Oleksandra Skoropadska
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23 May 1878
Oleksandra Skoropadska Олександра Скоропадська | |
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| First Lady of Ukraine | |
| In role 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska |
| Succeeded by | Rozalia Vynnychenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksandra Petrivna Durnovo 23 May 1878 |
| Died | 29 December 1952 (aged 74) |
| Spouse | Pavlo Skoropadskyi |
| Relations | Durnovo family |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
| Occupation | Spouse of the Hetman of Ukraine |
Oleksandra Petrivna Skoropadska (née Durnovo; Ukrainian: Олександра Петрівна Скоропадська; 23 May 1878 – 29 December 1952) was a Russian and Ukrainian noblewoman, the spouse of Ukrainian political and military leader Pavlo Skoropadskyi.
Oleksandra Durnovo was born on 4 June [O.S. 23 May] 1878 in Saint Petersburg. Her father Pyotr Pavlovich was a general of the Imperial Russian Army who hailed from the Durnovo family; her mother Maria Vasilyevna was a member of the Kochubey family, descending from Zaporozhian Cossacks.
As an imperial lady-in-waiting, she was part of the Russian court. There she met Pavlo Skoropadskyi, whom she married in 1898 despite her father's initial resistance.[1]
She followed her husband during his service in the Russian army and subsequently during his brief tenure as Hetman of Ukraine. After Skoropadskyi was overthrown, Oleksandra and their children joined him in exile in Germany.
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]
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