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Russian Nobility Association in America Russian Nobility Association In America 2019 Orphan Outreach works in Russia to improve the lives of orphans by: • Working with orphan graduates to support them to successful, independent living • Meeting urgent needs of the orphan graduates through apartment renovations, legal support, medical and dental care • Nurturing and caring for abandoned and vulnerable children • Providing short term teams that support and care for the children www.orphanoutreach.org Russian Nobility Association SpringCharity Ball 2019 Under The Gracious Patronage of H.S.H Prince Dmitri Romanoff Ilyinsky T.H. Prince and Princess Michael Romanoff Ilyinsky T.H. Prince and Princess Andrew Romanoff H.H. Princess Nicholas Romanoff H.H. Princess Alexander Romanoff Executive BallCommittee Chair mrs. olga miklashewsky Co-Chairs mrs. maria holodny mrs. paula jachno mr. nicholas b. a. nicholson Executive Secretary princess elizabeth galitzine Honorary Chairs princess tatiana v. galitzine mrs. veronica atkins mr. warren c. hutchins The Russian Nobility Association in America, Inc. Board of Directors mr. john l. pouschine president mr. alexandr neratoff vp & secretary mr. peter tcherepnine vp & treasurer pavel efremkin, ph.d mr. igor miklashewsky mr. alexandr neratoff mr. michael perekrestov mr. konstantin pio-ulsky vladimir von tsurikov ph.d. 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 - 2017 prince vladmir k. galitzine 2017 - 2018 mr. john l. pouschine 2018- International Patrons Honorary Chairs t.i. & r.h. archduke & archduchess géza von habsburg-lothringen h.r.h. prince jean d’orléans, comte de paris h.r.h. princess alexandra of greece h.r.h. prince michael of yugoslavia t.h. duke & duchess huno von oldenburg h.s.h. prince jerome von colloredo-mansfield h.s.h. the prince karel zu schwarzenberg h.s.h. princess stephanie zu windisch-graetz count & countess nicholas cheremeteff prince & princess andré p. gagarin mrs. marina wolkonsky galesi prince andrei k. galitzine prince piotr galitzine princess alexandra galitzine princess katya galitzine baroness maya de haynau countess monica ignatiew countess maria von kamarovsky mr. & mrs. nicholas kotchoubey count & countess andrei stenbock-fermor count & countess andrei tolstoy-miloslavsky mr. & mrs. rajaa chouairi rev. dr. & mrs. kenneth gunn-walberg Patrons count pierre apraxine mr. thomas nugent miss helena ashton prince sergei ourusoff miss dominique de benckendorff princess lucretia obolensky mrs. barbara brookes mme. elena orlukova princess maria chavchavadze mr. and mrs. peter oudolsky countess kyra cheremeteff and mrs. michael perekrestov mr. thomas william richardson duke of mayola raoul pujol mr. valera danchenko mrs. konstantin pio-ulsky mrs. pavel efremkin mr. and mrs. andrew pogogeff mr. and mrs. adrian fedorowski mr. blair pogue prince gregorii galitzine mrs. john pouschine princess nina galitzine prof. and mrs. paul du quenoy mrs. cyril geacintov miss elizabeth rosen mr. michael markoff george dr. robert ritch and riyoichi saito mrs. elizabeth guest mr. and mrs. peter sareyani mr. and mrs. thomas c. hills mr. and mrs. john schiavetta prof. andrei holodny mrs. theodore selinsky mr. eugene jablokov mr. ian serjantov mr. and mrs. peter jachno miss diane m. a. procofieff de seversky mr. michael jordan mr. serge shohov mr. and mrs. irakli kadaria princess anne sidamon-eristoff mrs. natalya kasyanova mr. christopher spiro miss virginia kinzey mr. vladimir sushko 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 ms. christine m. loomis countess alexander woronzoff-dashkoff miss elizabeth m. miheyev mr. and mrs. ilya zerakhto miss priscilla mcostrich Young Patrons Chair miss marisa wadkovsky Co-Chairs miss stephanie jachno miss ana pouschine ms. anastasia adruzova miss kira jordan mr. vsevolod belikow miss kateryna khomenko miss anna bredikhina miss sophia lycett count alexander cheremeteff mr. gregory nedeltscheff count and countess 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 miss kyra rzhevsky miss alexandra fuiks mr. and mrs. serge sarandinaki princess anna galitzine mr. and mrs. michael sareyani miss anastasia gouliaeva mr. constantine schidlovsky miss nadejda grankina mr. maxim schidlovsky mr. gregory guest miss sophia tiajoloff mr. and mrs. michael gorbenko miss xenia tiajoloff miss elena holodny mr. isaiah trofimenko mr. andre jordan mr. and mrs. peter wolkow T HE C ITY OF N EW Y ORK O FFICE OF THE M AYOR N EW Y ORK, NY 10007 May 10, 2019 Dear Friends: I am delighted to welcome everyone as the Russian Nobility Association in America hosts its Annual Spring Ball. New York is the proud home to residents who hail from every corner of the map, speak a multitude of languages, and represent a wide array of backgrounds and beliefs. This unparalleled diversity is the source of our singularity and strength, and it lends us endless reasons to celebrate. Tonight, I am delighted to join with members of our thriving Russian American community as they honor their shared heritage. This vibrant event is also a wonderful occasion to applaud RNA’s members for their efforts to unite and uplift Russian New Yorkers and support charitable, educational, and cultural programs in the five boroughs and beyond. Together, we will increase opportunity in our global city and ensure that people of all backgrounds can share in its tremendous promise. 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 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. 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. T he Association cannot provide volunteer and nancial 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 nancial 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 young patrons. 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 Peter the Great established the Table of Ranks in 1722, ennoblement was made attainable
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