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| name = Alexandra Alexandrovna |
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| caption = Alexandra |
| caption = Alexandra Pistohlkors with her daughters Olga, left, and Tatiana, right. Courtesy: Beinecke Library. |
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| birth_date = 1888 |
| birth_date = 1888 |
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| parents = [[Alexander Taneyev]] and Nadejda Illarionovna Tolstoïeva |
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'''Alexandra Alexandrovna |
'''Alexandra Alexandrovna Pistohlkors''',(1888-1968), née Taneyeva, was the younger daughter of noted Russian composer [[Alexander Taneyev]], sister of [[Anna Vyrubova]], and wife of [[Alexander Pistohlkors|Alexander Erikovich Pistohlkors]], who was the stepson of [[Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia]]. <ref name="alexander palace"> {{cite web | author=alexanderpalace.org | year=| title= "Anna Vyrubova's family, a thread at the Alexander Palace.org discussion forum" | work= alexanderpalace.org|url=http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php/topic,191.30.html |accessdate = March 1| access year=2006}}</ref> |
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Like her sister, Alexandra was for a time a devotee of the [[starets]] [[Grigori Rasputin]].<ref>Radzinsky, Edvard, ''The Rasputin File,'' Doubleday, 2000, pp. 246-247</ref> |
Like her sister, Alexandra was for a time a devotee of the [[starets]] [[Grigori Rasputin]].<ref>Radzinsky, Edvard, ''The Rasputin File,'' Doubleday, 2000, pp. 246-247</ref> |
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"Sana was a very nice looking woman with a little porcelain face, and she produced the charming impression of a spoiled and self-centered child," recalled the singer Alexandra Belling.<ref>Radzinsky, p. 105</ref> |
"Sana was a very nice looking woman with a little porcelain face, and she produced the charming impression of a spoiled and self-centered child," recalled the singer Alexandra Belling.<ref>Radzinsky, p. 105</ref> |
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Alexandra married Alexander |
Alexandra married Alexander Pistohlkors, a former Life Guards officer who was reportedly famous for his cruelty in putting down the rebellion following the [[Russian Revolution of 1905]].<ref>Radzinsky, p. 218.</ref> The couple had three daughters, Tatiana, Olga, and Alexandra, born in 1910, 1912, and 1914. [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia]] was the godmother for the eldest daughter, Tatiana. |
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==Relationship with Rasputin== |
==Relationship with Rasputin== |
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[[Image:Rasputinadmirers1914.JPG|left|thumb|<center>A pregnant Alexandra |
[[Image:Rasputinadmirers1914.JPG|left|thumb|<center>A pregnant Alexandra Pistohlkors, standing, far left, and her husband Alexander Pistohlkors, second from left, are pictured with [[Grigori Rasputin]] and other admirers in his apartment in 1914. Alexandra's sister [[Anna Vyrubova]] is in the back row, standing fourth from left.]] Alexandra and her husband were featured in a widely circulated portrait of Rasputin with admirers that was taken in his apartment in St. Petersburg in 1914. |
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At first the starets was a frequent visitor to the |
At first the starets was a frequent visitor to the Pistohlkors in their home and Alexandra introduced Rasputin to many of her friends and relatives.<ref>Radzinsky, p. 209</ref> Later, because Alexandra's mother-in-law, [[Olga Valerianovna Paley|Olga]], detested Rasputin, the young couple had to meet with Rasputin in her sister Anna's house, though Alexandra was a frequent visitor to Rasputin's apartment without her husband.<ref>Rasputin, p. 267</ref> Alexandra was one of several society women who became followers of Rasputin. She also sent him telegrams, asking for his prayers or help. Rasputin persuaded some of his female followers "that they must not confess the sin of adultery, since that would only confuse their confessors, who would not understand it."<ref>Radzinsky, p. 246</ref> |
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"I am very sick. I implore you to help. Sana," Alexandra wrote in a telegram to Rasputin in 1913. In another telegram, sent in April 1916, she wrote that she was "gloomily sick at heart" and "I beg for help."<ref>Radzinsky, pp. 246-247</ref> |
"I am very sick. I implore you to help. Sana," Alexandra wrote in a telegram to Rasputin in 1913. In another telegram, sent in April 1916, she wrote that she was "gloomily sick at heart" and "I beg for help."<ref>Radzinsky, pp. 246-247</ref> |
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Alexandra's sister-in-law, [[Marianne |
Alexandra's sister-in-law, [[Marianne Pistohlkors]], has been implicated by some historians as one of the co-conspirators in the murder of Rasputin in December 1916.<ref>Radzinsky, p. 476</ref> |
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==Life following the Revolution== |
==Life following the Revolution== |
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Alarmed by the worsening political situation, Alexandra and Alexander |
Alarmed by the worsening political situation, Alexandra and Alexander Pistohlkors fled the country for Helsinki, Finland in 1916. The von Pistohlkors family had Baltic estates, among them a castle in Latvia, where they lived following the Russian Revolution. Alexandra's sister Anna Vyrubova also later emigrated to Finland, where she became a nun after the Revolution. |
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Their daughter Olga later settled in Sweden.<ref name="alexander palace"/> <ref name="vikens"> {{cite web | author=viken.cc | year=| title= "Olga Ramel, född Pistolekors" | work= viken.cc|url=http://www.viken.cc/b20.html |accessdate = March 1| access year=2006}}</ref> |
Their daughter Olga later settled in Sweden.<ref name="alexander palace"/> <ref name="vikens"> {{cite web | author=viken.cc | year=| title= "Olga Ramel, född Pistolekors" | work= viken.cc|url=http://www.viken.cc/b20.html |accessdate = March 1| access year=2006}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:10, 22 July 2008
Alexandra Alexandrovna Pistohlkors | |
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 Alexandra Pistohlkors with her daughters Olga, left, and Tatiana, right. Courtesy: Beinecke Library. | |
| Born | 1888 |
| Died | 1968 |
| Spouse | Alexander Pistohlkors |
| Parent(s) | Alexander Taneyev and Nadejda Illarionovna Tolstoïeva |
Alexandra Alexandrovna Pistohlkors,(1888-1968), née Taneyeva, was the younger daughter of noted Russian composer Alexander Taneyev, sister of Anna Vyrubova, and wife of Alexander Erikovich Pistohlkors, who was the stepson of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia. [1]
Like her sister, Alexandra was for a time a devotee of the starets Grigori Rasputin.[2]
Background
Alexandra was the third and youngest child of Taneyev and his wife Nadezhda Illarionovna Tolstaya. Her nickname was Sana.
"Sana was a very nice looking woman with a little porcelain face, and she produced the charming impression of a spoiled and self-centered child," recalled the singer Alexandra Belling.[3]
Alexandra married Alexander Pistohlkors, a former Life Guards officer who was reportedly famous for his cruelty in putting down the rebellion following the Russian Revolution of 1905.[4] The couple had three daughters, Tatiana, Olga, and Alexandra, born in 1910, 1912, and 1914. Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia was the godmother for the eldest daughter, Tatiana.
Relationship with Rasputin
Alexandra and her husband were featured in a widely circulated portrait of Rasputin with admirers that was taken in his apartment in St. Petersburg in 1914.
At first the starets was a frequent visitor to the Pistohlkors in their home and Alexandra introduced Rasputin to many of her friends and relatives.[5] Later, because Alexandra's mother-in-law, Olga, detested Rasputin, the young couple had to meet with Rasputin in her sister Anna's house, though Alexandra was a frequent visitor to Rasputin's apartment without her husband.[6] Alexandra was one of several society women who became followers of Rasputin. She also sent him telegrams, asking for his prayers or help. Rasputin persuaded some of his female followers "that they must not confess the sin of adultery, since that would only confuse their confessors, who would not understand it."[7]
"I am very sick. I implore you to help. Sana," Alexandra wrote in a telegram to Rasputin in 1913. In another telegram, sent in April 1916, she wrote that she was "gloomily sick at heart" and "I beg for help."[8]
Alexandra's sister-in-law, Marianne Pistohlkors, has been implicated by some historians as one of the co-conspirators in the murder of Rasputin in December 1916.[9]
Life following the Revolution
Alarmed by the worsening political situation, Alexandra and Alexander Pistohlkors fled the country for Helsinki, Finland in 1916. The von Pistohlkors family had Baltic estates, among them a castle in Latvia, where they lived following the Russian Revolution. Alexandra's sister Anna Vyrubova also later emigrated to Finland, where she became a nun after the Revolution.
Their daughter Olga later settled in Sweden.[1] [10]
Notes
- ^ a b alexanderpalace.org. ""Anna Vyrubova's family, a thread at the Alexander Palace.org discussion forum"". alexanderpalace.org. Retrieved March 1.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|access year=ignored (help) - ^ Radzinsky, Edvard, The Rasputin File, Doubleday, 2000, pp. 246-247
- ^ Radzinsky, p. 105
- ^ Radzinsky, p. 218.
- ^ Radzinsky, p. 209
- ^ Rasputin, p. 267
- ^ Radzinsky, p. 246
- ^ Radzinsky, pp. 246-247
- ^ Radzinsky, p. 476
- ^ viken.cc. ""Olga Ramel, född Pistolekors"". viken.cc. Retrieved March 1.
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