. . . "Wassily de Basil"@en . . . . "Wassily de Basil (16 September 1888 \u2013 27 July 1951), usually referred to as Colonel W. de Basil, was a Russian ballet impresario.De Basil was born Vassily Grigorievich Voskresensky in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1888 (his year of birth is given variously as 1880 or 1886.) He is said to have been a colonel in the Cossack army, although his claim to the title \"Colonel\" is disputed."@en . "1951-07-27Z"^^ . . "Basil, Wassily de"@en . "1888-09-16Z"^^ . "Vassily Grigorievich Voskresensky"@en . "Russian ballet impresario" . "1888Z"^^ . "1951Z"^^ . . .