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Chair

mrs. olga miklashewsky

Co-Chairs mrs. maria holodny mr. nicholas b. a. nicholson mrs. tatiana sarandinaki kadaria

Executive Secretary

princess elizabeth galitzine

Honorary Chairs

princess tatiana v. galitzine mrs. veronica atkins mrs. irina dvorjitsky san filippo prince ivan obolensky mr. warren c. hutchins The Russian Nobility Association in America, Inc.

Board of Directors dr. cyril e. geacintov president prince vladimir c. galitzine vice president prince ivan obolensky vice president & treasurer mrs. irina dvorjitsky-san filippo secretary dr. pavel efremkin mr. warren c. hutchins mr. igor miklashewsky mr. alexandr neratoff mr. michael perekrestov mr. konstantin pio-ulsky mr. john pouschine mr. peter tcherepnine vladimir von tsurikov phd. mr. paul wadkovsky miss tatyana zakharova

Presidents

prince alexis obolensky, sr. 1936 - 1939

mr. vassili wadkovsky 1939 - 1941

count boris von berg 1941 - 1942

count paul de kotzeboue 1942 - 1953

prince leonid eletskoy 1954 - 1958

prince serge belosselsky-belozersky 1958 - 1963

col. peter martynov 1963 - 1971

prince alexis scherbatow 1971 - 2002

dr. cyril e. geacintov 2002 - International Committee Honorary Chairs

princess david chavchavadze

count and countess nicholas cheremeteff

mr. and mrs. rajaa chouairi

h.s.h. prince jerome von colloredo-mansfield

prince and princess andré p. gagarin

mrs. marina wolkonsky galesi

prince andrei k. galitzine

princess katya galitzine

prince piotr galitzine

h.r.h. princess alexandra of greece

rev. dr. and mrs. kenneth gunn-walberg t.i. and r.h. archduke and archduchess géza von habsburg

baroness maya de haynau

countess monica ignatiew

countess marina von kamarovsky

mr. and mrs. nicholas kotchoubey

t.h. duke and duchess huno von oldenburg

h.r.h. prince jean d’orléans, duc de vendôme

count and countess andrei tolstoy-miloslavsky

h.s.h. the prince karel zu schwarzenberg

count and countess andrei stenbock-fermor

h.s.h. princess stephanie zu windisch-graetz

h.r.h. prince michael of yugoslavia International Patrons count pierre apraxine prince sergei ourusoff miss helena ashton princess alexis n. obolensky miss dominique de benckendorff princess lucretia obolensky mrs. barbara brookes mme. elena orlukova mr. aleksei brown mr. and mrs. peter oudolsky princess maria chavchavadze mrs. michael perekrestov countess kyra cheremeteff and princess eugenia gagarin pujol and mr. thomas william richardson duke of mayola raoul pujol mr. valera danchenko mrs. konstantin pio-ulsky mrs. natalia duncan mr. and mrs. andrew pogogeff mrs. pavel efremkin mr. blair pogue mr. and mrs. adrian fedorowski mrs. john pouschine prince gregorii galitzine prof. and mrs. paul du quenoy princess nina galitzine miss elizabeth rosen mrs. cyril geacintov dr. robert ritch and riyoichi saito mr. and mrs. michael markoff george mr. and mrs. peter sareyani mrs. elizabeth guest mr. and mrs. john schiavetta mr. and mrs. thomas c. hills mrs. theodore selinsky prof. andrei holodny mr. ian serjantov mr. and mrs. eugene jablokov miss diane m. a. procofieff de seversky mr. & mrs. peter jachno mr. serge shohov mr. michael jordan princess anne sidamon-eristoff mr. irakli kadaria mr. christopher spiro mrs. natalya kasyanova mr. vladimir sushko miss virginia kinzey mrs. peter tcherepnine mr. and mrs. dmitri konon mr. andrei tiajoloff miss natasha konon dr. wellington s. tichenor mme. natalia kolodzei mrs. vladimir von tsurikov mr. eric alexander kuzmuk mrs. paul wadkovsky mr. jacques leviant dr. and mrs. donald ross whitaker miss elizabeth m. miheyev mrs. robert d. wickham miss priscilla mcostrich count and countess alexander mrs. lucy puig neis woronzoff-dashkoff mr. thomas nugent mr. and mrs. ilya zerakhto Young Patrons

Co-Chairs

miss elena holodny, miss marisa wadkovsky

miss. katherine djurdjinovic and mr. gregory nedeltscheff

mr. vsevolod belikow miss kateryna khomenko miss anna bredikhina miss katherine krassovsky count alexander cheremeteff miss katherine morgenegg count nicolas cheremeteff mr. daniel oudolsky miss natasha dashkova mr. and mrs. john paschenko mr. alexander djurdjinovic mr. alexander pouschine miss anastasia efremkin mr. michael revis mr. adrian fekula mr. and mrs. serge sarandinaki princess anna galitzine mr. michael sareyani princess alexandra galitzine miss darya schiavetta miss anastasia gouliaeva mr. aleksandr schiavetta miss nadejda grankina mr. constantine schidlovsky mr. gregory guest mr. maxim schidlovsky mr. michael gorbenko mr. isaiah trofimenko mr. andre jordan mr. peter wolkow miss kira jordan

T HE C ITY OF N EW Y ORK O FFICE OF THE M AYOR N EW Y ORK, NY 10007

May 13, 2016

Dear Friends:

Dobriy vecher! I am delighted to welcome you all to the Russian Nobility Association in America’s Annual Spring Ball.

New York’s greatest strength is the power of its diverse people – including a thriving population of Russian Americans – and we are proud of our residents’ shared desire to lift each other up and give back to their communities. Since 1933, the Russian Nobility Association has exemplified the spirit of generosity that defines the five boroughs. By sponsoring lecture series and raising funds to support scholarships, historical archives, elder care, and children’s hospitals and orphanages, RNA improves the lives of vulnerable people, unites Russian residents in fellowship, and preserves a rich heritage. I applaud its efforts to help those in need and enhance the cultural vitality of our global city.

On behalf of the City of New York, please accept my best wishes for a festive evening and continued success.

Sincerely,

Bill de Blasio Mayor

TheThe RussianRussian NobilityNobility Association Association TodayToday

Our Goals

The Russian Nobility Association, Inc. was formed in 1933 in order to realize two important goals: T to maintain historical truths about Russia and to provide humanitarian assistance. On the one hand, the Association’s aims are genealogical and historical. It seeks to preserve cultural memories and national truths of Russian history which, during the Communist regime, were threatened with extinction. It maintains a library of historical documents. From time to time, the Association hosts lectures in Russian history to raise funds, a portion of which is directed to educational resources. The Association’s aims are thus also philanthropic. To this end, it hosts an annual Russian Spring Ball. Organized by members of the Ball Committee of the Russian Nobility Association, the Spring Ball is the Association’s largest fund raising event of the year. This event allows the Association to realize its most important humanitarian goal: the assistance of disadvantaged persons both in and outside of Russia who need medical treatment, food and shelter.

Who Receives the Bulk of our Support? The philanthropic and charitable distributions of the RNA are and have been directed to T orphanages, scouts, old age homes, scholarships for college students, literary journals, and other needy projects, organizations and individuals. Funds are distributed both in the United States and abroad.

A Word of Thanks T he Association cannot provide volunteer and financial support for its philanthropic causes T without your help. It wishes to express its heartfelt gratitude to the compassionate benefactors and supporters who have given so generously of their time, services and financial resources – and who have thus made a true and tangible difference in the lives of others. Thanks go to our corporate sponsors, our loyal and generous patrons, entertainers and musicians, and of course to the hardworking members of the Ball Committee, especially the Juniors. Nobility Nobility Today AA t first glance, the idea of nobility – even the word itself – seems rather dated today. When nobility is invoked, it is usually to sell fashion magazines or Hollywood merchandise. Nobility invariably clashes with the strictures of our founding fathers who suppressed titles as incompatible with democracy. Even so, the old word, like another old word, “honor,” has an important cultural value. Americans from all walks of life are paying greater attention to their forbears; we are beginning to admire the achievements of our own and others’ ancestors. In Russia today, there is an intense interest in the direct descendants of the nobility, an interest that occasionally borders on the excessive, and includes the fabrication of titles and the assuming of historical family names. But the search for ancestors and identity and the celebration of the accomplishments of one’s predecessors reflect a legitimate and necessary commitment to the past. This commitment takes on an added urgency after 75 years of communist suppression and the liquidation of the nobility as a class (not to mention the clergy, the intellectuals and kulaks). In Russian history, the nobility, or more precisely the “service gentry” (dvoryanye) was known (the word “noble” is derived from the Latin notus – to know) for the ideal of service to the state and the community. When established the Table of Ranks in 1722, ennoblement was made attainable through state service. The dvoryanye were responsible for defending the state against invaders, for organizing agriculture, and for advising the Czars and their governments. Service carried a sense of honor, and was considered not just a civic duty, but a privilege. It is noteworthy that women participated in this ideal of service, demonstrating civic responsibility through charitable work. During the First World War, the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II actively assisted in the care of the sick and the wounded. In the field of culture, the Russian nobility created the Golden Age of Russian Literature and the Arts, producing Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Diaghelev, Tchaikovsky, Berdayev, Nabokov and Akhmatova. The spiritual heirs and beneficiaries of the culture of the gentry come from all walks of life. Indeed, Russia is united in its love for its literary heroes and today there is a strong movement to restore their houses and emulate their virtues. An important social and aesthetic expression of the Russian nobility was the ball. Introduced to Russia by Peter the Great, the ball was seen as a means of cultivating beauty, manners and morality, and as a way to bring people together in friendship and harmony through music and dance. In our electronic age, such public sharing of values is a rare privilege. Since the Revolution, the exiled nobility that makes up much of the “First Wave” of emigration has become self-sacrificing in exile, entering the priesthood and engaging in charitable work. When we consider the word nobility today, the ideals of service, charity, personal integrity and the importance of community come to mind. To conclude with the words of the aristocratic poet W. B. Yeats (an ideal not always lived up to but always in mind): “Yes, we desire to preserve into the modern life that ideal (of) four ancient virtues: First, honesty amongst one’s friends. Second courage amongst one’s enemies. Third, generosity amongst the weak. Fourth, courtesy at all times, whatsoever.”

Our thanks to Dr. Arkadi Nebolsine for the contents of this page. THEThe PRINCE Prince ALEXIS Alexis SCHERBATOW Scherbatow SCHOLARSHIPScholarship Fund FUND

Again this year it is a pleasure to announce that our Scherbatow Scholarship Fund has awarded significant financial grants to several deserving young students for the cur- rent academic year. The Prince Alexis Scherbatow Scholarship Fund was established after his death in 2003 to celebrate his life and achievements. He had served for thirty-one years as Pres- ident of the Russian Nobility Association in America. He taught history and political science, earned a PhD from Columbia University, worked for The Tolstoy Founda- tion, aiding Russian immigrants. He received many honors and tributes from Russian, European and American organizations for his contributions to historical studies. His memoirs are his “Claim to the Past - that past that belongs to Russia because it was for Russia that my forbears worked and wrote”. This year’s scholarship recipients were selected based on a combination of academic re- cord, perceived potential to further RNA ideals and goals, character, and financial need. We are pleased to have been able to assist these young people with part of the cost of their education and are most grateful to those whose donations have made this possible. Additional contributions to the Fund (fully tax deductible) are needed and encouraged. Donations may be made by check to Russian Nobility Association & sent to Att: Mrs. Roberta Maged, DRG International Inc. 841 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081 The RussianTHE RUSSIAN NOBILITYNobility ASSOCIATION Association MembershipMEMBERSHIP InformationINFORMATION

The Russian Nobility Association has four classes of membership and welcomes applications from interested individuals. The four classes are:

A) Voting members: Direct descendents of individuals listed in Russia’s Nobility Archives.

B) Associate members: Individuals whose lineage is through the maternal line.

C) Lineage Affiliates members: Individuals whose nobility historically predates the immediate maternal line.

D) Colleague members: individuals whose efforts and activities support the goals and ideals of the organization.

For further membership information and application forms please call Mrs. Roberta Maged at 973-564-7555 or email her at “[email protected]

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“The Imperial Coronation Box”– given to Tsar Nicholas by Tsarina Courtesy of Mr. Wilfrid Arcaro. Value $550 Alexandra – copy of original Long dress made from draped silk - Courtesy of the designer. Value $450 by Serbian designer Bata Spasojević Red Amber Pin Courtesy of Valerio. Value $400

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