Russian Nobility Association in America
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| formation = {{start date and age|1933}}
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| type = Non-political, not-for-profit organization
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| purpose = To provide assistance to members of the former Russian Nobility
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| region = United States of America
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = John Pouschine
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The Russian Nobility Association in America is a non-political, not-for-profit organization in the United States of America. It is the only American hereditary society that officially is a nobility association.
History
The Russian Nobility Association in America was founded in New York City in 1933.{{cite news|title=Supper And Musicale Aid Russian Nobility|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/12/12/93658717.pdf|accessdate=28 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 12, 1934}} Its original efforts were to provide assistance to members of the former Russian Nobility who had fled the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922, and the Stalinist purges of the 1930s. The Association also became a resource for members of the Russian Nobility who fled Europe before and during the Second World War. As it exists today, the Association is a non-political, not-for-profit organization. Its goals are philanthropic, historical, and genealogical.{{cite web|url=http://www.russiannobility.org/|title=Russian Nobility Association, Inc.|publisher=russiannobility.org|accessdate=19 July 2013}}
The Association provides donations to charitable organizations in the United States and in Russia that provide food, housing, and medical treatment for the disadvantaged, and provides direct aid to orphanages, the elderly and indigent, Orthodox seminaries and parishes, and others in need of resources.
Right to vote in the Association is restricted to direct male-line descendants of the Russian Nobility recorded in the Nobility Archives of the Russian Imperial Senate incontestably ennobled before March 15, 1917. The Russian Nobility Association has one other membership category for collateral descendants of these families.{{cite web |title=Membership |url=http://russiannobility.org/membership/membership-application/ |website=Russian Nobility Association in America, Inc. |date=14 September 2017 |accessdate=7 March 2019}}
Charities assisted
Among many other charities assisted by the RNA, the following have been mentioned as receiving their support:
- St. Petersburg State Healthcare Institution Specialized Orphanage #4, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- St. Dmitry's Orphanage, Moscow, Russia.
- Fortuna Center of Rehabilitation, Fortuna, CA, USA.
- St. George's Pathfinders, Shadow Hills, CA, USA.
- Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY, USA.
- The Tolstoy Foundation, Valley Cottage, NY, USA.
- The Foundation of Russian History, Jordanville, NY, USA.
- Russian Gift of Life, Sea Cliff, NY, USA.
- ARVO Foundation for Eye Research, Rockville, MD, USA.
- Russian American Cultural Heritage Center, New York, NY, USA.
- The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, New York, NY, USA.
- Northwest Moscow Children's Center, Moscow, Russia.
- Radonezh Children’s Home, Radonezh, Russia.
- St. Petersburg Community Welfare Organization, St. Petersburg, Russia.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Russian-Nobility-Association-in-America/211150652238360?id=211150652238360&sk=info|title=Russian Nobility Association in America|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=19 July 2013}}
Presidents of the Association
- Prince Alexis Obolensky (1933–1939)
- Mr. Vassilii Wadkovsky (1939–1941)
- Count Boris von Berg (1941–1942)
- Count Paul de Kotzebue (1942–1953)
- Gen. Prince Leonid Eletskoy (1953–1958)
- Prince Serge Beloselsky-Belozersky (1958–1963)
- Col. Peter Martynov (1963–1971)
- Prince Alexis Scherbatow (1971–2002)
- Dr. Cyril E. Geacintov (2002–2017)
- Prince Vladimir K. Galitzine (2017-2018)
- Mr. John Pouschine (2018- )