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Russian Nobility Association in America Russian Nobility Association In America 2017 RUSSIAN ART Christie’s Russian Department is honored to celebrate the Russian Nobility Association and its annual Spring Charity Ball. CONTACT • Izabela Grocholski [email protected] • + 1 212 636 2260 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RICHARD J. SCHWARTZ LEON BAKST (1866–1924) Costume design for ‘Moskwa’ 26 x 16½ in. (66 x 42 cm.) Estimate: £80,000–120,000 To be offered in the Russian Art Sale, London, 5 June 2017 Auction | Private Sales | christies.com Christie’s Inc. License #1213717 04957-29_RUS Petroushka Ball.indd 1 4/25/17 10:04 AM Russian Nobility Association SpringCharity Ball 2017 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 AndrewRomanoff H.H. Princess NicholasRomanoff H.H. Princess Dimitri Romanoff H.H. Princess Alexander Romanoff Executive Committee Chair mrs. olga miklashewsky Co-Chairs mrs. maria holodny mr. nicholas b. a. nicholson 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 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 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 princess maria chavchavadze mr. and mrs. peter oudolsky countess kyra cheremeteff and mrs. michael perekrestov mr. thomas william richardson princess eugenia gagarin pujol and mr. valera danchenko duke of mayola raoul pujol mrs. natalia duncan 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. and mrs. 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. and mrs. eugene jablokov mr. ian serjantov mr. & mrs. peter jachno miss diane m. a. procofieff de seversky mr. michael jordan mr. serge shohov mr. & mrs. irakli kadaria princess anne sidamon-eristoff mrs. natalya kasyanova mr. christopher spiro miss virginia kinzey mr. vladimir sushko mr. and mrs. dmitri konon mrs. peter tcherepnine miss natasha konon mr. andrei tiajoloff mme. natalia kolodzei dr. wellington s. tichenor mr. eric alexander kuzmuk mrs. vladimir von tsurikov mr. jacques leviant mrs. paul wadkovsky ms. christine m. loomis 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. and mrs. ilya zerakhto mr. thomas nugent Young Patrons Co-Chairs miss elena holodny, miss marisa wadkovsky mr. and mrs. peter wolkow mr. vsevolod belikow miss kateryna khomenko miss anna bredikhina miss sophia lycett count alexander cheremeteff miss katherine morgenegg count nicolas cheremeteff mr. gregory nedeltscheff miss natasha dashkova mr. daniel oudolsky mr. alexander djurdjinovic mr. and mrs. john paschenko ms. katherine 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 miss xenia tiajoloff mr. andre jordan mr. isaiah trofimenko miss kira jordan 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 Peter the Great 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,
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