Russian Nobility Association in America

Russian Nobility Association In America

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THE PRINCE ALEXIS SCHERBATOW SCHOLARSHIP 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 current 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 RUSSIAN NOBILITY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

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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Our Goals

The Russian Nobility Association, Inc. was formed in 1933 in order to realize two important goals: 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 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 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 Today

A 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, 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. Russian Nobility Association Spring Ball 2014

Under The Gracious Patronage of T.H. Prince and Princess Nicholas Romanoff T.H. Prince and Princess Dimitri Romanoff H.H. Princess Andrew Romanoff H.H. Princess Nikita Romanoff H.H. Princess Alexander Romanoff Executive Committee Chair Mrs. Olga Miklashewsky Co-Chairs Mr. Warren C. Hutchins Mrs. Lora Schiavetta Mrs. Maria Holodny

Executive Secretary Princess Elizabeth Galitzine

Honorary Chairs Princess Tatiana V. Galitzine Mrs. Veronica Atkins Mrs. Irina Dvorjitsky San Filippo Prince Ivan Obolensky The Russian Nobility Association in America, Inc. 283 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016

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. Konstantin Pio-Ulsky Mr. John Pouschine Mr. Peter Tcherepnine Mr. Paul Wadkovsky Miss Tatyana Zakharova

Presidents

Prince Alexis Obolensky, Sr. 1936 - 1939 Mr. Vassilii Wadkovsky 1939 - 1941 Count Boris von Berg 1941 - 1942 Count Paul de Kotzeboue 1942 - 1953 Prince Serge Belosselsky-Belozersky 1953 - 1960 Prince Leonid Eletskoy 1960 - 1963 Col. Peter Martynov 1963 - 1971 Prince Alexis Scherbatow 1971 - 2002 Dr. Cyril E. Geacintov 2002 - International Committee

Prince and 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 Benefit Committee

Count Pierre Apraxine Mrs. Lucy Puig Neis Miss Helena Ashton Mr. Nicholas B. A. Nicholson Mr. Andrei BenzemanN Mr. Thomas Nugent Mrs. Barbara Brookes Prince Sergei Ourusoff Princess Maria Chavchavadze Princess Alexis N. Obolensky Countess Kyra Cheremeteff and Princess Lucretia Obolensky Mr. Thomas William Richardson Mme. Elena Orlukova Mr. Valera Danchenko Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oudolski Mrs. Natalia Duncan Princess Eugenia Gagarin Pujol Mrs. Pavel Efremkin and Duke of Mayola Raoul Pujol Mrs. Gaetana Enders Mrs. Konstantin Pio-Ulsky Prince Gregorii Galitzine Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pogogeff Princess Nina Galitzine Mr. Blair Pogue Mrs. Cyril Geacintov Mrs. John Pouschine Mr. and Mrs. Michael Markoff George Miss Elizabeth Rosen Bryan Gere, Khan Djangir Prince Chingiz Dr. Robert Ritch and Rivichi Saito Mrs. Elizabeth Guest Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sareyani Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Hills Mr. John Schiavetta Prof. Andrei Holodny Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Selinsky Mrs. Elena Shemetoff Hutchins Mr. Ian Serjantov Mr. & Mrs. Peter Jachno Miss Diane M. A. Procofieff de Seversky Mr. Michael Jordan Mr. Serge Shohov Mrs. Tatiana Sarandinaki-Kadaria Princess AnnE Sidamon-Eristoff Mrs. Natalya Kasyanova Mr. and Mrs. David Smart Miss Virginia Kinzey Mrs. Peter Tcherepnine Mrs. Milos Knorr Mr. Andrei Tiajoloff Miss Natasha Konon Dr. Wellington S. Tichenor Mme. Natalia Kolodzei Mrs. Paul Wadkovsky Mrs. Tatiana Kolodzei Dr. and Mrs. Donald Ross Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Kowalenko Mrs. Robert D. Wickham Mr. Eric Alexander Kuzmuk H.S.H. Princess Elena N. Wolkonsky Mr. Jacques Leviant H.S.H. Prince Oleg A. Wolkonsky Mr. Joseph Mattia Count and Countess Alexander Miss Elizabeth M. Miheyev Woronzoff-Dashkoff Miss Priscilla McOstrich Junior Committee

Mrs. Lucy Puig Neis Mr. Nicholas B. A. Nicholson Co-Chairs Mr. Thomas Nugent Miss Marisa Wadkovsky Prince Sergei Ourusoff Mr. Christopher Spiro Princess Alexis N. Obolensky Princess Lucretia Obolensky Miss Elena Holodny Mme. Elena Orlukova Mr. and Mrs. Peter Oudolski Mr. Vsevolod Belikov Mr. and Mrs. Dmitri Konon Princess Eugenia Gagarin Pujol Miss Dominique de Benckendorff Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller and Duke of Mayola Raoul Pujol Mrs. Konstantin Pio-Ulsky Count Alexander Cheremeteff Miss Daria Napolina Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pogogeff Count Nicolas Cheremeteff Mr. Gregory Nedeltscheff Mr. Blair Pogue Miss Natasha Dashkova Mr. and Mrs. John Paschenko Mrs. John Pouschine Miss Katherine Djurdjinovic Mr. Alexander Pouschine Miss Elizabeth Rosen Mr. Alexander Djurdjinovic Miss Bessie Rentzler Dr. Robert Ritch and Rivichi Saito Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Fedorowski Mr. Serge Sarandinaki Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sareyani Princess Anna Galitzine Mr. Michael Sareyani Mr. John Schiavetta Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Selinsky Princess Alexandra Galitzine Miss Darya Schiavetta Mr. Ian Serjantov Miss Anastasia Gouliaeva Mr. Aleksandr Schiavetta Miss Diane M. A. Procofieff de Seversky Miss Nadejda Grankina Mr. Maxim Schidlovsky Mr. Serge Shohov Mr. Andre Jordan Mr. Isaiah Trofimenko Princess AnnE Sidamon-Eristoff Miss Nina Kafozoff Mr. Peter Wolkow Mr. and Mrs. David Smart Miss Kateryna Khomenko Mr. and Mrs. Ilya Zerakhto Mrs. Peter Tcherepnine Miss Katherine Krassovsky Mr. Andrei Tiajoloff Dr. Wellington S. Tichenor Mrs. Paul Wadkovsky Dr. and Mrs. Donald Ross Whitaker Mrs. Robert D. Wickham H.S.H. Princess Elena N. Wolkonsky H.S.H. Prince Oleg A. Wolkonsky Count and Countess Alexander Woronzoff-Dashkoff Affirming the Historic Friendship between Russia and America

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A Heartfelt Thank You from the Ball Committee Chair

Mrs. Veronica Atkins Mrs. Natalia Kasianova Ms Helena Ashton Mrs. Roberta Maged Maestro Igor Babailov Mr. Andrei Meleshkin and Katya Foronda Mr. Edward Balodis Mr. Igor Miklashewsky Mrs. Nancy Daoud Mr. Nicholas Nicholson Mr. Valera Danchenko Ms Natalia Orlova Ms Natasha Dashkova Ms. Elena Orlukova Princess Elizabeth Galitzine Mr. Yuri Pazelsky Prince Gregorii Galitzine Ms Anna Plavinskaya Prince and Princess Vladimir K. Galitzine Mr. Jan Serjantov Mrs. Maria Holodny Mrs. Irina Dvorjitsky-San Filippo Ms Elena Holodny Mr. Christopher Spiro Mr. Warren C. Hutchins Mr. Vladimir Sushko Mr. & Mrs. P. Jachno Mr. Peter Tcherepnine Mrs. Tatiana Sarandinaki -Kadaria Ms. Marisa Wadkovsky

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And thank you to all who support us

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Viking River Cruise – 8 day – “Romantic Danube Courtesy of Viking River Cruises. Cruise” – from Budapest to Nuremburg - for (2) Value from $5,200 “Five Arches ll”- by Giancarlo Impiglia – serigraph Courtesy of Mr. Eric Kuzmuk. Value $1,120 Amber Necklace Courtesy of Valerio. Value $600 English Vase – 1860-1870 Courtesy of Mr. John Macenka. Value $500 Baroque Pearls Necklace Courtesy of Amaaya (www.amaayanyc.com) Value $500 Original Gzhel Platter Courtesy of Dr. & Mrs. A. Holodny – Value $400 New York City Helicopter Tour for two Courtesy of Blue Star Jets. Value $350 Glimmerglass Festival & Opera – 2 tickets Courtesy of Glimmerglass Opera & Henry Spotswood Fenimore Cooper. Value $200

Museum Reproductions - Faberge style egg necklace Courtesy of Tatiana Sarandinaki. Value $275

Michael Kors “Runway Watch” Courtesy of Michael Kors. Value $275 Cufflinks – handmade ornamental texturing Courtesy of Alex Soldier. Value $270 “Donkey” – etching by Anna Plavinskaya Courtesy of the artist. Value $225 An Evening of Vodka Tasting and Russian Delicacies Courtesy of Alchemy Events & Designs, Inc. – 2 tickets Value $200 Sirio Restaurant at the Hotel Pierre – Dinner for Two Courtesy of the management. Value $200 Crystal Bangle and Watch Set 12/12 Showstopper Courtesy of Joan Rivers Worldwide Enterprises. Value $175 “Tulip Tree”– etching – limited edition – by Courtesy of artist. Value $175 Anna Plavinskaya “Iris” – etching – limited edition – by Anna Plavinskaya Courtesy of artist. Value $170 Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Courtesy of the management. Value $165 “Eugene Onegin” – opening night performance at Courtesy of www.cherryorchardfestival.com. New York City Center – two tickets Value $150 Foreign Language Course – 1 ½ hours Courtesy of Ms Irene Fortunato. Value $150 Museum of Russian Icons – one year’s membership Courtesy of The Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, and a selection of Museum Publications Massachusetts. Value $150 “Colombine” – etching by Anna Plavinskaya Courtesy of the artist. Value $130 Coronation of Alexander ll – print Courtesy of Mr. Michael Revis. Value $125 Val El Salon & Spa – one hour facial Courtesy of Sofia at Val El Salon & Spa (1291 First Ave. @ 69th St., NY 10021). Value $120 “Autumn in Suzdal” – print/ glycee – by V. Gashurov Courtesy of the artist. Value $120 Jewel of Russia Ultra Limited Edition Courtesy of BMC Imports. Value $120

St. Petersburg Drinking Glass Holder Set Courtesy of Trade House ”Saint-Petersburg”. Value $110 New York Water Taxi or any Circle Line Downtown Courtesy of New York Water Taxi/Circle Line Cruise for (4) Downtown. Value $108 Artisan Jewelry created by Tatiana Zinovoy Courtesy of designer. Value $100 Blooming Statement Bib and earrings Courtesy of Joan Rivers Worldwide Enterprises. Value $115 The Jewel of Russia Vodka with a Gift Courtesy of BMC Imports. Value $100 Joan Rangers TM Badge of Fashion Pin Courtesy of Joan Rivers Worldwide Enterprises. Value $80 “Poetry of Form” – book by Dimitry Gerrman Courtesy of Ms Natalia Kolodzei. Value $55 Cooper’s Gift 19in. Necklace Courtesy of Joan Rivers Worldwide Enterprises. Value $65 “Former People” by Douglas Smith - autographed Courtesy of the author. Value priceless. Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Courtesy of management. Value $40 “Notes of a White Officer” – by Erast N. Geacintov – Courtesy of Dr. Cyril Geacintov. Value priceless autographed by son, Dr. Cyril Geacintov Longwood Gardens –two complimentary admission Courtesy of Longwood Gardens, Monica Staszesky. tickets Value $36 “At the Circus” – by Alexander Kuprin Courtesy R.I.S. Publications. Value $12 “Russian Life” magazine – one year subscription Courtesy of R. I. S. Publications. Priceless. Favors for gift bags

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