Russian Nobility Association In America 2018 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 2018 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 prince ivan obolensky chairman emeritus mr. john l. pouschine president pro tempore mr. peter tcherepnine vp & treasurer mrs. irina dvorjitsky-san filippo secretary dr. pavel efremkin 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 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 princess alexandra 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 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. 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. eugene jablokov miss diane m. a. procofieff de seversky mr. & mrs. peter jachno mr. serge shohov mr. michael jordan princess anne sidamon-eristoff mr. & mrs. 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 ms. christine m. loomis mrs. robert d. wickham miss elizabeth m. miheyev countess alexander woronzoff-dashkoff miss priscilla mcostrich mr. and mrs. ilya zerakhto mr. thomas nugent Young Patrons Co-Chairs miss elena holodny, miss marisa wadkovsky mr. gregory nedeltscheff mr. vsevolod belikow mr. andre jordan miss anna bredikhina miss kira jordan count alexander cheremeteff miss kateryna khomenko count nicolas cheremeteff miss sophia lycett 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 miss kyra rzhevsky miss alexandra fuiks mr. and mrs. serge sarandinaki princess anna galitzine mr. michael sareyani miss anastasia gouliaeva mr. constantine schidlovsky miss nadejda grankina mr. maxim schidlovsky mr. gregory guest miss xenia tiajoloff mr. and mrs. michael gorbenko mr. isaiah trofimenko miss stephanie jachno mr. and mrs. peter wolkow 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, 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