1922 Chaliapin's departure from Russia
95 years ago, on June 29, 1922, the singer Fyodor Chaliapin, the first to receive the title of People's Artist of the Republic, went on tour to the United States and never returned to Russia. His long absence aroused the suspicions of the Soviet authorities. In 1927, Chaliapin donated the proceeds from one of his concerts to the children of Russian emigrants.