КНИЖКОВА КОЛЕКЦІЯ СЕРЖА ЛИФАРЯ З ФОНДОВОГО ЗІБРАННЯ МУЗЕЮ ІСТОРІЇ МІСТА КИЄВА В УМОВАХ РОСІЙСЬКОЇ ЗБРОЙНОЇ АГРЕСІЇ

The versatility of Serge Lifar’s personality is evidenced by his material heritage, much of which is currently preserved in a number of cultural institutions in Kyiv: the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, in its branch the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine; the National Museum of Literature of Ukraine; the Museum of Kyiv history, in its branches the Museum of the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Serge Lifar Museum; as well as in the Vernadskyі National Library of Ukraine and the Lesia Ukrainka Public Library. The private collection of the famous ballet dancer Serge Lifar in Kyiv museum and library institutions is really impressive with its contents: personal belongings, posters, letters, paintings, books, awards, manuscripts, theater costumes, etc. Bibliographers, historians, art historians, and museum workers highly appreciated the items in his collection. They took a prominent place in fund collections of Kyiv cultural institutions. Some items from Serge Lifar’s private collection are used by researchers of library and museum institutions in various exhibition, lecture, and research projects to popularize them to a wide range of stakeholder persons, who has interested in the personality of the dancer and his artistic activity abroad, his connections with his homeland and other related topics. The scientific publication is directly presented the book collection of Serge Lifar from the funds of the Museum of Kyiv history, which has become the overwhelming majority of national treasure of Ukraine. In addition, the prehistory of the emergence of the dancer’s book collection in the context of his biography is highlighted, as well as the figure of the ballet master as a bibliophile and collector of rare items is revealed. After all, the uniqueness of the printed editions of the artist’s private collection in the overwhelming number is determined not only by bibliographic rarity, but also by their belonging to the world historical and cultural heritage, there-fore their preservation has become a challenge for bibliographers and museum workers in the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. Keywords: entrepreneur, library, war, collector, museum, choreogra-pher.