Nicolas Iljine

Nicolas V. Iljine was born on September 10, 1944, the son of Russian immigrants. His father was Professor Vladimir Nikolayevich Iljine, a famous Russian Orthodox theologian and philosopher. His parents had fled Russia for their anti-Communist sentiments, and his father at one point had authored a book titled Communism: The Death of Culture. As a child Nick Iljine developed a keen interest in visiting Russia himself. He was educated in Great Britain and France, studied mathematics at the Sorbonne, and then specialized in public relations. He speaks fluent English, Russian, French, and German. Iljine started his career in 1964 working at a travel agency. He first visited Russia in 1965, with a team of psychologists who were holding their World Congress in Moscow. ==Career==

Business ;Lufthansa, early exhibitions From 1968 to 1994 Iljine worked at Lufthansa, the flagship airline company of Germany. In 2013, Iljine was a project director and co-editor for the book ''Selling Russia's Treasures'', published by the M.T. Abraham Foundation Press. He is also a member of the Paris Council of Emperor Alexander III for developing cultural and political ties between Russia and France. As of 2014 he is on the board for the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture. ==Personal life==

Iljine has been married to his wife Christa since 1964, and together they have two grown children and two granddaughter. A citizen of both France and Russia, since the early 1970s he has lived in the German city of Frankfurt, where he resided as of 2013. ==Publishing history==

• 1991–1993: The Great Utopia • 1993: ''Chagall's Jewish Theater'' • 1999: Amazons of the Avant-Garde • 2003: Kazimir Malevich - Suprematism • 2005: Russia! == References ==