Russian cemetery in Paris. Russian cemetery "Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois"

white guard, white flock.
white army, white bone…
Wet slabs will overgrow with grass.
Russian letters. French churchyard…

I touch history with my palm.
I'm going through the Civil War...
How they wanted to go to the Mother See
Ride once on a white horse! ..

There was no glory. The Motherland was no more.
The heart was gone. And the memory was...
Your excellencies, their nobility -
Together at Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.

They lie tightly, knowing enough
Their torments and their roads.
Still, Russians. It seems to be ours.
Only not ours, but draws ...

How are they after - forgotten, former
Cursing everything now and henceforth,
Rushed to look at her - the victorious one,
Let it be incomprehensible, let it not forgive,
Motherland, and die ...

Noon. Birch reflection of peace.
Russian domes in the sky.
And clouds like white horses
Rushing over Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.

(Cemetery near Paris. Robert Rozhdestvensky)

The famous Cemetery called "Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois" is located in France, in the town of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, 30 km from the south of Paris

Emigrants from Russia were buried there along with the locals.

The cemetery is considered Orthodox, although there are burials of other religions.

10 thousand representatives of Russian people in France found peace here.
These are the great princes, generals, writers, artists, clergy, artists

Ivan Bunin

Andrei Tarkovsky

In 1960, the French authorities raised the issue of demolishing the cemetery, as the term of the leased land would soon expire.
The Russian government did not stand aside and allocated a certain amount to pay off the debt, as well as further rent and maintenance.
The ashes of some graves were reburied in Russian cemeteries in the 2000s

After the mass emigration during the October Revolution, some old people were left completely alone.
In order to somehow alleviate their fate, the emigrant committee in April 1927 bought old lock near Paris and arranged in it a shelter for elderly lonely emigrants

It began to be called the Russian House, in which 150 people lived.
To this day, relics of Russian culture and the life of white emigrants are kept there.

On the very edge of the park adjacent to the castle, there was a small local cemetery, which soon began to replenish with Russian graves.
And later, the dead Soviet soldiers and Russians who took part in the French Resistance found their last shelter there.

Even on the way to the cemetery, the realization came that visiting it can be considered a duty.

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

Drawing by artist Vasily Kuks

More than 10 thousand Russians are buried in the cemetery. Many famous people rest 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 Gavriil Romanov (1887-1955), artist Zinaida Serebryakova (1884-1967), artist Konstantin Somov (1869-1939), economist and statesman Pyotr Struve (1870-1944), film director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), writer Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya) (1875-1952), writer Ivan Shmelev (1873-1950) was then reburied on May 30, 2000 in his native Moscow, Prince Felix Yusupov (1887-1967).

At the cemetery is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in the spirit of Novgorod churches, built and painted by Albert Benois in 1938-1939. In the crypt of the church are buried: 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 there is a memorial plaque in memory of 32,000 soldiers and officers who served in World War II 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 1920s, when the first wave of Russian emigration appeared in Paris, a problem arose: what to do with the elderly, the older generation who had 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 department of Essons, 30 kilometers south of Paris, in the town of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. Then it was a real wilderness.

On April 7, 1927, an old man's house was opened here with a large park adjoining 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 the relics of pre-revolutionary Russia. When did France formally recognize 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 with gilding to the Russian House. Everything to this day is located in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.

This first Russian old house in France was inhabited by 150 residents. Wonderful and even outstanding people ended their earthly journey here. Many Russian diplomats, artists Dmitry Stelletsky, Nikolai Istselenov... The last famous person who died in this house at the age of 94 was 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 piece of land here for about a thousand square meters and according to the project of Albert Benois (a relative of Alexander Benois) they built a church in the Novgorod style. On October 14, 1939, this church was consecrated and thus the churchyard, called the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, took shape. Later, both Soviet commanders and soldiers were buried here.

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The road to the cemetery from the bus stop. Sunny and deserted, cars rush past from time to time. Ahead is a cemetery fence.

Cemetery central gate, behind them - a church with a blue dome. Everything is closed on Saturday. The entrance to the cemetery is a little further.

Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. Calm and quiet.

Side by side - Nadezhda Teffi.

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

Rimsky-Korsakovs

Rudolf Nureyev

Sergei Lifar

Alexander Galich

Grand Duke Andrey Vladimirovich Romanov and "Malechka" 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 Sergei Bulgakov

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

Professor Anton Vladimirovich Kartashev

Shmelev. Symbolic grave.

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

Monument to the Drozdovites

General Alekseev and his faithful comrades (Alekseevtsy)

Alexei Mikhailovich Remezov. Writer.

Andrei Tarkovsky ("To the man who saw an angel" - as it is written on the monument)

The symbolic grave of General Kutepov (for those who read Pryanishnikov's Invisible Web, it should be clear why it is symbolic).

Galipoli...

The 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 give voices

Cossacks - sons of Glory and Will

View from the altar of the Assumption Church.

A Russian old man's house 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 Three Hierarchs Church and was buried in this cemetery. In October this year. she will be 100 years old. She ended up in France in 1921, she was 14...

Lydia Alexandrovna Uspenskaya before the memorial 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 Compound of the ROC MP in Paris).

The memorial service was led by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.

And here they are already burying complete strangers ...

Tomorrow other Russian people will come here and a quiet 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. Tcherepnin, composer, founder of the Russian Conservatory. Rachmaninoff 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, Nobel Prize winner
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
Common Grave of the Gallipoli
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. Pevsner, 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
Taffy, 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.

Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois December 27th, 2005

The Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery in the suburbs of Paris is perhaps the most famous Russian necropolis abroad. Its exact address: Rue Léo-Lagrange ( rue Leo Lagrange) of the city of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois in the Paris region. As the story tells, an almshouse was built in this place in the 20s of the twentieth century, at that time Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois was still a small village, and most of the inhabitants were the nobility who managed to escape from Russia during the revolution ...

The construction of the almshouse was carried out on the idea and at the personal expense of the Russian princess V.K. Meshcherskaya, this building soon became a shelter for elderly lonely Russian nobles who had neither a family nor money savings, for such citizens the almshouse became the only place where the elderly could receive care and nutrition.

In 1927 in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois appeared first Russian cemetery, 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 shelter in it. Very little time passed, and Russian nobles from Paris and other French cities began to be buried in the cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.

* the grave of I. Bunin

Nearly 20,000 Russian people rest in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery, among which there are quite a few famous names: Russian prose writer Ivan Bunin (it is known that the contents of his grave paid indefinitely by the Nobel Committee ); Alexander Galich (playwright, poet, bard), poetess of the Silver Age Zinaida Gippius and her husband, poet Dmitry Merezhkovsky; Russian chess player (and possibly our distant relative on the side of her husband;)) Evgeny Znosko-Borovsky; artist Konstantin Korovin; the widow of Kolchak, admiral of the Russian fleet and leader of the White movement - Sofya Fedorovna and their son Rostislav; famous ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (his grave is a sarcophagus covered with a mosaic "oriental carpet" by Italian master Akomena in 1996); director Andrey Tarkovsky, known for his works " Solaris" and "Stalker" (there is an inscription on his tombstone: "The man who saw an angel"). For many Russians, the cemetery is a place of pilgrimage.

* Grave of Gippius and Merezhkovsky

* grave of Tarkovsky

* Nureyev's grave

Is in the cemetery Monument to the participants of the White movement . The monument reproduces the shape of a stone mound built in 1921 by Russian emigrants led by General Kutepov near the city of Gelibolu on the European coast of the Dardanelles, which was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1949 and then dismantled. The monument is dedicated to General Wrangel, General Denikin, Admiral Kolchak and others.

An Orthodox church stands in the cemetery churchAssumption of the Blessed Virgin Marydesigned by Albert Benois, founded in April 1938 and consecrated on October 14, 1939. This is a white small church with a blue onion dome.

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 Benois. The western part of the temple was painted by another artist - Morozov.

Travel from Paris: RER C Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, then GenoveBus 10-05, Piscine stop.

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In the suburbs of Paris is the suburb of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (fr. 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-Genevieve-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 was the nobility, who managed to flee Russia during the revolution.

The construction of the almshouse was carried out on the idea and at the personal expense of the Russian princess V.K. Meshcherskaya, this building soon became a shelter for elderly lonely Russian nobles who had neither a family nor money 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 permanent residents of the almshouse, who found their last refuge in it. Very little time passed, and Russian nobles from Paris and other French cities 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 rest the ashes of Orthodox clergy, including Archbishop George, as well as Metropolitans Vladimir and Evlogii. Next to them was buried the architect, according to whose project the temple was built, his wife Margarita Alexandrovna, known during her lifetime as an artist. And next to the church, they subsequently built a small house dedicated to the memory of the architect, in which visitors to the temple and the Russian cemetery can relax and drink a cup of hot and fragrant tea.

The entrance to the territory of the cemetery passes through a beautiful gate, made in the form of an arch, and their main decoration is the image of two archangels - Michael and Gabriel, holding an icon in their hands. Further on, a wide alley leads along which you can see Russian birch trees that remind emigrants of their homeland, many cozy benches, where you can sit down and relax at any time. You can climb the comfortable steps to the temple, and around them you can see trimmed bushes and well-groomed low fir trees, and further, behind the church, birch trees interspersed with poplars. It has been suggested among architects that the cemetery, the church and the building of the 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. The entrance to the Orthodox Church, named after the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, is 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 a small dome has been erected at the top, pointing to the sky with its dome, on Orthodox holidays, the ringing of six belfry bells can be heard from afar.

The cruciform Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is decorated with a dome on top, which seems to merge with heaven in color, 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, these frescoes were painted by the famous painter Albert Benois. 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 the parishioners as a priceless gift.

The almshouse became the center of Russian emigration, and a small settlement formed around it within a short time. Russian emigrants from Paris sought to acquire land here to build their own house, some built summer cottages intended for rest from noisy and bustling Paris, while others moved to newly built houses and stayed here forever. And the Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos, consecrated in 1939 by Metropolitan Evlogii, was already built at the expense of Russian settlers, and the architect Albert Nikolaevich Benois worked on the drama project. This outstanding person 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 connoisseur of music and dance, and as a theater and art critic. According to contemporaries, Benoit possessed a considerable share of artistry, he was called "the singer of Versailles and Louis" for an unusual series of works in watercolor depicting the Parisian palace courtyard. The outstanding architect left this mortal world in 1960, and Paris, and his body was brought for a 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 in the cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-BoisNo Russian cemetery of emigration differs from similar burials in Russia. It combines splendor, peculiar only to Russians, and Western cleanliness, and the rule that all graves are subject to a single idea, all graves, alleys and cemetery territories are well-groomed, here you can’t see any wild grass in the growth of a man, nor garbage. Near the tombstones of Orthodox crosses, as well as in special niches of many monuments and tombstones, the lights of lamps are constantly flickering, they do not go out, but a kind of " Eternal flame» is maintained by the cemetery attendants. The graves are also decorated with icons made on the basis of enamel coating, all of them are small. The cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois also houses the flower of the Russian intelligentsia, many writers are buried here, including Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Alexei 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 for heroes of the French resistance, including Kirill Radishchev and Vika Obolenskaya, as well as Zinovy ​​Peshkov, the adopted son of the famous writer Alexei Peshkov, who works under the pseudonym Maxim Gorky. In Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, the ashes of artists and ballerinas are drunk, such as Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Vera Trefilova, Matilda Kshesinskaya, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Maria Krzhizhanovskaya. Philosophers N. Lossky and S. Bulgakov, artists K. Korovin and Z. Serebryakova and K. Somov are buried here, and relatively recently graves appeared where A. Tarkovsky, A. Galich and V. Nekrasov found their last shelter.

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 themselves a place in the cemetery long before the relevant order of the authorities, as well as persons whose belonging to the village of Sainte-Genevieve-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, the lease term of which had expired long ago. Surprisingly, many emigrants cherished the dream of returning to their homeland all their lives, with which they once had to flee. Some nobles did not even bury their dead relatives, storing their ashes in zinc coffins in order to be able to transport such a coffin to Russia and bury them on Russian soil.

Today, there are abandoned graves in the Russian cemetery in Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois, which there is no one to rent at present. All burials that do not have a legal owner, the city authorities have the right to sell by law, and many Frenchmen have already been buried in the place of Russian graves. There is only one way to keep the Russian cemetery safe and sound, by 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 still based on intergovernmental agreements, in oral resolved during the trips of the President of Russia, Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, and later Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to France, and in particular to the cemetery of Russian emigration in Saint-Genevieve de Bois.

The grave of the Russian writer Ivan BuninAt the moment, the expenses for the maintenance of the Orthodox part of the cemetery are divided between the relatives of the deceased emigrants, the parishioners of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and the local municipality. Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois as a city grows and needs space 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 put forward to reburial the remains of Russian nobles and intellectuals from the cemetery in Saint-Genevieve de 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 in danger - the lease of the land plot on which his ashes rest is paid indefinitely at the expense of the Nobel Committee. A further fate all other graves have not been resolved.

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, a volume of Leo Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" lay on the writer's bed. He was buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery in France.

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­ Meshcherskaya, Vera Kirillovna (1876-1949) - founder of the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve de Bois in 1927. She spent her youth in Japan, where Father Kirill (Karl) Vasilievich Struve was the resident minister (1874-1876) and envoy (1876-1882). Married to the adjutant wing, Colonel Prince P.N. Meshchersky HOW THE ESTATE OF KOSSONRI BECAME A RUSSIAN HOUSE The estate where the Russian House is now located was formerly called the Kossonri estate. The central building was originally a country mansion built by the topographer L. Feng, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte's personal secretary, then it was built on, changed owners, but throughout the 19th century it continued to be the summer country house of the Parisian nobility. Since 1927, the fate of the estate has been inextricably linked with the Russian emigration that flooded into France after the 1917 revolution. Princess Vera Kirillovna Meshcherskaya, daughter of last ambassador Russian Empire in Japan. Miraculously saved from the Bolsheviks by the family cook, she settled in Paris and opened a culinary school for noble girls, among whom Marina the Greek, the future Duchess of Kent, studied. However, the main role in the foundation of the Russian House was played by another student of Meshcherskaya - Miss Dorothy Paget, a wealthy Englishwoman, who, as a token of gratitude and friendly feelings, offered Vera Kirillovna as a gift Cossonri. The princess rejected this personal offer and gave the estate to a shelter for Russian refugees. Thus, on April 7, 1927, the Kossonri estate became the Russian House, along with a large park adjoining it, at the end of which there was a small communal cemetery. The refuge of the last old generation of the Russian intelligentsia, the aristocracy, industrialists, the military. Dorothy Paget maintained the Russian House until World War II, when it was taken over by the French state. Princess Meshcherskaya died on December 17, 1949. Now her daughter-in-law Antonina Meshcherskaya is doing this good deed. Among the guests of the Russian House were the Bakunin family, the first wife of Admiral Kolchak, the wife of Minister Stolypin. In the lists of the Russian House one can also find such glorious names as Golitsyn, Vasilchikov, Nerot, Tolstoy, Dr. Popov, an obstetrician under the last Russian Empress. Three years ago, Princess Zinaida Shakhovskaya died in this house, she was 94 years old. Among the frequent visitors to the Russian House is A. Solzhenitsyn, who in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois drew a lot of interesting materials for his works, especially for "August the Fourteenth". The Russian cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois owes its existence to the proximity of the Russian House. It became the last abode of those whom Princess Meshcherskaya gave the opportunity to live until the end of her days in Orthodox faith, surrounded by books and native objects, which to some extent recreated a piece of a way of life lost forever, a distant homeland. From the very first steps of its existence, the Russian House became the custodian of the amazing relics of pre-revolutionary Russia. When France finally recognized the Soviet Union, the ambassador of the Provisional Government Maklakov in Paris had to give up the embassy building on st. Grenelle new owners. But he managed to transport portraits of Russian emperors, antique furniture and even the royal throne to the Russian House. They were secretly kept here for over 60 years. Their existence was openly announced only in 1998 at the request of the Russian ambassador - the items were temporarily transferred to the exhibition dedicated to the centenary of the Alexandre III bridge in Paris.

Anna Feliksovna Voronko and Eduard (Victor) Goldberg-Voronko

A nna Feliksovna Voronko was not a member of the French resistance movement. She did not become famous either in the world of science, or in music, or in art. Her name was not included in the annals of literature either. She was known primarily by those who were fond of antiques.

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

At her personal expense, a monument-chapel was erected at the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois cemetery near Paris on a large plot acquired by her, and around - 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 searched for the mortal remains of the "boy soldiers", sometimes dug them up with her own hands, put them in coffins and transported them to eternal rest to the monument-chapel.

Having left in December 1971 to eternal life and appeared before the Savior, she - may the Lord God forgive me for daring to think so, and even more so to write - silently and humbly bowed her head before Him. She was silent. A heartbroken mother's heart and dead soldiers testified for her.

When visitors to the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois approach the monument-chapel of her soldier sons, however strange it may sound, they feel the unquenchable flame of a mother’s heart, the flame of love and care of her mother’s unclosed eyes.

To tell1 about her, I will ask Father Archpriest Boris (Stark)2, a man who not only knew her well, but also shared with her participation in good deeds in fulfilling her duty to the memory of the dead.

Archpriest Boris Stark:

“... Every year on February 19, on the day of the death of my son Seryozha, our big friend and one of the most spiritually close people to us, Archimandrite Nikon (Greve), came to us, first in Villemoisson, and then in St. Genevieve des Bois to serve a funeral liturgy and then panikhida 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. ... Once, I think it was in 1942, he came to us in Villemoisson to serve and brought with him a lady in deep mourning ... It was Anna Feliksovna Voronko.

Started with meeting her the new kind my pastoral work. She was originally from Vilna, 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 she divorced all her husbands and lived with her son in Paris. The son was the only one, from the 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 of 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 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 Mizeri in the courtyard of a large castle, where a regiment of volunteers was encircled.

Since my wife's brother was also a volunteer in the same regiment, we later received some information about this battle. But while the mother did not know anything about the fate of her son. She spoke good German, and when a military commandant's office appeared after the occupation of Paris by the Germans, she went there to find out something about the fate of the regiment. All her appeals to the French authorities remained without result. Nobody could say anything. There was no information. In the German commandant's office, after looking through many thick books, she was told not only the day of her son's death, but also where his grave was located in the park of this castle.

The war was still going on, but with her indefatigable energy, her German language, and, perhaps, her 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 were already lying. Tearing up the grave, she thought that she would immediately die of grief, but ... she had more strength than she thought. Digging the grave, they found some of his things, a notebook, something else. Once she became very ill, because a large bone was pulled out of the grave. She already thought that it was the bone of her son, but ... it turned out that it was a cow bone from some older burial.

Seeing that death does not come to her, she decided to devote herself to serving the soldiers, especially those who were killed. And to this she attracted me in part.

We went around military cemeteries, battlefields, looked for Russian names on the 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 project of A. N. Benois, a chapel in the Old Russian style was built, and around there were mass graves, where we began to bring coffins with soldiers, and put small boards with names and, if possible, with photographs on their headboards. At the same time, wandering around the village, she bartered some food from the peasants, which she shared with the needy in Paris.

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

I think that she also had other connections, which 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 already after my departure from France, she once again reburied her son in a common grave near the chapel, correctly judging that after her death the chapel and mass graves would remain, and the private grave of her and her son would sooner or later perish.

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

She and I made several such rather long journeys 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 the north-east of France were badly damaged, as defensive battles were still going on there, which were decreasing, approaching Paris, which was declared an open city.

On that trip, we brought 10 coffins, having traveled 6 days (the entire first week of Great 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 st. I give where the funeral was performed. After that, I took the coffins with inveterate soldiers to our Russian cemetery.

All the ceremonies were attended by a delegation of the French army with banners, 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 women and former generals.

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

Although the war has come to an end, the national economy has not yet fully settled into its rut. We were promised a large truck for this trip, which had three seats next to the driver and a covered body at the back. Another lady was supposed to go with us - the wife of the murdered Vladimir Stanislavsky. When on Monday morning we were ready to leave, then ... they gave a car with one place near the driver and behind only a canvas top.

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

When we left Paris, it was warm and dry like spring, but when we climbed into the mountains of the Vosges and Alsace, deep snow met us there, frosts down to -15 °, and I began to feel very cold under my tarpaulin. It ended up that I had to climb into an empty coffin and cover myself with a lid so as not to freeze. So I rode, moving from one coffin to another, as they filled up.

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

Among the 10 dead that we were supposed 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 met in different ways on the ground ... In some cities or villages, gravediggers were waiting for us, who did everything and shifted the remains into our new coffins; there were also those where there was no one but the village watchman, and then we ourselves had to dig and shift.

Moreover, if the corpses of 7 years ago no longer presented difficulties, then relatively recently buried ones were in a complete state of decomposition, and it was not easy work. Arriving in one city, we found a military detachment that was waiting for us with music to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. Arriving in another village, they did not find anyone. Then the mayor of the village dragged along and also could not do anything ...

Finally, some boy ran to the nearest houses, brought shovels, chopped spruce branches somewhere to put them 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 countrymen to vote not for you, but for this boy. He makes more sense than you!” We left, leaving him completely bewildered.

... All the expenses associated with this trip were borne by Anna Feliksovna. She did it in memory of her Edik. Then we made such trips with her several more times, but in more comfortable conditions, as the war was pushed further and further.

But we buried the next ones right at our place in the Assumption Church at the cemetery. There were also individual soldiers who were transported through the efforts of their parents. Some of them went to 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, presented me with a gilded pectoral cross-bearer, which I often used, often wore, and now gave it 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 with us Great Friday and Saturday, Holy Paschal night and the first day of Pascha.

While continuing to work with antique dealers, she was in contact with many artists and collectors and persuaded 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 from emigrants ...

But in my time we were busy looking 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 was transported to our Russian cemetery ...

I also recall the story of Anna Feliksovna about how she somehow walked in the Paris metro and in the corridor of one interchange station she saw a German soldier with a bandaged head, who obviously got lost and did not know where to go. For her, every soldier, even the enemy, and besides, the wounded, was a soldier, like her Edik, and she is on an excellent German asked what he needed. Having received an answer to the necessary question and an indication of where to go, he asked Anna Feliksovna if she was German.

And when he found out that she was Russian, he flew off as if from a poisonous snake ... To her puzzled question, what was the matter, he said that, being 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 began to eat, the old woman threw a cast-iron kettle on his head, and so smashed his head that he spent two months in the hospital, and now he was escorted to the "rear" unit in France.

“From that day on, I am 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 business, did not find it necessary to somehow mark her labors ... "

In 1879, Olga Preobrazhenskaya began studying ballet under the direction of Nikolai Legat and Enrico Cecchetti at the Vaganov School. After ten years of study, she was admitted to the Mariinsky Theater, where Matilda Kshesinskaya became her main rival. Since 1895, she toured Europe and South America, successfully performed at the La Scala Theatre. 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 plastic arts at the Mariinsky Opera Company, 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 to give lessons. She also taught in Milan, London, Buenos Aires, Berlin. left teaching activities 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 de 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;

SEKRETEV (Secretov) Anatoly Petrovich (1908 - August 23, 1974, Paris, similar to the 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 of the Audit Commission of the Association. He published two collections of poems in Paris: Purple Clouds (1940), Mirage (1972).
Son of I.P. Secreteva

ALEXANDER (Semenov-Tyan-Shansky Alexander Dmitrievich) (October 7, 1890, St. Petersburg - May 16, 1979, Paris, buried in the St. Assumption Church at the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Bishop. Brother N.D. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University, accelerated courses of the Corps of Pages. Member of 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. Law teacher and rector of the church at orphanage for boys in Verrières-le-Buisson (near Paris) (1944–1947). Rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Rose-en-Brie (near Paris) (from 1951), then the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Paris (1955-1957). In 1951 he was awarded a gold pectoral cross, in 1955 he was promoted to archpriest. Since 1958 he has been rector of the Church of the Sign of the Mother of God 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 a bishop. Bishop of Zilon. Member of the editorial board of the Church Bulletin of the Western European Diocese. Since 1948 the spiritual mentor of the knights. He lectured at the Schools of Instructors of the National Organization of Russian Scouts (NORS) and the National Organization of the Knights (NOV), at the Courses for the preparation of educators 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 Foundation Committee for the construction of an icon in memory of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich and young volunteers of the White Army who fell on the battlefields (1955). March 13, 1966 at a memorial service for A.A. Akhmatova in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral said a word to her memory. Chairman of the First Congress of Western European Orthodox Youth in 1971 in Annecy (dep. Upper Savoie). Member of the ecumenical movement. Author of the books O. John of Kronstadt” (New York, 1955), “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 of 1914-18, in the Civil War. Education: Polotsk Cadet Corps (1892), Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1895, in the Life Guards 3rd Artillery Brigade), Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff (1902, 1st category). Ranks: entered service (08/31/1892), second lieutenant of the guard (Vys. pr. 08/12/1895), lieutenant of the guard (st. 12.08.1899), staff captain of the guard (st. 28.05.1902), renamed captain of the General Staff (st. 04/22/1907), colonel "for distinction in service" from Art. 04/10/1911 (1911), major general (Art. 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 was credited for the 2-year qualification of company command (11/1/1902-04/30/1904), senior adjutant of the headquarters of the 51st Infantry Division (06/09/1904-01/23/1905), acting director clerk of the General Staff (23.01.-25.06.1905), acting head clerk of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (06/25/1905-05/01/1906), assistant clerk of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (05/01/1906-10/12/1909), seconded to the Vladimir Military School to teach military sciences (10/12/1909-10/08/1911), 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 Livonian Infantry Regiment (05/20/1915-07/16/1916), arrived in the regiment (05/31/1915), surrendered the position of regiment commander (07/24/1916), chief of staff of the 52nd Infantry Division (07/16/09/18/1916), quartermaster general of the 4th Army headquarters (09/18/1916-05/05/1917), 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 (12/6/1909), C2 (12/6/1912) ), V3m (1.12.1915), A2 "for excellent and diligent service and labors incurred during military operations" (1915), swords to A3 (01/30/1917). Other information: member of the White movement in southern Russia. He commanded the 8th Don Army Corps. In exile, Chairman of the Union of Russian Cadet Corps. He was buried in the Sainte-Genevieve da Bois cemetery in Paris.

Aleksinsky Grigory Alekseevich (September 16, 1879, Dagestan region - October 4, 1967, Shell, near Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Politician, writer, publicist. Husband. T.I. Aleksinskaya, father G.G. Aleksinsky. Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University. Participant revolutionary movement. Adjoined the Bolsheviks, later broke with them. Member of the II State Duma. He was a member of the Plekhanov group "Unity". From 1907 he lived abroad. Member of the editorial board of the Parisian magazine "Call". Published in Paris a number of books on the history of Russia. In 1917 he returned to Russia. From 1919 in exile. Lived in Prague (for a while) and in Paris. Member of the Provisional Executive Committee abroad. In 1925, he performed at the Club of Young Writers at the anniversary evening on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of K. Balmont's activity. Collaborated in the newspaper "Obshchee Delo", the magazine "Illustrated Russia", edited the Prague newspaper "Lights" (1924), the newspaper and magazine "Native Land" (1925-1928), the newspaper "Nashe Delo" (1939-1940). Published in Paris works: “Du communisme. La Revolution russe" (1923) and "The Testament of President Doumer" (1932). He spoke in Russian organizations in Paris and its suburbs with public reports. Published in the French magazines "Mercure de France", "La Grande Revue" and others. 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 the history of Russia were awarded a subscription by the Paris Municipal Council for school libraries and recommended for higher educational institutions in France. In 1963, for the totality of literary works in French, he was awarded Big Prize French Academy. Donated materials on the history of the revolutionary movement in Russia to the Bakhmetiev 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 meetings, speak under the name of Ivanova, Petrova, Denisova ...").

AMETISTOV Tikhon Alexandrovich (October 27, 1884, St. Petersburg - December 28, 1941, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). 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. Member of the world and civil wars. Georgievsky Cavalier. He was the head of the intelligence department of the Crimean-Azov Volunteer Army. Secretary of the Supreme Church Administration in the South of Russia. He emigrated through Constantinople to Yugoslavia, then in 1921 he moved to France. He lectured on patrology at the Higher Orthodox Theological Courses from the moment they were founded (1921). Head of the Chancellery, Secretary of the Diocesan Administration under Metropolitan Evlogy (Georgievsky) (1922–1941). Member of the Fundraising Committee for the acquisition of the St. Sergius Compound, member of the Founding Committee of the Theological Institute in Paris. One of the founders of the Candle Factory at the Sergievsky Compound (1927), was an assistant manager of the factory. Member of the 1st Diocesan Assembly of Western European Russian Churches (Paris, 1927). In 1936, at a solemn meeting in Paris in memory of Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky), he delivered 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 the Second World War, he spent several months in the Compiègne camp (near Paris).

ANDOLENKO Sergey Pavlovich (June 26, 1907, Volochisk, Podolsk province - August 27, 1973, Vincent, near Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Brigadier general of the French army, military historian. He graduated from the 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. He was awarded the Military Cross of the highest degree (1930s), the Order of the Legion of Honor (1945), the officer's cross of the Legion of Honor (1958). Compiled the history of the Foreign Legion, wrote the history of the Life Guards of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. He created a department dedicated to the Russian Imperial Army in the Museum of the Invalids. He worked at the Center for Higher Military Sciences (1960–1962). Military attaché in Vienna (1961–1963) A long-term employee of the newspaper "Russian Thought", an employee of the magazine "Military Story". He was published in the journals 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 Palms Honorary Member of the Union of Officers of Ex-Combatants of the French Army á titre etranger, Member of the Board of the Society of Zealots 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, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Active State Councilor, public and political figure. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. Leader of the nobility. Zemsky figure of the Tambov province. Member State Council(1906–1917). He was a member of the Council on Tariff Rates under the Minister of Finance and in the Council for Railway Affairs under the Minister of Railways from the agricultural, mining and shipping 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. Member of the Meeting of a group of patriotic leaders in Paris (1925). In recent years, he lived in the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. He left memoirs “How we fled from Petrograd” (during his lifetime they were not printed; published in the collection “Problems of the History of the Russian Diaspora”, Issue 2, Moscow, 2008).

ANDREENKO (Andreenko-Nechitailo) Mikhail Fedorovich (December 29, 1894, Kherson - November 12, 1982, Paris, buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Artist, writer. He graduated from the law faculty of St. Petersburg University, studied at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts. Participated in an exhibition in favor of the Infirmary of artists in St. Petersburg. He worked as a decorator in the theater of the Literary and Artistic Society, then in the Chamber Theater in Odessa. In 1920 he emigrated. 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 by S.P. Diaghilev. In 1925 he participated in the exhibition of Russian artists in the cafe "La Rotonde" and in the design of the hall of the Russian literary and artistic circle. Made scenery 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), the Union of Soviet Patriots (USP) (1945-1947), the Meudon Salon (1948), "Russian Artists of the Paris School" (1961), "Russians Again" (1975). He held solo exhibitions in Paris in the galleries F. Houston-Brawn (1964) and J. Shalom (1972). Published in the journals "Vozrozhdeniye", "New Journal". In 1979, a book of his short stories, Crossroads, was published in Paris.

ANTSYFEROV(Antsiferov) Alexei Nikolaevich (September 10/22, 1867, Voronezh - March 18, 1943, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Economist, teacher, cooperator, musician. Doctor of Political Economy and Statistics. Husband E.P. Antsyferova. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. He defended his master's thesis "Cooperation in agriculture in Germany and France" (1907). He taught at Kharkov University and Kharkov Technological Institute. Professor. In 1917 he defended his doctoral dissertation "Central banks of cooperative credit." In 1920 he emigrated to London, then moved to Paris. Comrade 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 of the Russian Foreign Congress 1926 in Paris from France. He traveled to Prague to teach. 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), 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 Bulletin of the RVTI (1932–1933). Member of the Board, then Deputy Chairman of the Society of Former Pupils of Moscow University (since 1931). Chairman of the Circle "To the 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 a member

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, buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Diplomat, artist, philanthropist. Brother B.N. Argutinsky-Dolgorukov. He studied at universities in St. Petersburg and Cambridge. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was a secretary at the Russian embassy in Paris. Participated in the organization of the Russian Seasons by S.P. Diaghilev in Paris. He worked as a curator in 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 Era. Collector and connoisseur of drawings. Presented in 1934 to the Louvre Museum drawings by the artist Guillero (17th century).

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

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

Born in 1886 in the Penza district in a peasant family. Graduated in Penza religious school and then seminary. After the revolution, he served as a missionary for the Salvation Army for some time. In 1923 he emigrated to Finland. He was tonsured 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 temporary acting pastoral duties at the "Unexpected Joy" monastery in the town. Gargan-Livry (suburb of Paris). abbot Orthodox parish in the city of Tours and the ascribed community in the city of Angers (France). Subsequently, he accepted the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. Rector of the Three Hierarchs Compound in Paris (1933-1943). The first spiritual mentor of the future Metropolitan Anthony of Surozh. During World War II, 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.

Bylant Vladimir Iosifovich (January 17, 1900 - October 29, 1969, Marseille, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Volunteer of the Alekseevsky Cavalry Regiment. Member of the Civil War, 1st Kuban campaign. In exile in France. In 1920-1945 he served in the Foreign Legion. Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor.

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

Bogaevsky Yanuariy Petrovich (1884, village of Kamenskaya, Don region - February 20, 1970, Paris, looks like the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Yesaul of the Great Don Army, writer. Brother A.P. Bogaevsky. Member of the world and civil wars. In 1920 he was evacuated to Turkey, worked in the transport of the British occupation corps. Then he lived in Bulgaria, moved to France. He worked as a rural worker, laborer. Ataman of the Donskoy farm in Drancy, near Paris. The organizer of the church (together with V.N. Bukanovskiy) in Gagny-Shell (near Paris). Author of short stories and essays. Published in the journal "Rodimiy Krai" (1960s). Was fond of drawing.

Boyko Thaddeus Antonovich (August 21, 1894, Sevastopol - June 1, 1984, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Captain of the Drozdovsky artillery battalion, public figure, entrepreneur. He graduated from the Sergiev Artillery School in Odessa. Member of the world and civil wars. 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. Engaged in charity work, arranged for children on free education. He was the treasurer of the Drozdov Association and the Society for Aiding the Children of Russian Emigrants in France. IN summer period worked in the House of Drozdovites in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, near Paris (1960s). Participated in the work of the Circle of Zealots at the Assumption Church and in the equipment of the cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. For gratuitous work on the restoration of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in 1950 he received a letter from Metropolitan Vladimir (Tikhonitsky).

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

BOREISHAPetr Isidorovich (1885 - July 17, 1953, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Proofreader, football player. He studied at the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute. Member of the sports club "Victoria". He played as a goalkeeper in the football championship of Russia, 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 included later in the RFU register. He was entered for the 1912 Olympic Games, but did not enter the field.

Worked as a proofreader in "Birzhevye Vedomosti". He lived in exile in Paris. He worked as a proofreader in the newspapers Latest News (since the early 1920s) and Russkiye Novosti (since 1945). He corrected the books of Russian writers who lived in France. He founded the Russian Sports Society (RSO) in France.

Botkin Sergey Dmitrievich (June 17/29, 1869, Moscow - April 22, 1945, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Active State Councilor, diplomat, public figure. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. Served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1912–1914 he was first secretary at the Russian embassy in Berlin, then he worked in Darmstadt. During the World War, he headed the department for prisoners of war. From 1918 in exile, he lived in Berlin and Paris. From 1919 he represented the government of A.V. Kolchak, Russian Red Cross Society (RRCS), Russian Ambassadors Conference. He dealt with the 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 of the new Church of the Sign of the Mother of God. Member of the Society of Zealots in Memory of Emperor Nicholas II.

Boyarintsev Mitrofan Ivanovich (November 29, 1894, Kursk province - September 17, 1971, Shell, near Paris, looks like the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Colonel of the Kornilov Regiment, public figure. Graduated from Kiev military school. Member of the world and civil wars, 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 in the Committee for the organization of the representation of the Russian national emigration in France. Chairman of the Association of the Kornilov Regiment. Collaborated in the magazine "Military story".

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, the 2nd Rifle Battalion was released in the Life Guards (in 1910 deployed into a regiment), in which he served until 1910. After completing the course of the General Staff Academy, he was expelled to his unit and did not serve on the General Staff. In 1910 - colonel and commander of the 145th infantry Novocherkassk regiment. In 1913 he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the Life Guards of the Jaeger Regiment, with whom 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 the circumstances of the present time,” he was expelled 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 position of Inspector General of the Infantry at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Forces in Odessa, General Sannikov. In March 1919, after the evacuation of Odessa carried out by the French command, he arrived in Yekaterinodar, where he was enrolled in the reserve of the ranks of the Commander-in-Chief of the All-Union Socialist League. He carried out various assignments of the Chief of Staff of the All-Russian Union of Youth Leagues and was a member of the commission for the revision of charters. In exile he lived in Serbia, and then in Paris, where he headed the Association of the Life Guards of the Jaeger Regiment. He died in 1944 in Paris. He was buried in the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve de Bois.

Bulgakov Nikolay Afanasyevich (August 20 / September 1, 1898, Kyiv - June 10, 1966, Clamart, near Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Ensign, doctor of medicine, bacteriologist. Brother I.A. Bulgakov and writer M.A. Bulgakov. He studied at the Alekseevsky Engineering and Sergievsky Artillery Schools. Member of the Civil War. He emigrated to Gallipoli, continued his studies at the Sergiev Artillery School. In 1921 he moved to Yugoslavia. Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the University of Zagreb. He earned his living by playing in the student balalaika orchestra. In 1929 he moved to Paris, worked in the laboratory of bacteriophages of Professor D "Errel. 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 Participants great war, in 1938 was elected to the Board of the Society. Organizer of charity evenings and medical meetings and reports. Member of the Circle of Russian Singers, performed in opera performances (1930s). In 1936 he was sent to Mexico to teach bacteriology, where he organized a bacteriological laboratory. He lectured at the Association of Sisters of Mercy of the Russian Red Cross Society (ROKK), Russian National University (1936-1940). Was a confidant of M.A. Bulgakov on copyright issues of his publications abroad. During the Second World War, he was arrested and placed in the Compiègne camp, 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. Collaborated in the Russian Academic Group (1953-1964), was elected 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. Shmelev. Awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor.

Bulgakov Sergiy (Sergei Nikolaevich) (June 16/28, 1871, Livny, Oryol province - July 13, 1944, Paris, buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). 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 II State Duma. One of the founders of the magazine "New Way", edited the magazine "Questions of Life", a member of the collection "Milestones" (1909). Ph.D. Professor at Moscow University. Member of the All-Russian Council of the Orthodox Church. In 1918 he received the priesthood. In December 1922 he was expelled from Soviet Russia to Constantinople. In 1923–1925 he was professor of ecclesiastical 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 (RSKhD). 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, 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. From 1928 vice-chairman of the Commonwealth of the Martyr Albania and Ven. Sergius. Collaborated in the Association "Orthodox Cause" (1935-1940). Mitred archpriest (1943). Ecumenical activist. Author of books published in Paris: The Burning Bush (1927), Jacob's Ladder (1929), Icon and Icon Worship (1931), Lamb of God (1933) and others. RSHD".

Bulgakov(nee Tokmakova) Elena Ivanovna (February 26 / March 9, 1868 - January 28, 1945, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Church worker. Wife of S.N. Bulgakov, mother M.S. Scepurzhinskaya and S.S. Bulgakov. Collaborated in "Questions of Life" (St. Petersburg). Emigrated in 1923, lived in Prague, from 1925 in Paris. Assistant to the church warden of the Sergius metochion (1930s). Author of the historical novel "Princess Sophia" (Paris, 1930).

Bundas Vladimir Nikolaevich (August 16, 1883, Saratov - February 25, 1967, Shell, near Paris, looks like the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). 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 oversee the construction of ships of the Black Sea Fleet. Member of the Civil War in the Armed Forces of the South of Russia. In exile in Constantinople, then in France. He worked at a factory in Paris on the technological side. Member of the Maritime Assembly in Paris. The last time he lived in the Russian House in Shell.

Bunina(nee Muromtseva) Vera Nikolaevna (October 1, 1881, Moscow - April 3, 1961, Paris, similar invoice. Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Translator, memoirist. Wife of I.A. Bunina (second). She graduated from the natural 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 his charitable work. Member of the board of the Moscow community (1930s). One of the founders of the circle "Amaur" ("Amis auteurs russes"), created in the late 1930s with the aim of providing material assistance to Russian writers. Board member of the Quick Help Society (1940s). In 1954 and 1955, with the participation of Russian cultural figures, she held evenings in memory of I.A. Bunin. In 1959, she presented 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). Published in the magazines "Vozrozhdeniye", "New Journal" and "Frontiers".

BURTSEV Vladimir Lvovich (November 17/29, 1862, Fort Perovsky, Ufa province - August 21, 1942, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). 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. Resumed the publication of the newspaper "Common cause" (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 Chamber of Finance, Industry and Commerce. He edited and published the collection "The Future" (1922), co-editor of the journal "Struggle for Russia" (1926-1931), editor of the collection "Past" (1933). Published in the magazine "Illustrated Russia", the newspapers "Vozrozhdeniye", "Latest News", " Evening time"and others. Author of a number of books and brochures on the fight against Bolshevism. Collaborated in French periodicals. In 1932, the Russian National Committee organized in Paris a celebration 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 Provisional Committee for the Organization of the Russian Literary Archive in the Turgenev Library (1938).

the national committee organized in Paris the celebration 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 Provisional Committee for the Organization of the Russian Literary Archive in the Turgenev Library (1938).

Alexander Ivanovich Varnek 1858–1930
hydrograph lieutenant general (1912), explorer of the Arctic, studied at the K. May gymnasium in 1866–1868. Alexander Varnek was born on June 27 (old style - June 15), 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 painter Alexander Grigoryevich Varnek (1782–1843), whose ashes rest in the Necropolis of the Masters of Arts of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The architect's family, which in addition to Alexander had one more son and two daughters, lived on Vasilyevsky Island: in the 1850s in a wooden house on the corner of Maly Prospekt and the 15th line; in the 1860s - in house number 15 on Bolshoy Prospekt; in later years - in house number 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 raised at the Naval School, undertaking to take his son if he turned out to be incapable of naval service, as well as in case of his bad teaching or behavior. It is quite possible that Alexander's choice of the profession of a sailor was influenced by the book "Journey Around the World" by the 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 from the school. In 1878, he graduated from the Naval College, was promoted to midshipmen, and on the frigate "Prince Pozharsky" set off on his first overseas voyage, upon his return from which, already with the rank of midshipman, he was admitted to the Nikolaev Naval Academy. After graduating from it in the first category 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 took part in foreign voyages three more times, including the circumnavigation (1883–1886) on the Oprichnik clipper ship under the command of Captain 2nd Rank Ivashintsov. And in all his life, he participated 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 the science of geography, which he received in 1894. In 1895 A. I. Varnek began to cooperate with the Main Physical Observatory and increasingly began to engage in scientific research in his field of activity. In the meantime, serious plans were hatched in the Main Hydrographic Directorate for the development of the Northern Sea Route, in connection with which, 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. Varneka, who at the same time became the commander of the Pakhtusov hydrographic vessel, 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 Lieutenant of the Admiralty G.Ya. Sedov (1877–1914). Alexander Ivanovich highly appreciated the young researcher - knowledgeable, courageous, but cautious. Every summer, after the seas of the Arctic Ocean were freed from ice, the expedition ships set off from Arkhangelsk to the areas of planned research located in the White and Kara Seas, in particular, near Vaigach Island. The tasks of the expedition included studying the depths of the seas, bottom topography, currents, coastline, ice conditions and determination of areas 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 for Hydrography. In 1904 he was promoted to captain of the 1st rank, and in 1909 to major general in the admiralty. In 1912 A.I. Varnek retired from military service with the rank of lieutenant general in the Admiralty and went to work in the Northern Shipping Company, in 1914–1916. worked in the central administration of the Naval Ministry. Since 1908, Alexander Ivanovich began to own the Moskalevka estate on the Black Sea coast near Tuapse. Here he and his family usually visited 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 it was dangerous to stay here. So the family moved back to the estate. When the civil war began, the former tsarist general and it became dangerous 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 two sons of the general left Russia at the same time, along with the Naval Corps, in which they studied at that time). In exile A.I. Varnek was initially 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 worn by a bay on the southwestern coast of Vaigach Island and a cape on the northwestern tip of Novaya Zemlya, which in 1913 was named in honor of his mentor by G.Ya. Sedov. And back in 1934, on the island of Vaygach appeared locality(village) Varnek, which in the book by S.M. Uspensky "Living Arctic" was named the capital of the island. Floats in northern seas also a small steamer "Varnek", delivering food and essential goods to the population of the northern islands.

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

VOLKOV Nikolai Konstantinovich (November 25, 1875, Vologda - January 30, 1950, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Agronomist, politician, business executive. Husband E.A. Volkova. Graduated from the Moscow Agricultural Institute. Member of the People's Freedom Party. Member of the III and IV State Dumas. Comrade to the Chairman of the Central Military-Industrial Committee, during the revolution, Comrade to the Minister of Agriculture. He was the representative of General A.I. Denikin in Siberia. He 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 to help the starving in Russia (1921). The 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 part of the newspaper "Latest News", 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 handed over to former employees after the war. 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. Milyukov in connection with the 80th anniversary. He headed the Russian publishing business in Paris enterprise.

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

VORONTSOV-VELIAMINOV Georgy Mikhailovich (May 12, 1912, Bobruisk, Minsk province - December 20, 1982, Paris, buried in the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Engineer, collector. Great-grandson A.S. Pushkin. Son of M.P. Vorontsov-Velyaminov. In exile since 1918. Lived in France. Graduated from the School of Public Works. In 1925 he was elected chairman of the Workers' Union in France. Participated in Paris in the 1930s in the movement of the Young Russian party. He made presentations at meetings. Member of the Second World War, fought in the artillery regiment of the French army. 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 Association "Orthodox Cause", acted as treasurer. Member and secretary of the parish council in Vanves (near Paris). Collected a collection associated with A.S. Pushkin. Published a number of articles on Pushkin's relics. Donated N.N.'s signet to the Pushkin Museum in St. Petersburg. Pushkina. In 1960 he came to the USSR, visited Pushkin's places.

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

VYRUBOV Vasily Vasilyevich (February 8, 1879, Tiflis - July 28, 1963, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). 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 Cavalier Guard Regiment. During the World War, the head of the committee of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union on the North-Western Front, then he was in charge of Zemstvo affairs on the Western Front at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. In 1918 he was sent by Admiral Kolchak abroad to negotiate 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 Workers Abroad and the Russian Zemstvo-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 he was a member of the board of the Russian Trade, Industrial and Financial Union. He was engaged in banking, was an industrialist. For a number of years he was the commercial director of N.P. Efimov. In 1945 he was on 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 Property (since 1961). Represented Lotus Lodge in the Council of the Association of Russian Lodges. Chairman of the United Russian Lodges of the Scottish Rite. He spoke at meetings of lodges with reports.

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

VYRUBOVA Nina Vladimirovna (June 4, 1921, Gurzuf, Crimea - June 25, 2007, Paris, similar to the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois treasure). Ballerina, teacher. Wife (in the first marriage) V.V. Ignatova, mother Yu.A. Knyazev (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 with O.O. Preobrazhenskaya, V.A. Trefilova, I.L. Vyrubova. From 1934 she participated in concerts and charity events. In 1940 she performed in the theater "Die Fledermaus" and the Russian Ballet in Paris (directorate of E. N. Artsyuk), in 1942 in the Boris Knyazev Ballet. From 1944 she danced at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées. In 1949 she signed a contract with the Paris Opera (1949-1956). In 1950, she first performed the main role in A. Adam's ballet Giselle. From 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 Society "Dance and Culture". She performed at the International Dance Festivals in Aix-les-Bains (Dep. Savoie) (1957, 1959). She starred in the films Le Spectre de la danse (Vision of Dance, 1960), Adagio (1964) and Nina Vyrubova's Found Notebooks (1996) by D. Delyush. Made a tour as a leader with ballet troupe By Far East and Australia (1965). In 1966 she took up pedagogical activity, opened the Ballet School in the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Quadrille Professor at the Paris Opera Ballet (1968–1970). She supervised the choreographic part at the Conservatory of the 7th Parisian district. Awarded the Anna Pavlova Prize of the Institute of Choreography for "Giselle" (1957), the first prize for participation in the film "Vision of the Dance" (1964). She was awarded the Order of Merit (1976), the Order of Arts and Literature, the Marius Petipa Prize, and others.
"The Forgotten Diaries of Nina Vyrubova"
Dir.: Dominique Deluche (95 minutes, 1996, France)
Nina Vyrubova was born in Russia in 1921 and left with her family abroad in 1927, becoming forever "a Frenchwoman of Russian origin". A film about her is a story about a middle-aged ballerina, a ballet star in the past, her memories, her rehearsals with her students, her famous partners. The film uses interviews with Vyrubova, as well as film and photographic footage of her speeches.

GLOTOV Efim Alexandrovich (February 15, 1891), Kursk - November 7, 1979, Paris, resp. to the treasure Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois). Colonel of the Kornilov artillery battalion. Member of the Civil War. Pioneer. He lived in exile 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, Russian All-Military Union (ROVS). He organized a meeting in memory of A.I. Denikin (1948). Chairman of the Union of Russian Cadet Corps. Participated in the Days of Cadet Sorrow.

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery (fr. cimetière communal de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois) is located at rue Léo Lagrange in French city Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois of the Paris region

The cemetery is a burial place for the inhabitants of the city and its environs. But Russian citizens were buried on it in a separate area, which gives reason to call the entire cemetery "Russian". The cemetery is predominantly Russian and Orthodox, although there are graves of representatives of other faiths and nationalities. Russians who moved to France after the 1917 revolution began to be regularly buried in this place from 1929. Among the emigrants buried in the cemetery, there are many Russian military men, clergymen, writers, artists, artists - about 15,000 Russians in 5220 graves.
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After almost a century, the topic of the October 1917 coup in Russia continues to be the subject of study and discussion. Regardless of the position taken in his assessment, this coup is recognized by all as an event that radically changed the course of world history. Therefore, this cemetery, in which its participants and victims are buried directly or after a short historical time following this event, is a uniquely representative place for gathering historical figures, united by a single position in relation to their participation in and assessment of this cataclysm or its consequences. In this regard, the Russian part of the cemetery is a monument of history and culture not only of European, but also of world importance. In addition, the striking difference between the Russian and the nearby municipal part of the cemetery allows us to consider it unique in its significance and size in the West as an example of that component of Russian culture that is associated with the organization and maintenance of the posthumous memory of persons who entered their own and world history. .

For a certain category of Russian citizens, the cemetery is a place of worship, reminiscent of the history of the state and serving to create and strengthen a sense of national identity and self-consciousness.

Since 1960, local authorities have been systematically raising the issue of demolishing the cemetery, arguing that the land is needed to meet public needs. According to strict standards adopted in the West, any burial, regardless of the significance that the deceased had during his lifetime, is preserved only until the expiration of the lease on the land in which he lies. For Russian burials, this period expired in 2008, but by decision of the government, a symbolic amount was allocated to extend this period, sufficient to purchase one or two apartments in the center of Moscow at the prices of that time.

Russian graves, in view of the unresolved issue of their preservation for any length of time, are under the threat of destruction, since they have no legalized protection.

In the 2000s the ashes of several Russian celebrities originally buried at Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois were reburied in Russia. In 2008, the Russian government allocated 692,000 euros for the upkeep of 648 graves.

Assumption Church

At the cemetery stands the Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, founded in April 1938 and consecrated on October 14, 1939, a month and a half after the start of World War II. The Assumption Church was built according to the project of A. N. Benois in the Novgorod style of the XV-XVI centuries. The architect Benois and his wife Margarita also completed church frescoes. Albert Benois is buried in this cemetery.

Monument to the participants of the White movement

Monument to the White MovementThe monument to the participants of the White movement, erected by the concerns of the Gallipoli society, and reproduces in shape a stone mound built in 1921 by Russian emigrants led by General Kutepov. The monument was located near the city of Gelibol on the European coast of the Dardanelles. In 1949, the monument was severely damaged by an earthquake and then dismantled.

Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois in art

Robert Rozhdestvensky in the 1970s wrote the poem "Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois" ("White church, candles swollen ..."), to which Alexander Malinin sang the song of the same name (1991).
Marina Andreevna Yudenich wrote a novel called Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.
The song "Saint-Genevieve" by Sergei Trofimov is dedicated to the cemetery.
Alexander Gorodnitsky in 1996 wrote the song "At the Cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois"

Buried celebrities

Amalrik, Andrei Alekseevich - publicist.
Benois, Albert Nikolaevich - architect, artist.
Bulgakov, Sergey Nikolaevich: BOULGAKOV, Sergueï Nicolaïevitch, Archiprêtre (1871 Livny, Province d "Orel - 1944 Paris), Théologien. (578)
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich - writer - 1870 Voronezh - 1953. Bunin was the first Russian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933. He is buried with Vera Muromtseva, the niece of the president of the first Duma, who had been his girlfriend since 1907 and whom he married in 1922. (2961)
Burtsev, Vladimir Lvovich
Sisters of Marina Vladi:
Lesnova, Militza (LESNOV Militza) (1932-1988), theater actress. Nickname: Helen Vallière. (764)
Pozzo di Borgo (1930-1980), countess, film actress. Nickname: Odile Versois. (POZZO di BORGO, Comtesse (1930 - 1980), née Tania de POLIAKOFF, actrice de cinéma. Pseudonyme Odile Versois, soeur de Marina Vlady). (764)
Gazdanov, Gaito - writer
Galich, Alexander Arkadyevich - playwright, poet, bard.
Gippius, Zinaida Nikolaevna - poetess.
Alyosha Dmitrievich - artist and musician.
Grigory Grigorievich Eliseev (1858 - 1949) owner of luxury stores bearing his name:
House number 14 on Tverskaya street (Moscow) - Eliseevsky store in Moscow;
House of the Eliseev Brothers trade partnership - Eliseevsky store in St. Petersburg. (894)
Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich - writer.
Zander, Lev Alexandrovich (1893-1964) - writer, philosopher, leader of the ecumenical movement. (ZANDER, Léon Alexandrovitch (1893-1964) Ecrivain) (576/577)
Kartashev, Anton Vladimirovich
Korovin, Konstantin Alekseevich - artist.
Kutepov, Alexander Pavlovich (1882-1930) - general, one of the leaders of the White movement. (Général Alexandre KOUTIEPOV (1882-1930) (Cénotaphe) Carré militaire de GALLIPOLI (Architecte Albert Benois). Le monument de GALLIPOLI a été érigé par les anciens combattants de l "armée Blanche). (5234)
Kshesinskaya, Matilda Feliksovna - ballerina.
Lampe, Alexey Alexandrovich von - general, member of the White movement.
Lebedev, Vladimir Alexandrovich - one of the first aviators.
Lifar, Serge - choreographer - 1905 Kyiv - 1986 Lausanne (Switzerland). He lies with his wife, who died in September 2008 (6114)

Lokhvitsky, Nikolai Alexandrovich - General
Lvov, Georgy Evgenievich (1861, Tula - 1925, Paris), prince, head and minister of the Provisional Government from March 15 to July 20, 1917. (Prince Georges LVOV (1861 Toula - 1925 Paris) Président et ministre du gouvernement provisoire du 15 mars au 20 juillet 1917). (574/575)
Makovsky, Sergei Konstantinovich - poet and art critic.
Mandelstam, Yuri Vladimirovich (1908-1943) Poet. Exiled, exiled and died in a deportation camp. He was buried with Lyudmila Mandelstam (1908-1938), nee Stravinskaya, the eldest daughter of the musician Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky. (346)
Melnik, Tatyana Evgenievna (1908, St. Petersburg - 1986) - daughter of E. S. Botkin, life physician of Nicholas II, one of the last who saw the Romanov family. Author of famous memoirs in France. (MELNIK, Tatiana (1908 à St Pétersbourg -1986) Née BOTKINE. Tatiana Botkine, fille du Docteur Eugène Sergueïvitch Botkine, médecin du Tsar Nicolas II, est une des dernières personnes à avoir vu la famille Romanov). (2433)
Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeevich - poet (1865 - 1941) and Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (1869 - 1941) Poetess. The image on the monument is a copy of the "Trinity" by Andrei Rublev (440).
Meshcherskaya, Vera Kirillovna (1876-1949). Founder of the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve de Bois in 1927.(386)
Mozzhukhin, Ivan Ilyich - film actor.
Mulkhanov, Pavel Mikhailovich - architect.
Nekrasov, Viktor Platonovich (1911 Kyiv - 1987 Paris) Writer and screenwriter. (292)
Nureyev, Rudolf Khametovich - ballet dancer: 1938 - 1993. A monument conceived by the designer of the Paris Opera Enzo Frigerio and realized in 1996 by the Italian mosaic Acomena. It is a woven oriental carpet, which Nureyev especially loved.
Obolenskaya, Vera Apollonovna, Princess (pseudonym in the Resistance Movement - Vicki) (Moscow 1911-Berlin 1944). Member of the resistance movement in France. Arrested on September 17, 1943. Beheaded in the Plotzensee prison in Berlin on August 4, 1944. (Text: OBOLENSKY Véra Princesse (VICKY dans la résistance) - Moscou 1911 - Berlin 1944). (8) 75/ 880)
Otsup, Nikolai Avdeevich (8327/8328)
Peshkov (Sverdlov), Zinovy ​​Maksimovich - adopted son and godson of the Russian writer Maxim Gorky, general of the French foreign legion(1884 Nizhny Novgorod - 1966 Paris), awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. (5740)
Poplavsky, Boris - poet.
Preobrazhenskaya, Olga - ballerina.
Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergei Mikhailovich - photographer, chemist, inventor
Remizov, Alexei Mikhailovich - writer
Romanov, Gavriil Konstantinovich - prince of imperial blood, son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, grandson of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, great-grandson of Emperor Nicholas I
Romanova, Irina Alexandrovna - Grand Duchess
Ryndina, Lidia Dmitrievna (1883-1964) - theater and film actress, writer.
Ryabushinskys (561/562):
Ryabushinskaya, Vera Sergeevna (1883-1952), nee Zybina - music critic
Ryabushinsky, Maria Dmitrievna (1910-1939) - artist. (Maria Dimitrievna RIABOUCHINSKY (1910-1939) Peintre. Le masque mortuaire sur la tombe est le sien).
Ryabushinsky, Dmitry Pavlovich (1882-1962) - engineer, specialist in aerodynamics, founder of the Aerodynamic Institute in Kushchino near Moscow, corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences since 1935. (Dimitri Pavlovitch RIABOUCHINSKY (1882-1962) Ingénieur en Aérodynamique. Fondateur de l " Institut Aérodynamique de Koutchino près de Moscou en 1904. Membre correspondant de l "Académie des Sciences à Paris en 1935). (561/562)
Serebryakova, Zinaida Evgenievna - Russian artist.
Somov, Konstantin Andreevich - artist - 1869 St. Petersburg - 1939 Paris. Several of his exhibitions were shown in Moscow (Tretyakov Gallery) and in St. Petersburg (Russian Museum) (119)
Stolypina, Olga Borisovna (1859 - 1944) wife of P. A. Stolypin, reformer of agriculture, prime minister, killed in 1911. (855)
Mother, first wife and children of the composer Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky:
Stravinsky, Fyodor Iogrevich (1907-1989). Artist. Son of musician Igor Stravinsky. Buried with Ekaterina Gavrilovna Stravinskaya (1880-1939) - the first wife of Igor Stravinsky (his cousin) (352)
Stravinskaya, Anna Kirillovna (1854-1939) - mother of Igor Stravinsky (334)
Mandelstam, Lyudmila Igorevna (1908-1938), nee Stravinskaya, eldest daughter Igor Stravinsky, buried with her husband, poet Yuri Mandelstam. (346)
Struve, Pyotr Berngardovich - philosopher.
Tarkovsky, Andrey Arsenievich - film director.
Tatishchev, Vladimir Sergeevich (1865-1928), count (Compte Wladimir Sergueïvitch TATISCHEFF (1865-1928). Haut Fonctionnaire de la Russie impériale (Député, Maréchal de la Noblesse)). (27)
Taffy - writer
Ulagai, Sergey Georgievich - general, leader of the White movement.
Cherepnin, Nikolai Nikolaevich (1873 St. Petersburg - 1945 Issy Mouline), composer and conductor (1627)
Chichibabin, Alexey Evgenievich (1871 Poltava - 1945 Paris) Chemist. Sulfamide specialist. (2014/2015/2016)
Shmelev, Ivan Sergeevich - writer
Yusupovs and Sheremetevs:
Yusupova, Zinaida Nikolaevna (1861-1939), Russian princess, mother of Prince Felix Yusupov.
Felix Feliksovich Yusupov, Prince (1887 St. Petersburg - 1967 Paris). Count Sumarokov-Elston. The organizer of the murder of Rasputin on December 30, 1916 in his palace in Petrograd. He was buried with his wife Yusupova, Irina Alexandrovna (1895 Peterhof - 1970 Paris), Russian Grand Duchess, great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I and niece of Nicholas II.
Sheremeteva, Irina Feliksovna (1915 St. Petersburg - 1983 Korney-en-Parisi), nee Princess Yusupova, the only daughter of Prince Felix Yusupov and Irina Alexandrovna Yusupova.
Sheremetev, Nikolai Dimitrievich (1904 Moscow - 1979 Paris) 11th Count Sheremetev. Husband of Princess Irina Feliksovna Yusupova. (391)
REWELIOTTY, Andrée (30 Avril 1929 Paris / 24 Juillet 1962), saxophoniste, soprano, clarinettiste, chef d "orchestre. Accompagnateur attitré pendant plusieurs années (de 1952 à 1959) de Sidney BECHET. (2492)
BOISHUE,ter Elisabeth de (1948 - 2001) née STOSKOPF. Director of the Russian House in Sainte-Genevieve de Bois. (2484)
GALITZINE, EKATERINA Nicolaievna. Princesse (1876 - 1931) Dame de la Cour imépriale à la cocarde de Ste Catherine (107)
Carré militaire des cadets Russes. Jusqu "en 1917, les écoles des Corps de Cadets sont destinées aux enfants de la noblesse russe dans le but de recevoir une formation d" élève-Officier. Pattes d "épaule sur certaines tombes (pour les différentes écoles impériales). Small church, swollen candles,
The stone is pitted white by rain.
Here are buried former, former,
Cemetery of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.
Dreams and prayers are buried here
Tears and valor, farewell and cheers,
Staff captains and midshipmen,
Grips-colonels and junkers.
White guard, white flock,
White warrior, white bone.
Wet slabs overgrown with grass.
Russian letters - French churchyard.
I touch history with my palm,
I'm going through a civil war.
Oh, how they wanted to go to the capital
Ride once on a white horse.
There was no glory - there was no Motherland,
The heart is gone, but the memory is alive.
Your excellencies, their honors
Together at Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.
They lie densely knowing enough
Their torments and their roads.
Still Russian, still ours,
Only they are not ours, but nobody's.
How are they after the forgotten former,
Cursing everything, now and henceforth,
Rushed to look at her victorious,
Let it be incomprehensible, let it not forgive
Motherland and die.
Noon. Birch echo of peace.
Russian domes in the sky.
And clouds like white horses
Rushing over Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.