Russian Nobility Association In America 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 1 4/30/15 1:40 PM Christie’s Proudly Supports The Russian Nobility Association in America For further information about Russian Art at Christie’s, please contact us at +1 212 636 2260 A JEWELED AND ENAMELED GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX MARKED K. HAHN, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF CARL BLANK, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899 Presented by Emperor Nicholas II to Dimitri Stancioff, Bulgarian Diplomatic Agent in St. Petersburg, on the occasion of the Hague Convention of 1899. 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide $120,000-180,000 To be offered at Christie’s New York on May 20, 2015 The Art People christies.com 03849-109274_RussianNobilityAsso RSN nobility 1 Ball Journal 2015.indd 2 4/30/154/3/15 9:541:40 PM Russian Nobility Association Spring Ball 2015 Under The Gracious Patronage of T.H. Prince and Princess Dimitri Romanoff T.H. Prince and Princess AndrewRomanoff H.H. Princess NicholasRomanoff H.H. Princess Nikita Romanoff H.H. Princess Alexander Romanoff Executive Committee Chair mrs. olga miklashewsky Co-Chairs mr. warren c. hutchins 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 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 3 4/30/15 1:40 PM 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. 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 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 - 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 4 4/30/15 1:40 PM 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 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 5 4/30/15 1:40 PM Benefit Committee count pierre apraxine mrs. lucy puig neis miss helena ashton mr. thomas nugent miss dominique de benckendorff prince sergei ourusoff mrs. barbara brookes princess alexis n. obolensky princess maria chavchavadze princess lucretia obolensky countess kyra cheremeteff and mme. elena orlukova mr. thomas william richardson mr. and mrs. peter oudolsky mr. valera danchenko princess eugenia gagarin pujol and mrs. natalia duncan duke of mayola raoul pujol mrs. pavel efremkin mrs. konstantin pio-ulsky mr. and mrs. adrian fedorowski mr. and mrs. andrew pogogeff prince gregorii galitzine mr. blair pogue princess nina galitzine mrs. john pouschine mrs. cyril geacintov miss elizabeth rosen mr. and mrs. michael markoff george dr. robert ritch and rivichi saito bryan gere, khan djangir prince chingiz mr. and mrs. peter sareyani mrs. elizabeth guest mr. and mrs. john schiavetta mr. and mrs. thomas c. hills mr. and mrs. theodore selinsky prof. andrei holodny mr. ian serjantov mrs. elena shemetoff hutchins miss diane m. a. procofieff de seversky mr. & mrs. peter jachno mr. serge shohov mr. michael jordan princess anne sidamon-eristoff mrs. tatiana sarandinaki-kadaria mr. vladimir sushko mrs. natalya kasyanova mrs. peter tcherepnine miss virginia kinzey mr. andrei tiajoloff mrs. milos knorr dr. wellington s. tichenor miss natasha konon mrs. paul wadkovsky mme. natalia kolodzei dr. and mrs. donald ross whitaker mrs. tatiana kolodzei mrs. robert d. wickham mr. and mrs. vladimir kowalenko h.s.h. princess elena n. wolkonsky mr. eric alexander kuzmuk h.s.h. prince oleg a. wolkonsky mr. jacques leviant count and countess alexander miss elizabeth m. miheyev woronzoff-dashkoff miss priscilla mcostrich mr. and mrs. ilya zerakhto 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 6 4/30/15 1:40 PM Junior Committee Co-Chairs miss marisa wadkovsky, mr. christopher spiro and miss elena holodny mr. vsevolod belikow mr. and mrs. dmitri konon miss anna bredikhina mr. and mrs. peter miller count alexander cheremeteff mr. gregory nedeltscheff count nicolas cheremeteff mr. daniel oudolsky miss natasha dashkova mr. and mrs. john paschenko miss katherine djurdjinovic mr. alexander pouschine mr. alexander djurdjinovic miss bessie rentzler princess anna galitzine mr. michael revis princess alexandra galitzine mr. serge sarandinaki miss anastasia gouliaeva mr. michael sareyani miss nadejda grankina miss darya schiavetta mr. gregory guest mr. aleksandr schiavetta mr. andre jordan mr. maxim schidlovsky miss kira jordan mr. isaiah trofimenko miss nina kafozoff mr. peter wolkow miss katherine krassovsky 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 7 4/30/15 1:40 PM T H E C I T Y O F N EW Y O RK O FFI CE O F T H E M AYOR N EW Y O RK , NY 10007 May 8, 2015 Dear Friends: I am delighted to welcome everyone to the Russian Nobility Association in America’s Annual Spring Ball. Our City’s rich cultural diversity is the source of its singularity and strength and it is sustained by many wonderful organizations throughout the five boroughs that foster fellowship and preserve the storied traditions of their communities. Whether hosting festivities like tonight’s, orchestrating fundraising campaigns for Russian youth, helping seniors access critical health services or providing scholarships for hardworking students, RNA exemplifies the generosity and tenacity that define New York. As my team and I work to lift up New Yorkers from all backgrounds and walks of life, I am grateful for its complementary efforts. On behalf of the City of New York, best wishes for a wonderful celebration and continued success. Sincerely, Bill de Blasio Mayor 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 8 4/30/15 1:40 PM 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 9 4/30/15 1:40 PM 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. 9274_RussianNobilityAsso Ball Journal 2015.indd 10 4/30/15 1:40 PM 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).