and i . ▁Then ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts ▁in ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁and ▁participated ▁in ▁exhib itions ▁of ▁Per ed v iz hn iki . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁he ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁Paris ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁Py otr ▁N ilus ▁was ▁friend ▁with ▁Aleks andr ▁Ku pr in , ▁Ivan ▁Bun in . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁years ▁in ▁Paris ▁they ▁ ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁house . ▁They ▁led ▁an ▁int ensive ▁correspond ence ; ▁there ▁were ▁published ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁hundred ▁letters ▁of ▁Py otr ▁N ilus ▁to ▁Bun in ▁ ▁Py otr ▁N ilus ▁is ▁often ▁confused ▁with ▁his ▁relative , ▁not orious ▁ant is em ite ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁publish er ▁of ▁The ▁Pro tocol s ▁of ▁the ▁E ld ers ▁of ▁Z ion , ▁Serge i ▁N ilus . ▁In ▁fact ▁Py otr ▁was ▁not ▁ant is emit ic ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁together ▁with ▁Kor ney ▁Ch uk ov sky ▁act ively ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁efforts ▁to ▁help ▁Jewish ▁children , ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the ▁Od essa ▁pog rom . ▁ ▁P aint ings ▁ ▁References ▁and ▁notes ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 6 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 4 3 ▁death s ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Russian ▁writers ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Russian ▁pain ters ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁Russian ▁pain ters ▁Category : 2 0