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Annie

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what became of the Golovinas?
« on: July 27, 2004, 05:24:59 PM »
Does anyone know if the Golovina family, among Rasputin's greatest supporters, survived the revolution, civil war and terror? If they did survive, did they go into exile? Did the murder of Rasputin harm the lifelong friendship of Felix Yussoupov and Maria "Munya" Golovina? Were they able to keep their home? I realize this is a remote topic, but I thought somebody might know.

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2004, 07:35:39 AM »
She did seem like an exciteable girl prone to hysterics.  Do you know what happened to her after the revolution? Was she killed or did she escape to exile?

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2004, 07:40:02 PM »
I think i just read in the Imperial Family section, about some guy meeting Grand Duke Dimitir's son, Paul.  I think he talks about being distantly related through marriage to a prince of Golovina...

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"I told him that my Aunt’s Grandfather’s first wife had married, as her forth husband, a Russian Prince and had lived in the Passy at Rue 20 Venuse, in Paris between the two World Wars as a Russian Princess.  
Paul asked me who she had married and I said, “One of the Golitizins, but that I did not know which one or which branch.”  I said the my Uncle was in Paris at the same time as a young art student at the Sorbonne and that he had become the Princess’ protégé and that he had said that the Prince was a scoundrel from the naughty line of the Golitizins."

I think thats a different family, rather than spelling, but you never know
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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2004, 11:51:49 AM »
Lyubov Golovina and both her daughters Olga and Maria (Munya) managed to leave Russia, and went to live in France, where Lyubov died in 1938. You may check FERRAND, Jacques, "Le Grand-Duc Paul Alexandrovich de Russie", Paris, 1971, pp. 144 and 182.

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2005, 08:29:48 PM »
My grandmother (1902 - 1990) name was Olga Golovina... do you think there could have been a connection here? She was raised in the Smolensk region of Russia

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2005, 08:35:40 AM »
Annie, I hate when women are called "hysterics' What dose it mean! Just that she had a beleif?

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2005, 07:30:22 PM »
Does anybody know if for example French tennis player Tatiana Golovin has to do something or has any connection with this family?There are a lot of other Russian athletes who have names like Aristocrat families in Russia!

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2005, 09:37:13 PM »
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Does anyone know if the Golovina family, among Rasputin's greatest supporters, survived the revolution, civil war and terror? If they did survive, did they go into exile? Did the murder of Rasputin harm the lifelong friendship of Felix Yussoupov and Maria "Munya" Golovina? Were they able to keep their home? I realize this is a remote topic, but I thought somebody might know.


Annie, there were two prominent branches of the Golovine family, one was in Petersburg and the other was in Moscow.  In Moscow the beautiful old, very classical style "ocabnyak" of the Moscow branch still stands.  It was built prior to the burning of Moscow and then rebuilt after.  It need a thorough restoration..but that is only wishful thinking.

Both branches emigrated to Paris after the Revolution.  The Moscow branch was very prominent in rue Daru Cathedral.  Part of the family remains in Paris (there are progeniture) but they are now active in the Church Abroad parish.  Another part of the family emigrated to New York in the 1960s and were still alive as of the last time I heard.  Mme Irene Golovina is one of the founding members of the Russian Cathedral for the Church Abroad in New York.    She is quite a character, albeit a very nice one.  In 40 years in America, she still really speaks only French and Russian..and just a touch of l'anglais, ma chere.  She is very active in works of charity for the church.

BTW, I believe that they are "graf" and "grafinya".

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Re: what became of the Golovinas?
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2005, 01:56:40 AM »
Lyubov Valerianovna Golovina, nee Kharnovitch and her daughters fled to in Paris.The mecca for russian emigree's.Lyubov was the elder sister of Princess Olga Paley,Grand Duke Paul's 2nd wife and widow.Their father was a court chamberlain.