Prokofieff's grandson buried in Dornach
Sergei Prokofieff, the grandson of the Russian composer, has died at the age of 60 after three years of serious illness. He found his final resting place in Dornach, Switzerland.
Sergei Prokofieff was born in Moscow in 1954. He acquired his knowledge of German by studying Rudolf Steiner's writings, which were banned in the Soviet Union. His first book Rudolf Steiner and the foundation of the new mysteries was published in Germany in 1982, while the Soviet Union was still in power. In 1991 he co-founded the Anthroposophical Society in Russia, and in 2001 the Anthroposophical Society appointed him to the board in Dornach, Switzerland.
Prokofieff was regarded as a militant orthodox representative of anthroposophy, who took a narrow view of the term. He took Steiner critics such as Helmut Zander to task, according to the news agency NNA he took the view that "they were deliberately working to destroy the anthroposophical movement".
His negative attitude towards anthroposophical content on the Internet also earned him the reputation of an orthodox anthroposophist.
