For over eighty years, the Russian Nobility Association has always placed the well-being and health of the families and friends that make up our community first. To that end, and in accordance with recent guidelines, we are compelled to cancel our annual “invitations party” scheduled for March 26th. Our Board of Directors have changed the date [...]
In 2018, the Russian Nobility Association in America awarded a grant to the St. George Pathfinders towards the construction of a new dining facility. The letter from the St. George Pathfinders below shows the impact of the RNA's investment for the children who attend summer camp every year. St. George Pathfinders would like to thank the [...]
In 2018, Sister Mary, head of The Bethany School and Girls’ Orphanage in Palestine, asked for help to buy a new van. The RNA contributed toward the $40,000 needed, for Sister Mary to not only buy the van pictured, but to have additional funds for medical treatments, school supplies and other pressing needs. The orphanage is [...]
It is with great regret that the Board of Directors of the Russian Nobility Association in America announces the death of our Chairman Emeritus and former Treasurer, Prince Ivan Sergeievich Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletsky on the 29th of January, 2019. Ivan Sergeievich was the son of Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky (1890 - 1978) and Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902 [...]
The Russian Nobility Association provided a grant to the Russian History Museum in Jordanville, NY for the exhibition Last Days of the Last Tsar. The special exhibition, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the tragic death of Nicholas II, his family, and loyal attendants, opened to the public on July 17, 2018 - exactly 100 years [...]
On December 4 the Russian Nobility Association in America celebrated their annual Christmas party in the ballroom of New York's Cosmopolitan Club. The event, which included festive refreshments and hors d'oeuvres, featured live music, and serves as an annual "thank you" event for the members of the Association, and our many supporters over the previous year. [...]
On Thursday, November 15, over 25 intrepid souls ventured forth into the snow and ice to attend “Last Days of the Last Tsar,” a lecture to benefit the Prince Alexis Scherbatow Scholarship Fund. The lecture, presented by Michael Perekrestov (E.D., Russian History Museum) and Nicholas B.A. Nicholson (SVP, Freeman’s Auction) was a look into the [...]
May 10, 1921 - August 10, 2018 It is with profound regret that the Board of the Russian Nobility Association announces the death of our beloved secretary, board member, patroness, and friend, Irina Dvorjitsky SanFilippo, who reposed in the Lord yesterday morning. The reality of this loss to émigré life has not yet sunk in. Irina [...]
Prince Vladimir Kirillovich Galitzine (January 29, 1942 – February 22, 2018) The Board of the Russian Nobility Association in America is profoundly saddened to report the untimely death of its President Prince Vladimir K. Galitzine, on Thursday, February 22, 2018. Prince Vladimir Galitzine was one of the Russian Emigration’s most prominent and active leaders. He was [...]
