In 1922, the great Russian singer Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin left Russia forever. He spent 16 years outside his homeland died in 1938 in Paris. It was a bright period of his life, finally securing the worldwide fame of an outstanding artist, an innovator of the opera scene. However, not a single fundamental study has yet appeared in our country and abroad, dedicated to the last, extremely important and interesting period of Chaliapin's creative activity.