Alexis Pantchoulidzew

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Alexis Pantchoulidzew (born September 18, 1888 in Pyatigorsk , † April 10, 1968 at the Hof van Twente ) was a Dutch dressage rider . As an equestrian, he was the only participant to represent the Netherlands at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Life

Alexis Pantchoulidzew came from a Russian noble family. According to his own statements, he was a colonel ( Polkownik ) in a hussar regiment in the bodyguard of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II. After the October Revolution in 1917, he fled Russia and came to Germany like many Russian nobles .

From 1922 he worked as a stable master and riding instructor for the sons of Armgard von Cramm , Aschwin and Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld , at Gut Woynowo in East Brandenburg on the western border of the then Prussian province of Posen , which Armgard had inherited from her father, one from Westphalia native Junker . After the death of Armgard's husband Bernhard zur Lippe senior († 1934) Pantchoulidzew ran her estate. The young Prince Bernhard married the future Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in early 1937 . During the Second World War Pantchoulidzew was conscripted and worked for the Reichsbahn in Frankfurt / Oder . In the final phase of the war, this enabled him to procure several railway wagons for Armgard's escape from the advancing Red Army to Bad Driburg , so that Armgard could take all her household items and even the coffin with her father's body with him. He later lived as a family friend and partner of the princess in her house in Roisdorf and was naturalized in the Netherlands after Armgard's move to Warmelo Castle in the 1950s on the intercession of the Dutch prince consort Bernhard .

In 1956, the government of Willem Drees boycotted the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia because of the Hungarian uprising . Because of the Australian quarantine regulations for horses, the equestrian competitions took place in Stockholm 5 months earlier . Pantchoulidzew was the only participant to represent the Netherlands in these competitions .

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  1. ↑ Annejet van der Zijl: Bernhard, geschiedenis een hidden . Amsterdam 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Pantchoulidzew, Alexis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tschuli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch dressage rider
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyatigorsk
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1968
Place of death Hof van Twente