Princess Nadezhda Tereshchenko

Nadezhda Tereshchenko
Born 1887
Died 1967
Spouse Vladimir Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine

Nadezhda Tereshchenko also known as Nadezhda Mouravieff-Apostol and Nadezhda Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine (Russian: Терéщенко; Ukrainian: Надíя Терéщенко) was a member of the prominent noble Ukrainian Tereshchenko family. A noted entrepreneur, her sugar factory in Kiev Province employed 464 workers and annually produced goods to the value of 415,000 roubles.[1] The family was also renowned for its philanthropy.[2]

Personal life

Nadezhda was the daughter of Theodore Artemievich Tereshchenko and Nadezhda Vladimirovna Khlopoff from ancient Khlopoff family. The family fortune derived from sugar-beet and potato plantations, and sugar factories.

In 1909 at 19, she married Vladimir Vladimirovich Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine, Russian ambassador to Austria-Hungary. The wedding ceremony took place on the estate Chervone, Ukraine. To mark the wedding, the Tereshchenko family donated money for the building of Russian Orthodox churches in Cannes and Beaulieu-sur-Mer. As a wedding gift, her mother also provided her with a new villa in Cannes "Springland". Between 1910 and 1914, her sons Vadim, Andrew and Alex were born.

When Nadezhda's husband retired from diplomatic service, she assisted him in supporting the construction of schools and hospitals in the Zhytomyr region. In 1913, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, they also funded the construction of a magnificent Russian Orthodox church in Leontevke. It was destroyed following the Revolution.[2]

Nadezhda established a reputation as an innovator, including creating the Ukraine's first golf course. For this, she brought out a specialist from Scotland.[2]

War and Revolution

At the outbreak of World War I, the family was living in France. They moved to London where Nadezhda established her own hospital for British soldiers – at the time, it was reputedly the most modern hospital in the United Kingdom. In response, the British government established a hospital for Russian soldiers in St Petersburg. Her husband acted as the representative of the Russian Red Cross in London.[2]

In 1928, the family purchased a house in Bursinel, in the Swiss canton of Vaud, and maintained friendships in political and artistic circles, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, and Salvador Dalí etc.

After the Revolution, Nadezhda and her husband supported a Franco-Russian society that provided assistance to Russian immigrants in need, and guided the activities of Franco-Russian society of the French Riviera. This included organising various festivals, performances and charity fairs. A suite of her emeralds which she sold to her close friend, Margaret Greville, were bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Her son Prince Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol married prominent social worker Ellen Rothschild.[3]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Female Entrepreneurs in Nineteenth-Century Russia, Routledge,2009, p171
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://gazeta.zn.ua/CULTURE/tereschenko,_muravievy-apostoly_i_rotshildy,_porodnivshis,_popytalis_sdelat_mir_luchshe.html
  3. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/oct/16/ellen-mouravieff-apostal-social-worker|

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