Russian cemetery in Paris who is buried. Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. “The dead live and help us...”

By metro to Gare d'Austerlitz station
Then take the RER train to Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (about 20 minutes).
Bus No. 4 runs from the station square to the cemetery, stop “PISCINE”.

The Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery appeared thanks to the Russian Old People's Home, founded in 1927. From that moment on, Russian Parisians began to be kept on it. By 1952, there were about 2 thousand graves, among them those representing the White Guard movement, clergy, writers, artists and performers.

On the territory of the cemetery there is a Russian Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, built in 1938 according to Benoit’s design.

Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
Russian writer and poet Ivan Alekseevich Bunin was buried along with his wife Vera Nikolaevna Muromtseva-Bunina. Bunini was born in Voronezh in 1870 and began writing from his high school years, but his first literary opuses were not successful with critics. Recognition came with the release of the poetry collection “Leaf Fall”, then there were “Antonov Apples”, “Mr. from San Francisco”, “Easy Breathing” and other works. During the October Revolution, Ivan Bunin lived in Moscow; he refused to accept Soviet power. In 1918, he and his wife moved to Odessa, and in 1920 they went to France. In 1933, Ivan Bunin was awarded the Nobel Prize. He died in 1953 in Paris; the monument erected on the grave was made according to a drawing by the artist Alexandre Benois.

Rudolf Nureyev
The great dancer Rudolf Nureyev is buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery. In 1961, during a tour of the Kirov (Mariinsky) Theater troupe in Paris, Nureyev was spied by the KGB; he decided not to return to the USSR, having made the legendary “leap to freedom” into the hands of the French police.
Rudolf Nureyev lived in Europe for 32 years, he performed, toured and loved. He was credited with affairs with Yves Saint Laurent, actor Anthony Perkins, dancers and conductors. In 1984, Nureyev began to suspect his terrible diagnosis; a blood test confirmed HIV. He danced as long as he could. Nureyev died in Paris on January 6, 1993.

Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky can be called a cult director and screenwriter; Andrei Rublev, Stalker, Solaris, Mirror and other films came from his pen. In 1980, Tarkovsky came to Italy to film the film “Nostalgia” and never returned to the USSR. At home, his films were banned, his name was not mentioned in the press. In 1985, Tarkovsky was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in Paris in 1986.

Teffi (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya)
Russian writer and poet Teffi is the author of the stories “The Demonic Woman” and “Kefer”. She wrote satirical poems and feuilletons, receiving the nickname “the first Russian humorist” and “the queen of Russian humor.” After the revolution, Teffi emigrated. She died in 1952.

Alexander Galich
Bard, poet, playwright and screenwriter Alexander Galich was buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery in 1977. Real name was Ginzburg, and Galich was an abbreviation made up of different letters of the surname, name and fatherland. In 1974, Galich was forced to emigrate from the USSR, and in the same year all his works were banned. In recent years, he lived in Paris, where he died in an accident; according to another version, it was a planned murder.

Other notable people buried in the cemetery:

Architect and artist Albert Benois
Poet Zinaida Gippius
Owner of famous stores Grigory Grigorievich Eliseev
Russian painter Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin
Ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya
Poet Yuri Mandelstam
Member of the resistance movement Vera Obolenskaya
Princess Irina Alexandrovna Romanova
Artist Zinaida Serebryakova
Representatives of the Yusupov and Sheremetev family

Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois. France.

And the builder of St. Petersburg, architect Pavel Mikhailovich Mulkhanov, is also buried in this cemetery. He built more than 80 houses (most of all on the Petrograd side), as well as a church near St. Petersburg in Lisy Nos. It’s sad that such a prolific architect is now little known even in St. Petersburg itself. In the photo at his grave is his great-granddaughter Lyudmila.

Sainte-Genevieve de Bois. Cemetery of the Great

Earlier posts about Sainte-Geneviève de Bois here and here

There are more than 7,000 Russian graves in the cemetery, including famous Russian writers, scientists, artists, artists, statesmen and politicians, military men and members of the clergy. The Cemetery Church of the Assumption was built according to the design of the architect Albert A. Benois in the Novgorod style with a Pskov belfry and gates; it was solemnly consecrated on October 14, 1939.

Drawing by artist Vasily Kuks

Mozart - Requiem

More than 10 thousand Russians are buried in the cemetery. Many famous people are buried there: writer Ivan Bunin (1870-1953), poet-bard Alexander Galich (1919-1977), writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866-1941), his wife poetess Zinaida Gippius (1869-1949), film actors brothers Alexander ( 1877-1952) and Ivan (1869-1939) Mozzhukhins, writer, chief editor. magazine "Continent" Viktor Nekrasov (1911-1987), dancer Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993), writer Alexei Remizov (1877-1957), Grand Duke Andrei Romanov (1879-1956) and his wife ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya (1872-1971) , Grand Duke Gabriel Romanov (1887-1955), artist Zinaida Serebryakova (1884-1967), artist Konstantin Somov (1869-1939), economist and statesman Peter Struve (1870-1944), film director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), writer Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya) (1875-1952), writer Ivan Shmelev (1873-1950) was later reburied on May 30, 2000 in his native Moscow, Prince Felix Yusupov (1887-1967).

At the cemetery, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the spirit of Novgorod churches, built and painted by Albert Benois in 1938-1939. Buried in the crypt of the church are: the architect of this church, Albert Benois (1870-1970), his wife Margarita, nee Novinskaya (1891-1974), Countess Olga Kokovtsova (1860-1950), Countess Olga Malevskaya-Malevich (1868-1944).

To the right of the iconostasis is installed memorial plaque in memory of the 32 thousand soldiers and officers who served in the Second World War in the German army. They were handed over by the Allies to the Soviet command and executed for treason.

At the very beginning of the 20s, when the first wave of Russian emigration arrived in Paris, a problem arose: what to do with the elderly, the older generation who left Bolshevik Russia? And then the emigrant committee decided to buy a castle near Paris and turn it into a nursing home. Such a castle was found in the Essonne department, 30 kilometers south of Paris in the town of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. It was a real outback back then.

On April 7, 1927, a nursing home was opened here with a large park adjacent to it, at the end of which there was a communal cemetery. At the very beginning of its existence, the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois was destined to become the custodian of relics pre-revolutionary Russia. When France officially recognized the Soviet Union, the ambassador of the Provisional Government in Paris, Maklakov, had to cede the embassy building to the new owners. But he managed to transport portraits of Russian emperors, antique furniture and even a royal throne made of wood and gilding to the Russian House. Everything is still located in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.

This first Russian nursing home in France was inhabited by 150 residents. Wonderful and even outstanding people ended their earthly journey here. Many Russian diplomats, artists Dmitry Stelletsky, Nikolai Istsenov... The last one famous person, who died in this house at the age of 94, is Princess Zinaida Shakhovskaya. So by the beginning of the 30s, Russian graves appeared here, on the foreign side.

Shortly before the war, the Russians prudently bought a plot of land here of about a thousand square meters and, according to the design of Albert Benois (a relative of Alexander Benois), built a church in the Novgorod style. On October 14, 1939, this church was consecrated and thus the graveyard, called the Russian Cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, was formed. Later, both Soviet commanders and soldiers were buried here.

The road to the cemetery from the bus stop. It’s sunny and deserted, with occasional cars passing behind us. Ahead is a cemetery fence.

The cemetery's central gate, behind it is a church with a blue dome. On the occasion of Saturday everything is closed. The entrance to the cemetery is a little further.

Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. Calm and quiet.

Nearby is Nadezhda Teffi.

Monument to Russians who fought and died in World War II on the side of the French Resistance.

Rimsky-Korsakov

Rudolf Nureyev

Sergey Lifar

Alexander Galich

Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov and “Little Girl” Kshesinskaya

Merezhkovsky and Gippius

"In the trenches of Stalingrad." Writer Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov

Writer Vladimir Emelyanovich Maksimov

Captain Merkushov

Grand Duke Gabriel Konstantinovich Romanov

Archpriest Sergius Bulgakov

Veniamin Valerianovich Zavadsky (Writer Korsak) is a very interesting monument.

Professor Anton Vladimirovich Kartashev

Shmelevs. Symbolic grave.

Felix Yusupov, Rasputin's killer. And his (Felix's) wife.

Monument to Drozdovites

General Alekseev and his faithful comrades (Alekseevtsy)

Alexey Mikhailovich Remezov. Writer.

Andrei Tarkovsky (“To the Man Who Saw an Angel” - this is what is written on the monument)

The symbolic grave of General Kutepov (for those who have read “The Invisible Web” by Pryanishnikov, it should be clear why it is symbolic).

Galipoli...

Famous theologian Archpriest Vasily Zenkovsky

One of the first actors of Russian cinema Ivan Mozzhukhin

The alleys of the cemetery are clean... and quiet... only the birds are singing

Cossacks - sons of Glory and Freedom

View from the altar of the Assumption Church.

A Russian nursing home in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, where fragments of the first post-revolutionary emigration still survive. Among them is Lydia Alexandrovna Uspenskaya, the widow of the famous icon painter Leonid Uspensky, who painted the Trinity Church and was buried in this cemetery. In October of this year. she will turn 100 years old. She ended up in France in 1921, she was 14...

Lidia Alexandrovna Uspenskaya before the funeral service at the cemetery:

Memorial service on February 13, 2006 at the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery for all compatriots who died and were buried here (as part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Three Hierarchs' Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church MP in Paris).

The memorial service was led by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (V.R. - currently Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church).

And here they are already burying complete strangers...

Tomorrow other Russian people will come here and a silent prayer will sound again...

Buried here:
Father Sergius Bulgakov, theologian, founder of the Theological Institute in Paris
L.A. Zander, professor at the Theological Institute
Archpriest A. Kalashnikov
V.A. Trefilova, ballerina
V.A. Maklakov, lawyer, former minister
N.N. Cherepnin, composer, founder of the Russian Conservatory. Rachmaninov in Paris
A.V. Kartashev, historian, professor at the Theological Institute in Paris
I.S. Shmelev, writer (only a symbolic grave remains)
N.N. Kedrov, founder of the quartet. Kedrova
Prince F.F. Yusupov
K.A. Somov, artist
A.U. Chichibabin, chemist, biologist
D.S. Steletsky, artist
Grand Duke Gabriel
S.K. Makovsky, artist, poet
A.E. Volynin, dancer
I.A. Bunin, writer, laureate Nobel Prize
M.A. Slavina, opera singer
S.G. Polyakov, artist
V.P. Krymov, writer
S.N. Maloletenkov, architect
A.G. Chesnokov, composer
Archpriest V. Zenkovsky, theologian, professor at the Theological Institute in Paris
Princes Andrei and Vladimir Romanov
Kshesinskaya, prima ballerina
K.A. Korovin, artist
N.N. Evreinov, director, actor
I.I. and A.I. Mozzhukhins, opera and film artists
O. Preobrazhenskaya, ballerina
M.B. Dobuzhinsky, artist
P.N. Evdokimov, theologian
A.M. Remizov, writer
Gallipoli common grave
Common grave of members of the Foreign Legion
Z. Peshkov, adopted son of Maxim Gorky, general of the French army, diplomat
K.N. Davydov, zoologist
A.B. Pevzner, sculptor
B. Zaitsev, writer
N.N. Lossky, theologian, philosopher
V.A. Smolensky, poet
G.N. Slobodzinsky, artist
M.N. Kuznetsova-Massenet, opera singer
S.S. Malevsky-Malevich, diplomat, artist
Common grave of members of the Russian Cadet Corps
L.T. Zurov, poet
Common grave of the Cossacks; Ataman A.P. Bogaevsky
A.A. Galich, poet
P. Pavlov and V. M. Grech, actors
V.N. Ilyin, writer. Philosopher
Common grave of parishioners
S. Lifar, choreographer
V.P. Nekrasov, writer
A. Tarkovsky, film director
V.L. Andreev, poet, writer
V. Varshavsky, writer
B. Poplavsky, poet
Teffi, writer
Rudolf Nureyev, dancer, choreographer
D. Solozhev, artist
I.A. Krivoshein, resistance member, prisoner of Nazi and Soviet camps
S.T. Morozov, the last representative of the Morozov family in France.

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The cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois lies 30 kilometers south of Paris in a small town, after which the cemetery received its name. It was at the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery that, since the beginning of the 20th century, almost all Russian citizens living in Paris and its environs were buried.

In the first half of the century, the Orthodox Assumption Church was built on the territory of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois according to the design of the architect Albert Benois.

Today, the cemetery is occupied mainly by the graves of Russian emigrants, and throughout the world, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois is considered a Russian cemetery. Here you can find the graves of more than 10 thousand of our former compatriots, including such famous people as: Princess Obolenskaya Vera Appolonovna, ballerina Semennikova Tamara Stefanovna, Captain Illarion Davidovich Yaganov, officers tsarist army and descendants of noble families, Prince Felix Yusupov, great philosopher and theologian Sergius Bulgakov, touching Ivan Bunin, writer Boris Zaitsev, the amazing and talented Teffi, artists Zinaida Serebryakova and Albert Benois, director Andrei Tarkovsky and many others.

Russian tourists often come to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery to pay tribute to all the deceased and their ancestors. The cemetery is located in the town of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois on Leo-Lagrange Street, open March-September Mon-Sun 7.00–19.00, October-February Mon-Sun 8.00–17.00.

Cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois

In the suburbs of Paris there is the suburb of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, which is often called Russian. The almshouse in this place was built in the 20s of the twentieth century, at that time Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, which had not yet turned from a small village into a small cozy town, was already associated with Russian emigration, most of which were the nobility who managed flee Russia during the revolution.

The construction of the almshouse was carried out according to the idea and personal funds of the Russian princess V.K. Meshcherskaya, this building soon became a shelter for elderly lonely Russian nobles who had neither family nor financial savings; for such citizens, the almshouse became the only place where the elderly could receive care and food. In 1927, the first Russian cemetery appeared in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois; its history began with the allocation of a plot of land for the burial of the permanent inhabitants of the almshouse, who found their last refuge in it. Very little time passed, and Russian nobles from Paris and other cities of France began to be buried in the cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.

And for the funeral of the dead, a small Orthodox church was built in the Russian Baroque style, with a small blue dome decorated with a gilded cross. Under one of the naves lie the ashes of Orthodox clergy, including Archbishop George, as well as Metropolitans Vladimir and Evlogii. The architect, according to whose design the temple was built, and his wife Margarita Alexandrovna, known as an artist during her lifetime, were buried next to them. And next to the church they subsequently built a small house, dedicated to memory architect, where visitors to the temple and Russian cemetery can relax and drink a cup of hot and aromatic tea.

The entrance to the cemetery passes through a beautiful gate made in the form of an arch, and its main decoration is the image of two archangels - Michael and Gabriel, holding an icon in their hands. Next there is a wide alley, along which you can see Russian birch trees, reminding emigrants of their homeland, many cozy benches, on which you can sit and relax at any time. You can climb up to the temple via comfortable steps, and around them you can see trimmed bushes and well-groomed low spruce trees, and then, behind the church, birch trees alternate with poplars. It has been suggested among architects that the cemetery, church and almshouse in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, built in the Pskov-Novgorod style, are the only architectural ensemble of this kind in the entire Western European territory. Entrance to the Orthodox Church named after the Assumption Holy Mother of God, decorated with an unusual fresco depicting the Mother of God. And at some distance from the temple you can see the belfry, as if lost among the already tall trees, it is decorated with two simple arcades, and at the top there is a small dome, with its crown pointing to the sky, Orthodox holidays The ringing of the six bells of the belfry can be heard from afar.

The cruciform Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is decorated with a dome on top, which in color seems to merge with the heavens, and on the dome you can see an eight-pointed cross. The interior of the church is quite restrained; its main component is the iconostasis, made in two tiers; it was painted not only by recognized Russian artists, but also by talented parishioners. Inside the church is decorated with frescoes, some of them depict events from the life of Jesus Christ, on others you can see the Blessed Virgin Mary, these frescoes were painted famous painter Albert Benoit. The western part of the temple was painted by another artist - Morozov. The walls, icon cases and lecterns of the church are decorated with numerous icons, all of which were left to the temple by parishioners as a priceless gift.

The almshouse became the center of Russian emigration, and a small village was formed around it within a short time. Russian emigrants from Paris sought to purchase a plot of land here to build their own home, some built dachas intended for relaxation from the noisy and bustling Paris, while others moved into newly built houses and stayed here forever. And the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, consecrated in 1939 by Metropolitan Evlogii, was built at the expense of Russian settlers, and the architect Albert Nikolaevich Benois worked on the drama project. This outstanding man was known both as an architect, and as an artist, as an illustrator, graphic artist and book designer, and as a theatergoer, and as a subtle connoisseur of music and dance, and as a theatrical and art critic. According to contemporaries, Benoit possessed a considerable amount of artistry; he was called the “singer of Versailles and Louis” for his unusual series of works in watercolors depicting the Parisian courtyard. The outstanding architect left this mortal coil in 1960 in Paris, and his body was brought for funeral service and subsequent burial in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built by him, in the village of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.

The grave of Andrei Tarkovsky at the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery. But the Russian emigration cemetery differs from similar burials in Russia. It combines the splendor characteristic only of Russians, and Western cleanliness, and the rule according to which all graves are subordinated to a single idea, all graves, alleys and cemetery areas are well-groomed; here you will not see either wild grass as tall as a person, or garbage. Near gravestone Orthodox crosses, as well as in special niches of many monuments and tombstones, the lights of lamps constantly flicker; they do not go out, but a peculiar “ eternal flame» is supported by the cemetery staff. The graves are also decorated with icons made on an enamel coating, all of them small. The flower of the Russian intelligentsia also rests in the cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois; many writers are buried here, including Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Alexey Remizov and Ivan Shmelev, Nadezhda Teffi and Nikolai Evreinov, Boris Zaitsev, the famous writer Ivan Bunin and his faithful wife Vera Nikolaevna. The Russian cemetery is also the burial place of heroes of the French resistance, including Kirill Radishchev and Vika Obolenskaya, as well as Zinoviy Peshkov, adopted son famous writer Alexey Peshkov, working under the pseudonym Maxim Gorky. The ashes of artists and ballerinas such as Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Vera Trefilova, Matilda Kshesinskaya, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Maria Krzhizhanovskaya are buried in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. Philosophers N. Lossky and S. Bulgakov, artists K. Korovin and Z. Serebryakova and K. Somov are buried here, and relatively recently the graves where A. Tarkovsky, A. Galich and V. Nekrasov found their final refuge appeared.

However, the Russian emigration in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois has many problems, and the preservation of the village and the cemetery itself is under threat. The land allocated for the cemetery does not belong to the Russian community, but to the local municipality, and the site itself was allocated for burials only for a certain period. In the 70s of the twentieth century, it was forbidden to bury all Russian emigrants and their descendants here; the only exceptions were citizens who bought a place in the cemetery long before the relevant order of the authorities, as well as persons whose affiliation with the village of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois in general , and the Russian cemetery in particular, has been proven. In order to bury the famous director Andrei Tarkovsky in this cemetery, even the country’s Minister of Culture had to intervene. And soon a small chapel appeared on the territory of the cemetery, built as a tomb for the remains reburied from old graves whose lease had long expired. Amazingly, many emigrants spent their whole lives cherishing the dream of returning to their homeland, from which they once had to flee. Some nobles did not even bury their dead relatives, storing their ashes in zinc coffins, so that such a coffin could be transported to Russia and buried on Russian soil.

Today, in the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve des Bois, there are also abandoned graves, which there is currently no one to rent. The city authorities, by law, have the right to sell all burials that do not have a legal owner, and many French people have already been buried on the site of Russian graves. There is only one way to preserve the Russian cemetery safe and sound, giving it the status of a memorial. But such a decision has not been made and is unlikely to be made in the coming years. The preservation of the cemetery is so far based on intergovernmental agreements that were verbally decided during the trips of the President of Russia, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, and subsequently Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to France, and in particular to the cemetery of Russian emigration in Sainte-Genevieve des Bois.

Grave of the Russian writer Ivan BuninAt the moment, the costs of maintaining the Orthodox part of the cemetery are shared among the relatives of deceased emigrants, parishioners of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the local municipality. Sainte-Genevieve des Bois is growing as a city, and space is needed to expand, so the cemetery is constantly under threat. The Russian government offered the French authorities plots of land in Russia in exchange for the territory of the cemetery, and projects were also put forward to rebury the remains of Russian nobles and intelligentsia from the cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve des Bois to other places, or to various Orthodox churches. But the Russian emigration and their descendants simply do not have the funds for such large-scale projects. And only the ashes of the writer Ivan Bunin are not threatened by anything - rent land plot, on which his ashes rest, was paid in perpetuity at the expense of Nobel Committee. And the further fate of all other graves has not been decided.

Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovsky

Ivan Bunin

He died in his sleep at two o'clock in the morning from November 7 to 8, 1953 in Paris. According to eyewitnesses, on the writer’s bed lay a volume of L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “Resurrection.” He was buried in the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery in France.

Anna Feliksovna Voronko and Eduard (Victor) Goldberg-Voronko

A Nna Feliksovna Voronko was not a participant in the French Resistance movement. She did not become famous either in the world of science, or in music, or in art. Her name was also not included in the annals of literature. She was known primarily to those who were fond of antiques.

Jewels also passed through Anna Feliksovna’s hands, but she was adorned not with them, but with good deeds. Anna Voronko did good, she did it silently, with all her soul, under the cover of her heart. Inconsolable grief - the death of her only son - overtook her at the age of fifty.

With her personal funds, a monument-chapel was built at the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery near Paris on a large plot of land she acquired, and around there were mass graves in which she reburied her son Edik and several dozen who died in the ranks of the French army and the Russian Resistance soldier.

Anna Feliksovna looked for the mortal remains of the “boy soldiers,” sometimes digging them up with her own hands, putting them in coffins and transporting them to their eternal rest at the monument-chapel.

Having passed into eternal life in December 1971 and presented herself before the Savior, she - may the Lord God forgive me for the audacity to think so, much less write - silently and humbly bowed her head before Him. She was silent. A mother's heartbroken heart and dead soldiers testified for her.

When visitors to the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois approach the monument-chapel of her sons-soldiers, no matter how strange it may sound, they feel the unquenchable flame of a mother’s heart, the flame of love and care of a mother’s unclosed eyes.

I will ask Father Archpriest Boris (Stark)2 to tell about her, a man who not only knew her well, but also shared with her participation in good deeds to fulfill his duty to the memory of the dead.

Archpriest Boris Stark:

“...Every year on February 19, the day of the death of my son Seryozha, our great friend and one of the most spiritually close persons to us, Archimandrite Nikon (Greve) came to us, first in Villemoisson, and then in St. Genevieve de Bois to serve the funeral liturgy and then memorial services at the grave of the deceased boy, and usually he always brought someone with him to get to know us...

And he always brought someone with a fresh wound, who had recently lost someone. ...One time, I think it was in 1942, he came to us in Villemoisson for service and brought with him a lady in deep mourning... It was Anna Feliksovna Voronko.

My acquaintance with her began a new type of pastoral activity for me. She was from Vilna, and in her youth, apparently, she was very beautiful, because even by this time, despite many experiences, her facial features were very attractive. She worked as an antique dealer.

She was married three times, but divorced all her husbands and lived with her son in Paris. He was the only son from his first husband. When Lithuania joined the Soviet Union before the World War, it did not take an emigrant passport, but took a Soviet one. She had many contacts with antique dealers in different countries, and she could be considered a wealthy woman by our emigrant standards.

The war found her in Finland, where she went on business with her antiques. When she returned to Paris, she learned that her only son had volunteered for the front. It is possible that later he would have been called up anyway, but the heroically minded young man himself went to meet his fate. During the German offensive on the Ardennes, her Edik was killed in the town of Misery in the courtyard of a large castle, where a regiment of volunteers was surrounded.

Since my wife’s brother was also a volunteer in the same regiment, we later received some information about this battle. But so far the mother knew nothing about the fate of her son. She spoke German well, and when the military commandant’s office appeared after the Germans occupied Paris, she went there to find out something about the fate of the regiment. All her appeals to the French authorities were without result. Nobody could say anything. There was no information. At the German commandant’s office, after looking through many thick books, she was told not only the day of her son’s death3, but also where his grave was located in the park of this castle.

The war was still going on, but with her irrepressible energy, German language and, perhaps, feminine charm, she obtained permission to travel to Misery, found her son’s grave and transferred his ashes to the local cemetery, where his comrades in the voluntary regiment already lay. Tearing up the grave, she thought that she would immediately die of grief, but... she had more strength than she thought. While digging the grave, we found some of his things, notebook, something else. Once she felt really bad because a large bone was pulled out of the grave. She already thought that it was her son’s bone, but... it turned out that it was a cow bone from some older burial.

Seeing that death did not come to her, she decided to devote herself to serving the soldiers, especially the killed ones. And she partially attracted me to this.

We toured military cemeteries and battlefields, looked for Russian names on crosses, looked for the relatives of these soldiers and then, with their permission, began to transport them to the Russian cemetery of St. Genevieve, where she bought a large place in the center of the cemetery.

In the center, according to the design of A. N. Benois, a chapel was built in Old Russian style, and around there were mass graves, where we began to take coffins with soldiers, and on their headboards we placed small boards with names and, if possible, photographs. At the same time, wandering around the village, she exchanged some food with the peasants, which she shared with those in need in Paris.

For the screen, she also traded with German officers, for whom she obtained gold and other items of interest to them, and in return received permission to travel to the war zone, gasoline for transporting coffins...

I think that she had other connections that she kept silent about, since immediately after the end of the war she often began to visit the Soviet embassy. Later, she decided to move her son to our cemetery, but not to a common grave, but to a separate one, where she later bequeathed to bury herself.

But after I left France, she once again buried her son in a common grave near the chapel, correctly judging that after her death the chapel and mass graves would remain, but the private grave of her and her son would sooner or later perish.

Now she too is dead and lies surrounded by her soldiers in the shadow of the chapel she built.

She and I made several of these rather long trips across the battlefields, collecting our “boys.”

I especially remember the first trip... It was in March 1947. The war was already over, but its consequences were visible at every step.

The cities of north-eastern France were heavily destroyed, as there were still defensive battles that were getting smaller and smaller as they approached Paris, which was declared an open city.

On that trip we brought 10 coffins, traveling for 6 days (the entire first week of Lent) along the roads of the Somme, Champagne, Alsace, Lorraine, Ardennes...

On Saturday early in the morning we were in Paris and brought the coffins to the cathedral on the street. I give where the funeral service took place. After which I took the coffins with the inveterate soldiers to our Russian cemetery.

All ceremonies were attended by a delegation of the French army with colors, headed by a colonel who made a speech.

There were also representatives of local military associations at the cemetery, and four flags hung over the chapel: French, American, English and... Soviet, much to the embarrassment of many of our old ladies and former generals.

I also said a word in French, noting our struggle against the common enemy - fascism and paying tribute to the youth who died for the common victory...

Although the war is over, the national economy has not yet completely returned to its normal rut. For this trip we were promised a large truck that had three seats next to the driver and a covered bed in the back. Another lady was supposed to go with us - the wife of the murdered Vladimir Stanislavsky. When we were ready to leave on Monday morning, we... were given a car with one seat near the driver and only a canvas top in the back.

I gave up my seat next to the driver to the ladies, who sat on each other’s laps all the way, and I climbed into the back, where 10 empty coffins were already lying. On top of my cassock I was wearing only a military cape, my father’s, made from good cloth according to a naval uniform...

When we left Paris, it was warm and dry like spring, but when we climbed into the mountains of the Vosges and Alsace, we were greeted by deep snow, frosts down to -15°, and I began to feel very cold under my tarpaulin. I ended up having to climb into empty coffin and cover with a lid to prevent freezing. So I drove on, moving from one coffin to another as they filled up.

Still, I caught a bad cold and, arriving in Strasbourg in the evening, I was even afraid that I would not be able to continue my journey, but would be forced to take the train and return to Paris. But Anna Feliksovna gave me some pills, and after the night I moved on...

Among the 10 killed that we had to dig up, 6 were from 1940, i.e. from the very first months of the war, and 4 were relatively recent, killed in 1944 and 1945, i.e. 2-3 years ago. By the way, among them was one Yuri Gagarin.

We were greeted differently locally... In some cities or villages, gravediggers were waiting for us, who did everything and transferred the remains into our new coffins; There were also those where there was no one except the village watchman, and then we had to dig and shift ourselves.

Moreover, if the corpses of 7 years ago no longer presented any difficulties, then those buried relatively recently were in a complete state of decomposition, and it was not easy work. Arriving in one city, we found a military detachment waiting for us with music to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. Arriving at another village, they found no one. Then the mayor of the village trudged in and also couldn’t do anything...

Finally, some boy ran to the nearest houses, brought shovels, and chopped spruce branches to put inside the coffin...

When we ourselves, with the help of the boy, did everything that was required, I told the mayor: “You know, Mr. Mayor, when the next municipal elections take place, I will invite your fellow countrymen to vote not for you, but for this boy. He’s more useful than you!” We left, leaving him completely bewildered.

...All expenses associated with this trip were borne by Anna Feliksovna. She did this in memory of her Edik. Then she and I made such trips several more times, but in more comfortable conditions, since the war was moving further and further away.

But we buried the next ones right here in the Assumption Church in the cemetery. There were also individual soldiers who were transported through the efforts of their parents. Some of them lay in a mass grave near the chapel, others - in separately prepared graves...

In gratitude for these “military” expeditions of mine, the mothers and wives of the dead soldiers, of course, on the initiative of Anna Feliksovna, gave me a gilded pectoral cross-monstrance, which I often used, often wore, and now gave to my eldest son, a priest.

Anna Feliksovna repeatedly came to the Soviet Union, where in Moscow I managed to find her sister, to whom she came.

Once she visited us, in Yaroslavl, and spent Good Friday and Saturday with us, Holy Easter night and the first day of Easter.

While continuing to work with antique dealers, she was in contact with many artists and collectors and convinced many of them to bequeath their valuables to Russia. She brought many valuable exhibits for our museums. Paintings, porcelain - all this was donated to Russia by emigrants...

But in my time we were busy searching for Russian soldiers who died on the French front. In total, 280 such graves or information about the dead were found, but, of course, only a small part of them were transported to our Russian cemetery...

I also remember Anna Feliksovna’s story about how she was once walking on the Paris metro and in the corridor of one transfer station she saw a German soldier with a bandaged head, who was clearly lost and did not know where to go. For her, every soldier, even an enemy one, and a wounded one at that, was a soldier like her Edik, and she was in excellent German asked what he needed. Having received the answer to the necessary question and instructions on where to go, he asked Anna Feliksovna if she was German.

And when he found out that she was Russian, he flew away as if from a poisonous snake... In response to her perplexed question about what was the matter, he said that while in occupied Russia, he and his unit occupied a hut and settled down for the night. In the hut, only a decrepit old woman was lying on the stove.

When they started eating, the old woman threw a cast-iron pot over his head, and broke his head so badly that he spent two months in the hospital, and now he was transferred to the “rear” unit in France.

“Since that day I have been afraid of every Russian woman, from a girl to an ancient old woman.” Anna Feliksovna did a lot for the soldiers, and I am offended that the French command, with whom she had a lot of dealings, did not find it necessary to somehow note her works ... "

In 1879, Olga Preobrazhenskaya began studying ballet under the direction of Nikolai Legat and Enrico Cecchetti at the Vaganova School. After ten years of study, she was accepted into the Mariinsky Theater, where her main rival was Matilda Kshesinskaya. Since 1895 she toured Europe and South America, successfully performed at La Scala. In 1900 she became a prima ballerina, and twenty years later, in 1920, she left the stage.

In 1914 she began her teaching career, from 1917 to 1921 she taught a plastics class at opera troupe Mariinsky Theater, taught at the Petrograd Choreographic School, at the A.L. Volynsky School of Russian Ballet.

In 1921 she emigrated to Paris, where she opened a ballet studio and continued giving lessons. She also taught in Milan, London, Buenos Aires, and Berlin. She left teaching in 1960. Among her students were Tamara Tumanova, Irina Baronova, Tatyana Ryabushinskaya, Nina Vyrubova, Margot Fonteyn, Igor Yushkevich, Serge Golovin and others.

Olga Iosifovna died in 1962 and was buried in the Cemetery of Saint-Genevieve des Bois.

Secreteva (ur. Filippovskaya-KardasEvich) Irina Petrovna, 10-5-1877 – 8-4-1958.
Sister of mercy of the Russian Red Cross, widow of a military doctor of the Volyn regiment;

SECRETEV (Secretov) Anatoly Petrovich (1908 - August 23, 1974, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-BouA). Poet, public figure. In exile in France. Member of the Association of Russian Students in Paris, in 1934 he was elected a member audit commission Associations. He published two collections of poems in Paris: “Purple Clouds” (1940), “Mirage” (1972).
Son of I.P.Sekreteva

ALEXANDER (Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Alexander Dmitrievich) (October 7, 1890, St. Petersburg – May 16, 1979, Paris, burial in the Holy Assumption Church on the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Bishop. Brother N.D. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University, accelerated courses from the Corps of Pages. Participant in the World and Civil Wars. In 1920 he emigrated to Berlin, in France since 1925. He graduated from the Theological Institute in Paris (1942). Ordained in 1943. Teacher of the law and rector of the church at an orphanage for boys in Verrieres-le-Buisson (near Paris) (1944–1947). Rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Rose-en-Brie (near Paris) (from 1951), then of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paris (1955–1957). In 1951 he was awarded a golden pectoral cross, and in 1955 the rank of archpriest. Since 1958, rector of the Church of Our Lady of the Sign in Paris. Archimandrite (1966). Chairman of the canonical commission and spiritual court of the Western European Russian Archdiocese (1967–1979). In 1971 he was consecrated bishop. Bishop of Zilon. Member of the editorial board of the Church Bulletin of the Western European Diocese. Since 1948, spiritual mentor of the Knights. Gave lectures at instructor schools National organization Russian Scouts (NORS) and the National Organization of Knights (NOV), at the Courses for training teachers for summer camps, taught the Law of God at the Thursday school at the Church of the Sign of the Mother of God, etc. Member of the Committee of the Foundation for the construction of an icon in memory of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich and young volunteers White Army, fallen on the battlefields (1955). March 13, 1966 at the memorial service for A.A. Akhmatova said a word in memory of her in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Chairman of the First Congress of Western European Orthodox Youth in 1971 in Annecy (dep. Haute-Savoie). Member of the ecumenical movement. Author of the books "O. John of Kronstadt" (New York, 1955), "The Ways of Christ" (Paris, 1970), etc. Compiled together with I.F. Meyendorff Orthodox Catechism in French (1957). Collaborated in the “Bulletin of the RSHD”, “Bulletin of Religious and Pedagogical Work”.

Alekseev Nikolai Nikolaevich (03/25/1875-09/15/1955) - Lieutenant General of the General Staff

03/25/1875 - 09/15/1955, Paris (France) Orthodox. Married, 1 daughter (before 1911-after 1914). Participated in the First World War 1914-18, in the Civil War. Education: Polotsk Cadet Corps (1892), Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1895, 3rd Artillery Brigade in the Life Guards), Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (1902, 1st rank). Rank: entered service (08/31/1892), Second Lieutenant of the Guard (Vys. Ave. 08/12/1895), Lieutenant of the Guard (Art. 08/12/1899), Staff Captain of the Guard (Art. 05/28/1902), renamed Captain of the General Staff (Art. 05/28/1902), Lieutenant Colonel (Art. . 04/22/1907), colonel "for distinction in service" from Art. 04/10/1911 (1911), major general (12/6/1916), lieutenant general (04/18/1920) Service: studied at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School (08/31/1892-08/12/1895), in the Life Guards 3- 1st artillery brigade (1895-?), studied at the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (1899-1902), company commander in the 5th Finnish Rifle Regiment, which counted for the 2-year qualification for commanding a company (11/1/1902-04/30/1904), senior adjutant of the headquarters of the 51st Infantry Division (06/09/1904-01/23/1905), etc. Chief of Staff of the General Staff (23.01.-25.06.1905), etc. head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (06/25/1905-05/1/1906), assistant clerk of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (05/1/1906-10/12/1909), seconded to the Vladimir Military School to teach military sciences (10/12/1909-10/8/1911), staff officer, head of students at the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (October 8, 1911-1914), chief of staff of the 56th Infantry Division (1914), commander of the 97th Livland Infantry Regiment (05/20/1915-07/16/1916), arrived in the regiment (05/31/1915), surrendered the post of regiment commander (07/24/1916), chief of staff of the 52nd Infantry Division (07/16/18/09/1916), quartermaster general of the headquarters of the 4th Army (09/18/1916-05/5/1917), commander of the 3rd Turkestan Rifle Division (5.05.-22.09.1917), chief of staff of the 5th Army (22.09.-22.09.1917). Awards: C3 (1906), A3 (6.12.1909), C2 (6.12.1912 ), B3m (12/1/1915), A2 “for excellent and diligent service and labor incurred during hostilities” (1915), swords to A3 (01/30/1917). Other information: participant of the White movement in southern Russia. Commanded the 8th Don Army Corps. In exile, Chairman of the Union of Russian Cadet Corps. He was buried in the Sainte-Geneviève da Bois cemetery in Paris.

ALEXINSKY Grigory Alekseevich (September 16, 1879, Dagestan region - October 4, 1967, Chelle, near Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Politician, writer, publicist. Husband. T.I. Aleksinskaya, father G.G. Aleksinsky. Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University. Participant of the revolutionary movement. He joined the Bolsheviks, but later broke with them. Member of the Second State Duma. He was a member of Plekhanov’s Unity group. From 1907 he lived abroad. Member of the editorial board of the Parisian magazine "Call". He published a number of books on Russian history in Paris. In 1917 he returned to Russia. Since 1919 in exile. Lived in Prague (for some time) and Paris. Member of the Interim Executive Committee abroad. In 1925 he spoke at the Club of Young Writers at an anniversary evening on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of K. Balmont. He collaborated in the newspaper “Common Deal”, the magazine “Illustrated Russia”, edited the Prague newspaper “Lights” (1924), the newspaper and magazine “Native Land” (1925–1928), and the newspaper “Our Deal” (1939–1940). Published works in Paris: “Du communisme. La Révolution russe" (1923) and "The Testament of President Doumer" (1932). He gave public presentations to Russian organizations in Paris and its suburbs. Published in French magazines “Mercure de France”, “La Grande Revue”, etc. He translated Russian writers into French. In 1960, by decree of the President of France, he was awarded the Order of the Black Star; his books on Russian history were awarded a subscription by the Paris Municipal Council for school libraries and recommended for higher educational institutions in France. In 1963, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the French Academy for his body of literary works in French. He donated materials on the history of the revolutionary movement in Russia to the Bakhmetyev Archive of Columbia University (USA). In recent years he worked at the Center for Scientific Research

Aleksinskaya_Etikhina Tatyana Ivanovna 13.10. 1886 - 10/20/1968

The wife of Grigory Alekseevich Aleksinsky, Tatyana Ivanovna, was herself an active Social Democrat. In 1917, she joined Plekhanov’s “Unity” group, which is described in detail in her “records” (“1917”: “I go to rallies, speak under the name of Ivanova, Petrova, Denisova...”).

AMETHISTOV Tikhon Aleksandrovich (October 27, 1884, St. Petersburg - December 28, 1941, Paris, buried in the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Colonel of the General Staff, church leader. He graduated from the Nikolaev Cavalry School and two classes of the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. Participant in the World and Civil Wars. Knight of St. George. He was the head of the intelligence department of the Crimean-Azov Volunteer Army. Secretary of the Higher Church Administration in the south of Russia. He emigrated through Constantinople to Yugoslavia, then in 1921 he moved to France. He lectured on patrolology at the Higher Orthodox Theological Courses from the moment of their foundation (1921). Head of the chancellery, secretary of the Diocesan Administration under Metropolitan Evlogy (Georgievsky) (1922–1941). Member of the Committee for raising funds for the acquisition of the Sergievsky Metochion, member of the Founding Committee of the Theological Institute in Paris. One of the founders of the Candle Factory at the Sergievsky Compound (1927), he was an assistant manager of the factory. Participant of the 1st diocesan meeting of Western European Russian Churches (Paris, 1927). In 1936, at a solemn meeting in Paris in memory of Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky), he gave a speech. Author of the work “The Canonical Position of the Orthodox Russian Church Abroad” (Paris, 1927). Member of the Society of General Staff Officers. During World War II he spent several months in the Compiegne camp (near Paris).

ANDOLENKO Sergei Pavlovich (June 26, 1907, Volochisk, Podolsk province - August 27, 1973, Vin-Saint, near Paris, buried in the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Brigadier General of the French Army, military historian. Graduated from Saint-Cyr military school. Entered the Foreign Legion (1926), fought in Morocco (1930–1932), served in Algeria (1944–1947). He held various staff positions in the French army. Was awarded the Military Cross highest degree(1930s), Order of the Legion of Honor (1945), Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor (1958). Compiled the history of the Foreign Legion, wrote the history of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. He created a department at the Museum of Invalids dedicated to the Russian Imperial Army. Worked at the Center for Higher Military Sciences (1960–1962). Military attaché in Vienna (1961–1963). Long-term employee of the newspaper “Russian Thought”, employee of the magazine “Military Story”. Published in the magazines "Renaissance", "Revue Militaire d" Information". He published in Paris in French the books "Breastplates of the Russian Army" (1966), "History of the Russian Army" (1967), etc. For scientific works he was awarded the Order of the Academic palm trees Honorary Member Union of Officers of Former Combatants of the French Army á titre etranger, member of the board of the Society of Devotees of Russian Military Antiquity. Member of the Union of Russian Nobles. Editor of the Military Historical Bulletin (1971–1973).

ANDREEVSKY (Andrievsky) Vladimir Mikhailovich (October 30, 1858 - May 16, 1943, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Acting State Councilor, social and political figure. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. Leader of the nobility. Zemstvo figure of the Tambov province. Member of the State Council (1906–1917). He served on the Tariff Rates Council under the Minister of Finance and on the Railway Affairs Council under the Minister of Transport for the agricultural, mining and maritime industries. In 1920 he emigrated through Finland to France and lived in Paris. In 1921 he was elected to the board of the Union for the Liberation and Revival of Russia. Participant in the Meeting of a group of patriotic figures in Paris (1925). In recent years he lived in the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. He left his memoirs “How we fled from Petrograd” (they were not published during his lifetime; published in the collection “Problems of the History of Russian Abroad”, issue 2, Moscow, 2008).

ANDREENKO (Andreenko-Nechitailo) Mikhail Fedorovich (December 29, 1894, Kherson - November 12, 1982, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Artist, writer. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University and studied at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. Participated in an exhibition in favor of the Infirmary of Artists in St. Petersburg. He worked as a decorator at the theater of the Literary and Artistic Society, then at the Chamber Theater in Odessa. He emigrated in 1920. Worked in Romania and Czechoslovakia. From 1923 he lived in Paris. He designed the performances of the theater F.F. Komissarzhevsky, performed the scenery for the ballet “The Firebird” by I.F. Stravinsky based on sketches by N.S. Goncharova for the Russian Ballet S.P. Diaghilev. In 1925 he participated in an exhibition of Russian artists at the La Rotonde cafe and in the decoration of the hall of the Russian Literary and Artistic Circle. He made sets and costumes for the films “Casanova” (1926) and “Scheherazade” (1928) by A. Volkov, “Money” (1927), etc. Participated in the Autumn, Independent and Super-Independent salons, Parisian exhibitions of Russian artists and sculptors, organized by the Committee “France-USSR” (1945), Union of Soviet Patriots (USP) (1945–1947), Meudon Salon (1948), “Russian Artists of the Paris School” (1961), “Russians Again” (1975). He held personal exhibitions in Paris at the galleries F. Houston-Brawn (1964) and J. Shalom (1972). Published in the magazines “Vozrozhdenie” and “New Journal”. In 1979, a book of his stories “Crossroads” was published in Paris.

ANTSYFEROV(Antsiferov) Alexey Nikolaevich (September 10/22, 1867, Voronezh - March 18, 1943, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Economist, teacher, co-operator, musician. Doctor of Political Economy and Statistics. Husband E.P. Antsyferova. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. Defended his master's thesis “Cooperation in agriculture Germany and France" (1907). He taught at Kharkov University and Kharkov Institute of Technology. Professor. In 1917 he defended his doctoral dissertation “Central banks of cooperative credit.” In 1920 he emigrated to London, then moved to Paris. Fellow chairman, since 1922 chairman of the Russian Academic Group in Paris. Participated in the organization of the Russian People's University (1921). One of the founders and leaders of the Russian Institute of Law and Economics at the University of Paris. Delegate to the Russian Foreign Congress 1926 in Paris from France. Went to Prague for teaching work. In 1927 he founded and headed together with M.A. Bunatyan Economic seminar in Paris. Professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies. He lectured at the Faculty of Law of the Sorbonne, headed a department at the Russian Higher Technical Institute (RVTI), and led an economic seminar at the Institute of Slavic Studies. The organizer of the Society of Russian Students for the Study and Strengthening of Slavic Culture (ORSIUSK), directed the student choir at the society. In 1928 he was elected a member of the parish council of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris. Editor of the RVTI Bulletin (1932–1933). Member of the board, then fellow chairman of the Society of Former Students of Moscow University (since 1931). Chairman of the Circle “Towards Knowledge of Russia”. In 1931 he was elected to the Franco-Belgian Association of Professors of Economics. He headed the Council of Russian Higher Educational Institutions in France. Member of the Central Pushkin Committee in Paris (1935–1937). In 1937 participant

Kustodiev B.M. Portrait of the collector Prince Vladimir Nikolaevich Argutinsky-Dolgorukov (1874-1941). 1910. State Russian Museum

Argutinsky - Dolgorukov Vladimir Nikolaevich, prince (March 24, 1874, Tiflis - December 11 (9), 1941, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Diplomat, artist, philanthropist. Brother B.N. Argutinsky-Dolgorukov. Studied at universities in St. Petersburg and Cambridge. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was secretary at the Russian embassy in Paris. Participated in the organization of Russian seasons of S.P. Diaghilev in Paris. He worked as a curator at the Hermitage. From 1921 he lived in France. Founding member of the Society of Friends of the Russian Museum (1930). Member of the Central Pushkin Committee in Paris (1935–1937). In 1937 he provided materials for the Paris exhibition “Pushkin and His Epoch”. Collector and connoisseur of drawings. In 1934 he donated drawings by the artist Guillermo (17th century) to the Louvre Museum.

Astafiev Alexander Nikolaevich (1897 - March 16, 1984, France, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Captain of the Drozdovsky regiment, artist. Participant Civil War. In exile in France. In 1965, he copied icons from the icons of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral for the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Nice, built on a private estate.

Archimandrite Afanasy (Nechaev Anatoly Ivanovich) (1886 - 1943)

Born in 1886 in Penza district into a peasant family. He graduated from a theological school in Penza and then a seminary. After the revolution he served for some time as a missionary for the Salvation Army. In 1923 he emigrated to Finland. He took monastic vows at the Valaam Monastery. In 1926 he arrived in Paris and entered the St. Sergius Theological Institute. While studying at the institute, he accepted the priesthood and in 1928 was appointed temporarily performing pastoral duties at the monastery " Unexpected joy"in the locality of Gargan-Livry (a suburb of Paris). Rector of the Orthodox parish in Tours and a registered community in Angers (France). Subsequently accepted the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. Rector of the Three Hierarchs' Metochion in Paris (1933-1943). First spiritual mentor future Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh. During the Second World War, he was a member of the Resistance movement. He sheltered people persecuted by the Gestapo. He died on December 14, 1943 in Paris. He was buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery near Paris.

Bilant Vladimir Iosifovich (January 17, 1900 – October 29, 1969, Marseille, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Volunteer of the Alekseevsky Cavalry Regiment. Participant of the Civil War, 1st Kuban Campaign. In exile in France. In 1920–1945 he served in the Foreign Legion. Knight of the Legion of Honor.

BOBRICOVNikolai Nikolaevich (August 2, 1882, Krasnoye Selo, St. Petersburg province - February 2, 1956, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Colonel of the Life Guards Horse Regiment.

Bogaevsky Januariy Petrovich (1884, Kamenskaya station, Don region - February 20, 1970, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Esaul of the All-Great Don Army, writer. Brother A.P. Bogaevsky. Participant in the World and Civil Wars. In 1920 he was evacuated to Turkey and worked in the transport of the British occupation corps. Then he lived in Bulgaria and moved to France. He worked as a rural worker and laborer. Ataman of the Donskoy farm in Drancy, near Paris. Organizer of the church (together with V.N. Bukanovsky) in Gagny-Chelles (near Paris). Author of stories and essays. Published in the magazine “Rodimy Krai” (1960s). I was interested in drawing.

Boyko Thaddeus Antonovich (August 21, 1894, Sevastopol - June 1, 1984, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Captain of the Drozdovsky artillery division, public figure, entrepreneur. He graduated from the Sergiev Artillery School in Odessa. Participant in the World and Civil Wars. He was evacuated through Constantinople and Bulgaria to France. He worked as a painter, then organized a construction company. Participated in the restoration of the Luxembourg Palace and two Catholic churches. He was a member of the parent committee of the Russian Gymnasium in Paris. He was involved in charity work and arranged free education for children. He was the treasurer of the Drozdovsky association and the Society for Aid to Children of Russian Emigrants in France. In the summer he worked at the Drozdovtsy House in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, near Paris (1960s). He participated in the work of the Circle of Zealots at the Assumption Church and in the equipment of the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery. For gratuitous work on the restoration of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, he received a diploma from Metropolitan Vladimir (Tikhonitsky) in 1950.

Petrov Semyon Safonovich
Born 1895. Captain of the Drozdov artillery brigade. He died in the Tolstoy Foundation nursing home on November 12, 1969 in Rouen (department of Seine-Maritime, France). He was buried on November 15, 1969 at the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery.

BOREISHAPyotr Isidorovich (1885 - July 17, 1953, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Proofreader, football player. Studied at the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute. Member of the Victoria sports club. He played as a goalkeeper in the Russian football championship and was a member of the national team. In 1911-1913

In 1911-1913, he played three matches for the national team of the Russian Empire that were not later included in the RFU register. Was declared for Olympic Games 1912, but did not take to the field.

He worked as a proofreader at Birzhevye Vedomosti. In exile he lived in Paris. Worked as a proofreader for newspapers Latest news"(since the early 1920s) and "Russian News" (since 1945). He corrected books by Russian writers who lived in France. Founded the Russian Sports Society (RSS) in France.

Botkin Sergei Dmitrievich (June 17/29, 1869, Moscow - April 22, 1945, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Acting State Councilor, diplomat, public figure. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. Served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1912–1914, first secretary at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, then worked in Darmstadt. During the World War he headed the department for prisoners of war. In exile from 1918, he lived in Berlin and Paris. Since 1919 he represented the government of A.V. in Berlin. Kolchak, Russian Red Cross Society (ROSC), Conference of Russian Ambassadors. He worked on problems of protection and assistance to refugees. In 1922–1923 he was in charge of providing assistance to Russian refugees in Germany. After 1925 he visited Berlin on short visits. In 1937 in Paris he was present at the consecration new church Signs of the Mother of God. Member of the Society of Zealots of the Memory of Emperor Nicholas II.

Boyarintsev Mitrofan Ivanovich (November 29, 1894, Kursk province - September 17, 1971, Chelle, near Paris, deposited in the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Colonel of the Kornilov Regiment, public figure. Graduated from the Kiev Military School. A participant in the World and Civil Wars, he fought in the ranks of the Kornilov Regiment. In 1920 he was evacuated to Gallipoli and lived in exile in France. Member of the temporary, then permanent Committee of the Russian National Union in Paris (1952). In 1940–1941 he collaborated on the Committee for organizing the representation of Russian national emigration in France. Chairman of the Association of the Kornilov Regiment. Collaborated in the magazine "Military True".

Bukovsky Alexander Petrovich (1867-1944) - Major General. He graduated from the Orenburg Neplyuevsky Cadet Corps, the 2nd Konstantinovsky Military School and the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (1893). After graduating from college, he graduated from the Life Guards with the 2nd Rifle Battalion (in 1910, deployed to a regiment), in which he served until 1910. After completing the course at the General Staff Academy, he was assigned to his unit and did not serve on the General Staff. In 1910 - colonel and commander of the 145th Novocherkassk Infantry Regiment. In 1913, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the Life Guards Jaeger Regiment, with which he went to the front in 1914. Knight of St. George - for the battles in Galicia in December 1914. In February 1916, he was appointed brigade commander of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division. In August 1916, he was appointed temporary commander of the 1st Turkestan Rifle Division, and in October - commander of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division. In January 1917 - head of the 38th Infantry Division. On June 19, 1917, “due to present circumstances,” he was transferred to the reserve of ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District. On December 30, 1917, by order of the Petrograd Military District, he was dismissed from service. In 1918, he made his way from Petrograd through Kyiv to Odessa, where in January 1919 he accepted the post of Inspector General of Infantry at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of Volunteer Forces in Odessa, General Sannikov. In March 1919, after the evacuation of Odessa by the French command, he arrived in Yekaterinodar, where he was enlisted in the reserve ranks of the Commander-in-Chief of the AFSR. He carried out various assignments from the Chief of Staff of the AFSR and was a member of the commission for the revision of the charters. In exile he lived in Serbia, and then in Paris, where he headed the Association of the Life Guards of the Jaeger Regiment. Died in 1944 in Paris. He was buried in the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve des Bois.

Bulgakov Nikolai Afanasyevich (August 20/September 1, 1898, Kyiv - June 10, 1966, Clamart, near Paris, buried in the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Ensign, doctor of medicine, bacteriologist. Brother I.A. Bulgakov and writer M.A. Bulgakov. He studied at the Alekseevsky Engineering and Sergievsky Artillery Schools. Participant in the Civil War. He emigrated to Gallipoli and continued his studies at the Sergiev Artillery School. In 1921 he moved to Yugoslavia. Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb. He made his living by playing in a student balalaika orchestra. In 1929 he moved to Paris, worked in the laboratory of bacteriophages of Professor D'Herrel. In 1931 he was elected to the board of the Mechnikov Society of Russian Doctors. Member of the board of the Association of Russian Doctors Abroad (1935–1936). Member of the Society of Russian Doctors of Great War Participants, in 1938 elected to the board of the Society. Organizer of charity evenings and medical meetings and reports. Member of the Circle of Russian Artists and Singers, performed in opera performances (1930). In 1936 he was sent to Mexico to teach bacteriology, organized a bacteriological laboratory there. He lectured at the Association of Sisters. mercy Russian society Red Cross (ROKK), Russian People's University (1936–1940). He was M.A.'s confidant. Bulgakov on copyright issues of his publications abroad. During World War II, he was arrested and placed in the Compiegne camp, where he worked as a camp doctor. Member of the Resistance in Yugoslavia. He was awarded the Yugoslav Order. After the war, he continued to work on bacteriophages at the Pasteur Institute. He collaborated with the Russian Academic Group (1953–1964), and was elected as a member of its board. In 1960, at a meeting of the Union of Russian Engineers, he made a report on M.A. Bulgakov. Participated in the work of the Circle of Admirers of I.S. Shmeleva. Awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor.

Bulgakov Sergius (Sergei Nikolaevich) (June 16/28, 1871, Livny, Oryol province - July 13, 1944, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Archpriest, philosopher, theologian, economist. Husband E.I. Bulgakova, father M.S. Scepurzhinskaya, S.S. Bulgakov. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. Deputy of the Second State Duma. One of the founders of the magazine “New Way”, edited the magazine “Questions of Life”, participant in the collection “Milestones” (1909). Doctor of Science. Professor at Moscow University. Member of the All-Russian Council Orthodox Church. In 1918 he accepted the priesthood. In December 1922 he was expelled from Soviet Russia to Constantinople. In 1923–1925, professor of church law and theology at the Russian Faculty of Law in Prague. In 1924, one of the founders of the Brotherhood of St. Sophia was its chairman. One of the organizers and leaders of the Russian Student Christian Movement (RSCM). In 1924 he participated in the 1st Congress of the RSHD in France. In 1925 he moved to Paris. One of the founders and dean (since 1940) of the Theological Institute in Paris, was a professor at the institute, and taught a course in dogmatics (1925–1944). Assistant to the governor of the Church of the Sergius Metochion in Paris (1925–1944). He lectured at the Religious and Philosophical Academy. Since 1928, vice-chairman of the Commonwealth of Martyrs of Albania and Rev. Sergius. Collaborated in the Orthodox Cause Association (1935–1940). Mitred Archpriest (1943). Activist of the ecumenical movement. Author of the books published in Paris: “The Burning Bush” (1927), “Jacob’s Ladder” (1929), “Icon and Icon Veneration” (1931), “Lamb of God” (1933), etc. Published in the magazines “The Way”, “Vestnik” RSHD".

Bulgakov(nee Tokmakova) Elena Ivanovna (February 26/March 9, 1868 – January 28, 1945, Paris, memorial to the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Church leader. Wife of S.N. Bulgakova, mother of M.S. Scepurzhinskaya and S.S. Bulgakov. Collaborated in “Questions of Life” (St. Petersburg). She emigrated in 1923, lived in Prague, and from 1925 in Paris. Assistant churchwarden of the Sergievsky metochion (1930s). Author of the historical story “Princess Sophia” (Paris, 1930).

Bundas Vladimir Nikolaevich (August 16, 1883, Saratov - February 25, 1967, Chelle, near Paris, deposited in the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Captain II rank, engineer. Husband O.P. Bundas. Graduated from the Marine Corps, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute. He was a permanent member of the commission to monitor the construction of ships of the Black Sea Fleet. Participant of the Civil War in the Armed Forces of the South of Russia. In exile in Constantinople, then in France. He worked at a plant in Paris on the technological side. Member of the Maritime Assembly in Paris. Recently he lived in the Russian House in Shell.

BUNINA(nee Muromtseva) Vera Nikolaevna (October 1, 1881, Moscow - April 3, 1961, Paris, honorary invoice. Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Translator, memoirist. I.A.'s wife Bunina (second). She graduated from the Natural Sciences Faculty of the Higher Women's Courses in Moscow. In exile since 1920. Member of the Committee for Assistance to Russian Writers and Scientists in France, participated in its charitable work. Member of the board of the Moscow Community (1930s). One of the founders of the “Amaur” (“Amis auteurs russes”) circle, created in the late 1930s with the aim of providing financial assistance to Russian writers. Member of the Board of the Company " Quick help"(1940s). In 1954 and 1955, with the participation of Russian cultural figures, she held evenings in memory of I.A. in her apartment. Bunina. In 1959 she donated his rare photographs to the Institute of Russian Literature of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Translated by G. Flaubert. Author of the book “The Life of Bunin” (Paris, 1958) and the book of memoirs “The Life of Bunin. Conversations with Memory" (published in Moscow in 1989). She has been published in the magazines “Vozrozhdenie”, “New Journal” and “Grani”.

BURTSEV Vladimir Lvovich (November 17/29, 1862, Fort Perovsky, Ufa province - August 21, 1942, Paris, depository of the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Historian, journalist, editor, publisher. He studied at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Kazan University and the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. From 1907 he was in exile in Paris. In 1909–1910 he published the newspaper “Common Cause,” then the newspaper “Future” (1911–1914). In 1914 he returned to Russia. In 1918 he emigrated to Finland (Helsingfors), then settled in Paris. He resumed publication of the newspaper “Common Deal” (1918–1922, 1928–1934). Founder (1919) and director of the Russian Telegraph Agency in Paris. Member of the Committee for Assistance to Russian Writers and Scientists in France. In 1921 one of the organizers, then a member of the presidium of the Russian National Committee in Paris. Vice-Chairman of the Administrative Council of the Financial, Industrial and Commerce Chamber. He edited and published the collection “The Future” (1922), co-editor of the magazine “Struggle for Russia” (1926–1931), editor of the collection “Byloe” (1933). Published in the magazine “Illustrated Russia”, newspapers “Vozrozhdenie”, “Last News”, “Evening Time”, etc. Author of a number of books and brochures dedicated to the fight against Bolshevism. Collaborated in French periodicals. In 1932, the Russian National Committee organized a celebration in Paris of the 70th anniversary of his birth and the 50th anniversary of his literary and political activity. Member of the Central Pushkin Committee in Paris (1935–1937). Member of the temporary Committee for the organization of the Russian Literary Archive in the Turgenev Library (1938).

The national committee organized a celebration in Paris of the 70th anniversary of his birth and the 50th anniversary of his literary and political activity. Member of the Central Pushkin Committee in Paris (1935–1937). Member of the temporary Committee for the organization of the Russian Literary Archive in the Turgenev Library (1938).

Alexander Ivanovich Varnek 1858–1930
hydrographer lieutenant general (1912) Arctic explorer studied at the K. May gymnasium in 1866–1868. Alexander Varnek was born on June 27 (June 15, old style) 1858 in St. Petersburg in the family of a prominent architect of the city, academician of architecture Ivan Aleksandrovich Varnek (1819–1877). It should be noted that his grandfather was the famous portrait artist Alexander Grigorievich Varnek (1782–1843), whose ashes rest in the Necropolis of Masters of Arts of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The architect's family, which in addition to Alexander included another son and two daughters, lived on Vasilyevsky Island: in the 1850s wooden house on the corner of Maly Prospekt and 15th line; in the 1860s - in house No. 15 on Bolshoy Prospekt; in later years - in house No. 14 on Maly Prospekt, built according to his own design by Alexander’s father. There is no information about where Alexander studied before and after studying at the gymnasium. But it is well known that in 1874 the father assigned a 15-year-old boy to be educated at the Naval School, undertaking to take his son if he turned out to be incapable of naval service, as well as in the event of his bad teaching or behavior. It is very possible that Alexander’s choice of profession as a sailor was influenced by the book “A Voyage Around the World” famous navigator, Captain O.E. Kotzebue (1787–1846), whose portrait for this book was painted by the young man’s grandfather back in 1818, and there is every reason to believe that the artist’s grandson also read it. One way or another, Alexander fell in love with the sea and long voyages, studied successfully, and his father did not have to take him out of school. In 1878, he graduated from the Naval School, was promoted to midshipman and set off on his first overseas voyage on the frigate “Prince Pozharsky”, upon returning from which he was admitted to the Nikolaev Naval Academy with the rank of midshipman. Having graduated with first class in 1882, A.I. Warnek was seconded to the Hydrographic Department and began to specialize further in hydrography, the science of ensuring the safety of navigation. In subsequent years, Alexander Ivanovich participated in foreign voyages three more times, including a round-the-world voyage (1883–1886) on the Oprichnik clipper under the command of Captain 2nd Rank Ivashintsov. And in total during his life he took part in exactly 20 voyages and was awarded twelve orders and medals for his work, including the silver medal of the Russian Geographical Society for his great contribution to geographical science, which he received in 1894. In 1895, A.I. Varnek began collaborating with the Main Physical Observatory and all in to a greater extent started studying scientific research in their field of activity. Meanwhile, the Main Hydrographic Directorate was hatching serious plans for the development of the Northern Sea Route, and therefore in 1898 the Hydrographic Expedition of the Arctic Ocean was organized. Colonel A.I. Vilkitsky (1858 - 1913) was appointed its head, and Captain 2nd Rank A.I. was appointed his assistant. Varnek, who simultaneously became the commander of the hydrographic vessel Pakhtusov, purchased in England specifically for this expedition. In 1902 A.I. Varnek was appointed head of the expedition, and one of his two assistants was Admiralty Lieutenant G.Ya. Sedov (1877–1914). Alexander Ivanovich highly valued the young researcher - knowledgeable, courageous, but cautious. Every summer, after the seas of the Arctic Ocean were free of ice, the expedition vessels set off from Arkhangelsk to the planned research areas located in the White and Kara Seas, in particular, near Vaygach Island. The objectives of the expedition included studying the depths of the seas, bottom topography, currents, coastline, ice conditions and identifying zones suitable for navigation. In 1903 A.I. Warnek moves away from direct participation in Arctic research and begins to engage in pedagogical, organizational and research work. Over the years, he was an inspector of classes at the Alexander Lyceum, a member of commissions dealing with the organization of hydrographic research and the creation of ship designs for the Arctic, a member of the Maritime Academy and the Scientific Council on Hydrography. In 1904 he was promoted to captain 1st rank, and in 1909 to major general in the admiralty. In 1912 A.I. Warnek left military service with the rank of Lieutenant General in the Admiralty and went to work at the Northern Shipping Company, in 1914–1916. worked in the central department of the Maritime Ministry. Since 1908, Alexander Ivanovich began to own the Moskalevka estate on the Black Sea coast near Tuapse. He and his family usually stayed here in the summer months after his resignation, and returned to St. Petersburg for the winter. He returned here in the fall of 1917, but it soon became clear to him that staying here was dangerous. Therefore, the family moved back to the estate. When the civil war began, it became dangerous for the former tsarist general to be here. First, he and his family moved to Tuapse, then to the Crimean Peninsula, and in the fall of 1920, with his wife and eldest daughter A.I. Varnek was forced to emigrate abroad (the general’s two sons then left Russia along with the Naval Corps, in which they were studying at that time). In exile A.I. Warnek initially spent six months in Constantinople and three years in Sicily, then moved to France, where he lived in Lyon and Grenoble, and the last two years of his life near Paris. Here he died on June 10, 1930 and was buried in the Russian cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois. Name A.I. Varnek is a bay on the southwestern coast of Vaygach Island and a cape on the northwestern tip of Novaya Zemlya, which was named in honor of his mentor by G.Ya. in 1913. Sedov. And back in 1934, a settlement (village) Varnek appeared on Vaigach Island, which in the book by S.M. Uspensky "Living Arctic" is called the island capital. The small steamer Varnek also sails in the northern seas, delivering food and vital goods to the population of the northern islands.

VOLKOV Nikolai Konstantinovich (November 25, 1875, Vologda - January 30, 1950, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Agronomist, politician, business executive. Husband E.A. Volkova.

VOLKOV Nikolai Konstantinovich (November 25, 1875, Vologda - January 30, 1950, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Agronomist, politician, business executive. Husband E.A. Volkova. Graduated from the Moscow Agricultural Institute. Member of the People's Freedom Party. Deputy of the III and IV State Dumas. Comrade of the Chairman of the Central Military-Industrial Committee, comrade of the Minister of Agriculture during the revolution. He was a representative of General A.I. Denikin in Siberia. Headed the Economic Council under Admiral A.V. Kolchak. In 1920 he emigrated through Japan to Paris. He was a member of the temporary board of the Siberian Community in Paris. Member of the Bureau of the Russian Committee in France for Famine Relief in Russia (1921). Closest assistant P.N. Milyukova (since 1921), secretary of the Paris Democratic Group of Cadets. One of the founders of the Republican-Democratic Association. Since 1923, he was in charge of the economic department of the newspaper “Last News”, and was the managing director of the publishing house of the same name. Member of the Society of Friends of the Russian People's University. During the occupation of Paris by the Nazis, he saved the property of the newspaper, which he transferred after the war. former employees. He advocated cooperation between emigration and the USSR. Member of the Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Paris. Member of the Presidium of the Anniversary Committee for Honoring P.N. Miliukov on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He headed the enterprise “Russian Publishing in Paris”.

VORONTSOV-VELYAMINOV Georgy Mikhailovich (May 12, 1912, Bobruisk, Minsk province - December 20, 1982, Paris, treasure trove of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Engineer, collector. Great-great-grandson A.S. Pushkin. Son M.P. Vorontsova-Velyaminova

VORONTSOV-VELYAMINOV Georgy Mikhailovich (May 12, 1912, Bobruisk, Minsk province - December 20, 1982, Paris, treasure trove of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Engineer, collector. Great-great-grandson A.S. Pushkin. Son M.P. Vorontsova-Velyaminov. In exile since 1918. Lived in France. Graduated from the School of Public Works. In 1925 he was elected chairman of the Labor Union in France. Participated in Paris in the 1930s in the Young Russian Party movement. He made reports at its meetings. A participant in World War II, he fought as part of an artillery regiment of the French army. I was in a concentration camp. After the war he worked as a civil engineer. As a specialist in bridge structures and concrete, he advised construction companies. Member of the administrative council of the Orthodox Cause Association, served as treasurer. Member and secretary of the parish council in Vanves (near Paris). He collected a collection related to A.S. Pushkin. Published a number of articles about Pushkin relics. He donated N.N.’s signet to the Pushkin Museum in St. Petersburg. Pushkina. In 1960 he came to the USSR and visited Pushkin’s places.

VYRUBOV Vasily Vasilyevich (February 8, 1879, Tiflis - July 28, 1963, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Cornet, industrialist, public figure, freemason.

VYRUBOV Vasily Vasilyevich (February 8, 1879, Tiflis - July 28, 1963, Paris, treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Cornet, industrialist, public figure, freemason. Father N.V. Vyrubova. Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University. He served in the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment. IN world war head of the committee of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union on the North-Western Front, then in charge of zemstvo affairs on the Western Front at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. In 1918 he was sent abroad by Admiral Kolchak to conduct negotiations in Washington, London, and Paris. Settled in Paris. Manager of the affairs of the Russian Special Conference during the peace conference in Paris. One of the leaders of the Association of Zemstvo and City Leaders Abroad and the Russian Zemstvo and City Committee for Assistance to Refugees (Zemgor). In 1921 he participated in the Paris Meeting of Chairmen of Zemstvo and City Organizations. Member of the Committee for Assistance to Russian Writers and Scientists in France. In 1930–1935, member of the council of the Russian Trade, Industrial and Financial Union. I was studying banking, was an industrialist. For a number of years he was the commercial director of the ballet enterprise N.P. Efimova. In 1945 he was a member of the board of the Association of Russian Emigrants for rapprochement with Soviet Russia. One of the initiators of the creation of the “Golden Book of Russian Emigration” (1950s). Member of the board of the Society for the Preservation of Russian Cultural Treasures (since 1961). Represented the Lotus Lodge in the Council of the Association of Russian Lodges. Chairman of the United Russian Lodges of the Scottish Rite. He made presentations at lodge meetings.

VYRUBOVA Nina Vladimirovna (June 4, 1921, Gurzuf, Crimea - June 25, 2007, Paris, memorial to the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Ballerina, teacher. Wife (in first marriage) V.V. Ignatova, mother of Yu.A. Knyazeva (from his second marriage).

VYRUBOVA Nina Vladimirovna (June 4, 1921, Gurzuf, Crimea - June 25, 2007, Paris, memorial to the treasure of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Ballerina, teacher. Wife (in first marriage) V.V. Ignatova, mother of Yu.A. Knyazeva (from his second marriage). In 1924 she was taken by her mother to Paris. She studied at a private school in Meudon. She studied ballet art from O.O. Preobrazhenskaya, V.A. Trefilova, I.L. Vyrubova. Since 1934 she took part in concerts and charity evenings. In 1940 she performed at the Die Fledermaus Theater and the Russian Ballet in Paris (director of E.N. Artsyuk), and in 1942 at the Boris Knyazev Ballet. Since 1944 she danced at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In 1949 she signed a contract with the Paris Opera (1949–1956). In 1950, she performed the main role for the first time in A. Adam’s ballet “Giselle”. In 1957–1960 she danced with the Marquis de Cuevas Ballet. Participated in “illustrations” at lectures by S.M. Lifar, in the work of the Choreographic Institute and the Dance and Culture Society. She performed at the International Dance Festivals in Aix-les-Bains (dept. Savoie) (1957, 1959). She starred in the films by D. Deluche “Le Spectre de la danse” (“The Vision of the Dance”, 1960), “Adagio” (1964) and “The Found Notebooks of Nina Vyrubova” (1996). Made a tour as a leader with ballet troupe on the Far East and Australia (1965). In 1966 she took up pedagogical activity, opened a Ballet School in the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Professor of Quadrilles at the Paris Opera Ballet (1968–1970). She directed the choreographic department at the Conservatory of the 7th Parisian district. She was awarded the Anna Pavlova Prize from the Institute of Choreography for “Giselle” (1957), and the first prize for her participation in the film “Vision of Dance” (1964). She was awarded the Order of Merit (1976), the Order of Arts and Letters, the Marius Petipa Prize, etc.
"The Forgotten Diaries of Nina Vyrubova"
Dir.: Dominique Deluche (95 minutes, 1996, France)
Nina Vyrubova was born in Russia in 1921 and went abroad with her family in 1927, forever becoming a “Frenchwoman of Russian origin.” The film about her is a story about a middle-aged ballerina, a former ballet star, her memories, her rehearsals with her students, her famous partners. The film uses interviews with Vyrubova, as well as surviving film and photography of her performances

GLOTOV Efim Alexandrovich (February 15, 1891), Kursk - November 7, 1979, Paris, ex. for treasure Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Colonel of the Kornilov artillery division. Participant in the Civil War. Pioneer. In exile he lived in France. Member of the board (1933), deputy chairman (1934–1939), then chairman of the Union of Participants of the 1st Kuban Campaign, member of the Association of the Kornilov Artillery Division, the Russian All-Military Union (ROVS). Organized a meeting in Paris in memory of A.I. Denikin (1948). Chairman of the Union of Russian Cadet Corps. Participated in the Days of Cadet Mourning.

The churchyard of Sainte-Geneviève des Bois is located in the city of the same name in the Parisian district. This place has been iconic for many generations of Russian emigration since the beginning of the 20th century. Here, many White Guard officers, cadets, and participants in protests against the establishment of Soviet power in Russia in 1917 through revolutionary means found their final resting place.

They themselves and their future descendants had to leave their homeland, which was never able to forgive and understand them for the fact that they so zealously defended the ideals of Russian tsarism and noble families. The military events of the early 20th century also scattered many famous Russian writers, artists, and public figures around the world. However, they were able to be united on the last path by a cemetery in a Parisian suburb, which became a symbol and object of pilgrimage for many Russians from near and far abroad.

Church of the Assumption

The churchyard of Sainte-Genevieve de Bois was founded in 1927 thanks to the efforts of Princess V.K. Meshcherskaya and activists of the Russian Elderly Home, which existed since April 1927. At first, the bodies or ashes of pensioners from a nursing home for Russian emigration were buried here in family crypts and individual graves. That is why it is very symbolic that the Orthodox Assumption Church is still preserved in the cemetery, the Orthodox clergy of which conduct frequent memorial services, burial ceremonies and funeral services at the graves of representatives of the Russian emigration.

The foundation of the church was laid in the spring of 1938, and the consecration of the temple took place on October 14, 1939, just shortly after the outbreak of World War II, which engulfed vast areas of Europe. The church and nearby chapel were designed according to the design famous architect Albert Benoit, who was also subsequently buried in this cemetery. During his lifetime, he managed to ennoble this place, and in particular, he and his wife Margarita completed unique artistic fresco compositions for the Assumption Church.