She was Countess Keller. Skariatin/a was her maiden name. I have always found her books absolutely fascinating. First was "World Can End", followed by: "First To Go Back", "World Begins" and "Little Era in Old Russia". She also translated Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" which was directed/staged by Eva LeGallienne in the mid-1940s on Broadway.
She was studying to be a doctor when the Revolution broke out. She was persuaded to leave Russia in 1922 by high ranking officials of the American Relief Administration who even managed to get a Soviet passport for her!! When she was working as a French tutor outside Chicago (?), someone, somehow managed to get her court dress to her which she sold for some much needed money. Her books sold very well and she was very popular on the lecture circuit.
When Skariatina was one of my obsessions 10 years ago, I remember finding out that 2 boxes of her personal papers are in a Princeton University library. With some help from Priscilla Roosevelt and her contacts in Russia, I also tired to find out if Skariatina's ancestral country home, Troitskoye, in the Orel province still stood, but we only encountered cul-de-sacs.
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