Oleksandra Skoropadska
Appearance
Oleksandra Skoropadska Олександра Скоропадська | |
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Spouse of the Hetman of Ukraine | |
In role 1918 | |
Preceded by | Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska (as First Lady of Ukraine) |
Succeeded by | Rozalia Vynnychenko (as First Lady of Ukraine) |
Personal details | |
Born | Oleksandra Petrivna Durnovo 23 May 1878 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 29 December 1952 Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany | (aged 74)
Spouse | Pavlo Skoropadskyi |
Children | 6 |
Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
Occupation | Spouse of the Hetman of Ukraine |
Oleksandra Petrivna Skoropadska (née Durnovo; Ukrainian: Олександра Петрівна Скоропадська; 23 May 1878 – 29 December 1952) was a spouse of Ukrainian political and military leader Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a member of the Skoropadsky family and Hetman of Ukraine (1918).
11 January 1898, she married Pavlo Skoropadskyi[1] From 1923, she worked at the Ukrainian Red Cross Assistance, which was also called the Ukrainian Refugee Assistance and was headed by her. The main purpose of the organization was to assist the refugees who kept arriving in Germany.[2]
Family
[edit]- father – Petro Pavlovych Durnovo (of a notable family of Russian statesmen and landowners)
- mother – Maria Vasylivna Kochubey (of Ukrainian Cossack Kochubey noble family).
- spouse – Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873–1945) was a Ukrainian[3] aristocrat, military and state leader,[4] Ukrainian Army general of Cossack heritage.
She had six children:
- Maria (1898–1959), who married Adam de Montrésor.
- Yelyzaveta (1899–1976),[5] who married Mr. Kuzhym, a painter, sculptor, leader of the Hetman Movement (1959–?).
- Petro (1900–1956), who suffered from epilepsy.
- Danylo Skoropadsky (1906–1957).
- Pavlo (1915–1918), who died from disease.
- Olena Skoropadska-Ott (1919–2014),[6] who married Gerd Ginder (died on 10 April 1945) on 31 August 1943, and married Ludwig Ott on 20 March 1948; her two children are:
References
[edit]- ^ Kulyova, V. General's daughter. Khreshchatyk. 8 November 2002
- ^ Lilly, The Hetman's Daughter
- ^ Book by Omeljan Pritsak Lviv, 1938 (in Ukrainian) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "СКОРОПАДСКИЙ, ПАВЕЛ ПЕТРОВИЧ - Энциклопедия Кругосвет". www.krugosvet.ru.
- ^ "The Ukrainian Week". ukrainianweek.com.
- ^ "7 ДНІВ-УКРАЇНА » У Швейцарії померла донька останнього гетьмана України Павла Скоропадського". 7days-ua.com. 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Olena Ott-Skoropadsky: Memories of my childhood (21 Jan 2012)".
- ^ "2009 року Олена Отт-Скоропадська відзначить своє 90-річчя". 14 April 2009.
- ^ "Gedenkseite von Olena Ott-Skoropadsky - trauer.nzz.ch". trauer.nzz.ch.