Oleksandra Skoropadska

Oleksandra Petrivna Skoropadska (née: Durnovo; 23 May 1878 – 29 December 1952) was a spouse of Ukrainian political leader Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a founder of a hetman dynasty and Hetman of Ukraine (1918).

Oleksandra Skoropadska Олександра Скоропадська
First Lady of Ukraine
In role 1918
President	Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Preceded by	Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska
Succeeded by	Rozalia Vynnychenko
Personal details
Born	Oleksandra Petrivna Durnovo May 23, 1878 Russia
Died	December 29, 1952 (aged 74) Germania
Spouse(s)	Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Alma mater	Sorbonne University
Occupation	Former First Lady of Ukraine

11 January 1898, she married Pavlo Skoropadskyi[1] From 1923, she worked at the Ukrainian Red Cross Assistance, which was also called the Ukrainian Refugee Assistance and was headed by her. The main purpose of the organization was to assist the refugees who kept arriving in Germany.[2]

Family

• father Petro Pavlovyh Durnovo (of a notable family of Russian statesmen and landowners)
• mother Maria Vasiliyevna Kochubey (of Ukrainian Cossack Kochubey noble family).
• spouse Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873–1945) was a Ukrainian[3] aristocrat, military and state leader,[4] Ukrainian Army general of Cossack heritage.

She have six children:

• Maria (1898–1959), who married Adam de Montrésor.
• Yelyzaveta (1899–1976),[5] who married Mr. Kuzhym, a painter, sculptor, leader of Hetman Movement (1959-?).
• Petro (1900–1956), who suffered from epilepsy.
• Danylo Skoropadsky (1906–1957).
• Pavlo (1915–1918), who died from disease.
• Olena Skoropadska-Ott (1919–2014),[6] who married Gerd Ginder (died on April 10, 1945) on August 31, 1943, and married Ludwig Ott on March 20, 1948; her two children are:
  • Alexandra (born 30 January 1954), she married Martin König and had a son Dimitri (born 1989).[7][8][9]
  • Irene (born 30 January 1954).

References

1. Kulyova, V. General's daughter. Khreshchatyk. 8 November 2002
2. Lilly, The Hetman's Daughter
3. Book by Omeljan Pritsak Lviv, 1938 (in Ukrainian) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. "СКОРОПАДСКИЙ, ПАВЕЛ ПЕТРОВИЧ - Энциклопедия Кругосвет". www.krugosvet.ru.
5. "The Ukrainian Week". ukrainianweek.com.
6. "7 ДНІВ-УКРАЇНА » У Швейцарії померла донька останнього гетьмана України Павла Скоропадського". 7days-ua.com.
7. "Olena Ott-Skoropadsky: Memories of my childhood (21 Jan 2012)".
8. "2009 року Олена Отт-Скоропадська відзначить своє 90-річчя". 14 April 2009.
9. "Gedenkseite von Olena Ott-Skoropadsky - trauer.nzz.ch". trauer.nzz.ch.