Where is your grave—
Or maybe even just a mound-
Vsevolod Emilyevich
Meyerhold?
Where can we put a monument?
There is no grave.
You cannot be frozen into a statue,
Like some docile teacher's pet.
You blaze
From the pedestals of the world stage,
Vsevolod Emilyevich
Meyerhold.

The 100th anniversary of Vsevolod Meyerhold's birth on February 9, 1874, was celebrated this year in the Soviet Union. The centennial celebrations honoring the great Russian theatre director began in January and continued well past the actual birth date. The recognition extended throughout the Soviet Union, including Leningrad, where Meyerhold began his career as director more than a decade before the Revolution. As a result of these celebrations, his rehabilitation is openly recognized now and his influence widely acknowledged.