age 10-15 and stopped its activity with the collapsed of the USSR in 1991.

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