Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy

Nicolai or Nicolas Pavlovich de Lanskoy

Male 1892 - 1977  (85 years)


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  • Name Nicolai or Nicolas Pavlovich de Lanskoy 
    Born 21 Oct 1892  Saint Petersburg, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Oct 1977  Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Orthodox Cemetery in Caucade, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2570  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Paul de Lanskoy,   b. Abt 1867, of, Saint Petersburg, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Eudoxie Rzenskaya,   b. Abt 1867, of Saint Petersburg, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1890  of Saint Petersburg, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Vera Vassilieff,   b. Abt 1900, of Saint Petersburg, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1919  (Age ~ 19 years) 
    Married Abt 1915  of Saint Petersburg, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Notes from Irene (de Lanskoy) Petersen, adopted daughter:
      "Certificate of marriage no. 1671 22 Nov. 1958, 10 a.m., address 2 Blvd Tzarewitch in Nice, in France since 21 Aug 1926, Nicolas de Lanskoy, born in Petrograd, Russia, 21 Oct 1892, son of Paul (de) Lanskoy & Eudoxie Rzenskaya, widower of Vera Vassilieff, remarried to Mnervert Nevoussia Sabaneeff who was born 24 Oct 1919 in Moscow, Russia to Leonide Sabaneeff and Tamara Koutznetzora. Nevoussia divorced from Maurice Jean Chiefaine."

      2. Email date 14 Oct 2004 from "Elena Tsvetkova" :
      "Please find below our first report. Since you kindly paid for 10 hours more in addition to the $50 price for the preliminary search, we had a possibility not to limit this step with studying only directories and archival finding aids envisaged on the first step, but to study some from revealed materials.
      Thus after revealing the file titled "Description of the Lanskoy family with biographical information about some members" (Russian State Historic Archive - Fond 1086 inventory 1 file 739), we ordered it in the archival reading hall and studied the content. It turned out that it is the work by Alexandra Arapova, nee Lanskaia dated January 8, 1899. There are 25 pages of typescript with her signature. Since we cannot determine your direct line of the family yet, we include just general information in this report, but may provide you with more information about some people who are mentioned below in future. It is also possible to make the copy of these 25 pages, describe the contents or translate them for you if you wish this.
      The first part of this report contains information from this archival file and some general sources as "Encyclopedia" published by Brokgauz and Efron in the years 1890-1907, "Noble Families Which Glorified the Motherland. Encyclopedia of Noble Families" by V. Fedorchenko (Moscow, 2004), "Military Encyclopedia" published by Sytin in St. Petersburg in the year 1912 and some other general directories. Information which is listed in the text by Arapova only (and is not included in the directories) is marked with [1] in the text below.
      There were the Lanskoy families granted with the Count title and the noble branches without title. According to a legend, the Lanskoy family originated from Francisk Lonsky who came from Poland in about 1500. His grandson Pert Dmitrievich was granted with the lands for his service in the year 1585.
      Many members of different branches of the family were engaged in the civil and military service and become well-known.
      Arapova [1] writes that the family legends are related with the Horse-Guard regiment very much. The names of nine members of family are mentioned in the annals of the regiment.
      [1] - First, Vasili Sergeevich was listed in the regiment documents of the year 1742. Later lie started the civil service and was an important figure during the reign of Alexander I.
      He had only one son Ivan (b. 1764) who passed away in Baden being not married. Daughters of Vasili Sergeevich: Anna (married Prince Alexander Borisovich Golitsyn), Sofia and Varavara (both served as ladies-in-waiting at the Court).
      Alexander Dmitrievich Lanskoy (b. 1758, d. 1784). He was the son of landowner of the Smolensk province Dmitry Lanskoy. Alexander is known as the favorite of Empress Catherine II. He started his service as a private of the Life-Guard Izmailovski regiment in the year 1772 and had a rank of General-Adjunct by the end of his life. He was granted with three houses in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo, owned large capital and collections. According to a legend [1], lie was poisoned by the Prince Potemkin.
      [1] Jakov Dmitrievich (Alexander's brother), is mentioned in the list of the regiment for the year 1796. He did not serve. Married to Praskovia Nikolaevna, nee Dolgorukaia. Did not have sons. Daughter: Varvara (lady-in-waiting) who married general Kaisarov and Elizaveta, who married Count Suhtelen.
      According to Fedorchenko, there were seven brothers (sons of Sergei): Nikolai, Petr, Vasili, Pavel, Stepan, Sergei and Dmitri:
      Major General Nikolai Sergeevich (b.1746, d.1812). Pinsk military chief, then Grodno provincial marshal of nobility. His son Sergei Nikolaevich (b. 1774, d. 1814) served in the Life-Guard Izmailovski and then Horse Regiment, participated in many military actions, had a rank of General-Lieutenant.
      State councilor Petr Sergeevich (b. 1752, d. 1800). Participated in the military action in Poland in the year 1792 and was awarded with the St. George order, 4th class. Then passed to the civil service and occupied the position of the Chief-Procurator of the Senate.
      Vasili Sergeevich (b.1754, d.1831). Started the service in the Life-Guard Preobrazhenski regiment, participated in the military actions in Poland in the year 1792, promoted to the rank of Major-General, then passed to the civil service. Was the governor of the cities of Saratov, Tambov, Grodno. Since the year 1809 - Senator. In the year 1815 - member of the State Council, in the years 1825-1828 - headed the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
      Pavel Sergeevich (b.1757, d.1832). Started the service in the Life Guard Preobrazhenski regiment in the year 1776, then served in the Engineer Expedition of the Military Board. Participated in military actions during the Swedish and Turkish wars as well as in Poland. Major General (since 1801), Senator (since 1821).
      Stepan Sergeevich (b. 1760, d. 1813). Hoff-Marshal of the Emperor's Court. His son Sergei Stepanovich (b.1787, d.1862) was an important State figure - Minister of Interior Affairs, Senator. It was just him, who was granted with the Count title for himself and his posterity on April, 1861. His wife was Varvara Ivanovna, nee princess Odoevskaia (b. 1794, d. 1845). They had three sons: Count Stepan Sergeevich (b. 1814), Colonel Count Alexander Sergeevich (b. 1822, d. 1869), Count Mikhail Sergeevich (b. 1833). [So, if Nikolai Pavlovich really had a Count title, he had to be a descendent of one from them).
      Sergei Sergeevich (b. 1761, d. 1814). Senator since 1809.
      Dmitri Sergeevich (b. 1768, d. 1833). The Governor of Moscow (1806-1810), then of Kiev. Senator since 1821.
      Arapova [1] writes that there were nine brothers but only one from them - Petr Sergeevich had four sons who served in the Horse-Guard Regiment.
      The sons of Petr Sergeevich were:
      Cavalry General Pavel Petrovich (b.1791, d. 1873). Started his service in the Horse-Guard Regiment in the year 1809; participated in many military actions. Arapova [1] devotes a large part of her work to him describing his personal and military qualities. According to her, Pavel was married to Nadezhda Nikolaevna Poletika, nee Maslova. Before she was the wife of his friend in the regiment but they divorced. Pavel's mother was against this marriage and restarted her relations with him after the birth of the first son Nikolai only. (As you may see, the names coincide with those, you listed in the inquiry, but the years are too early). Pavel Petrovich and Nadezhda Nikolaevna had two sons. She left them and escaped abroad with the secretary of the Italian Embassy. The divorce case lasted for about 20 years. After this Pavel married his pupil Evdokia Maslova. He passed away in Naples while visiting his paralysed son.
      General-Adjunct Petr Petrovich Lanskoy (b. 1799, d. 1877). Since the year 1818 served in the Horse-Guard Regiment and was its commander in the years 1844-1853. He married widow of poet Alexander Pushkin - Natalia Nikolaevna, nee Goncharova - and had three daughters who were born to her: the author of the work [1] Alexandra (married Ivan Andreevich Arapov), Sofia (married Nikolai Nikolaevich Shipov), Elizaveta (married Nikolai Andreevich Arapov). Husbands of all three girls were lieutenants of the same Horse-Guard regiment.
      [1] Alexander Petrovich (d. 1847). Entered in the Horse-Guard Regiment with his brother Petr together. Participated in the scandal related with the daughter of Count Stroganov and was sent to infantry. After many military exploits was returned to the Horse-Guard regiment. Wife: Natalia Fedorovna Petrovo-Solovovo. Children: Sofia, married Alexander Alexandrovich Pushkin (the son of the poet), Pavel (died being the Marshal of Tambov Provincial Noble Assembly), Petr (was still alive in the year 1899). According to Arapova, Pavel and Petr did not have Children.
      It is what we stated basing on published sources and one manuscript (archival file). Now our task is to establish the branch which Nikolai Pavlovich originated from. It will be possible to receive more information and documents concerning the members of this branch after this.
      We checked the 4th volume of the set "Unforgotten Graves. Russian Foreigners: Obituaries of the Years 1917-1999 in Six Volumes" published in Moscow in the year 2004. This directory is compiled on the basis of obituaries selected from various Russian emigrants periodic.
      Lanskoy, Nikolai Nikolaevich (Pavlovich). Born on October 21, 1892, passed away on October 30, 1977 in Nice, Seaside Alps, France. Cornet of the 3rd Dragoon Novorossiisk Regiment of Her Imperial Majesty Elena Vladimirovna. Buried on the Russian cemetery in Nice.
      Sources:
      "Russkaia Mysl" [Russian Idea]. Paris. Issue #3178 from November 17, 1977.
      "Chasovoi" [Guard]. Paris-Brussels. Issue #609 of the year 1977.
      Were these obituaries the source for your information? It is quite unusual that the patronymic is listed by such a way: Nikolaevich (Pavlovich). May be one from these newspapers published the patronymic Nikolaevich and other Pavlovich. The patronymic is very important for our search because it shows the name of father.
      Other people with the surname Lanskoy listed in this directory are:
      Count Lanskoy (so, must be the posterity of Sergei Stepanovich):
      Alexander Mikhailovich (1869-1936)
      Andrei Mikhailovich (1902-1976)
      Boris Sergeevich (1899-1944)
      Dmitri Alexandrovich (1906-1961)
      Illarion Sergeevich (1894-1984)
      Mikhail Mikhailovich (1863-1924) Mikhail Sergeevich (1894-1963)
      Countess Lanskaia, Maria Anatolievna (ab. 1898-1973)
      Countess Lanskaia, Nadezhda (nee Princess Golitsyna), 1892-1937.
      Countess Lanskaia, Varvara Vasilievna (nee Parusinova), 1877-1969.
      The Lanskoy (without title):
      Evgeni Pavlovich (b. about 1875, d.1943 in Yugoslavia).
      Valentin Stanislawowich (b. about 1896, d.1933 in Harbin).
      Lanskaia, Lizetta (b. about 1876, d. 1926 in Latvia).
      The obituaries contain more information about each from them. Just let us know who is interesting and we will provide you with this information.
      In hope to receive a primary information about Pavel Lanskoy who could be the father of Nikolai, we looked through the following directories.
      1. Address Calendar of the Russian Empire, This yearly publication lists the people engaged in the state service. We checked issues for the years 1901-1916. The people with the surname Lanskoy are listed, but no one Pavel is among them.
      2. St. Petersburg address directory "All St. Petersburg." Issues for the years 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1914, 1916, 1917.
      Many people with the surname Lanskoy (the Counts and not titled) are Iisted among the residents of St. Petersburg of that time. We selected those who had the name Pavel and so, could be Nikolai's father.
      Lanskoy, Pavel Pavlovich is listed in the issues for the years 1897, 1900-1905. Retired Major-General, Vice-Chairman in the Society of Animals Protection. His address: #10, Pushkinskaia street.
      Lanskaia, Vera Pavlovna, the daughter of Major-General [obviously, of Pavel Pavlovich] is listed in the same issues. She served in the Catherine's secondary school and resided at #137, Fontanka river embankment.
      One more Lanskoy, Pavel Paviovich, second lieutenant (may be the son of the Major-General) is listed in the issue for the year 1900. His address was: #38, 7th Rozhdestvenskaia street.
      They are not listed in the later issues. May be they moved from St. Petersburg. It is possible to look for more information about this family if you suppose that Nikolai could be the son of just this Pavel Pavlovich.
      Taking into account a not definite patronymic listed in the obituary, we selected the people with the name Nikolai Lanskoy, too.
      Lanskoy, Nikolai Nikolaevich, hereditary nobleman is listed in the year 1914. Address: #10, Nevski avenue. In the year 1916, his address was #9, 4th Rozhdestvenskaia street. That year he was the Chairman assistant of the Council of Society for Assistance [to Civil Population] From Military Actions.
      Lanskaia, Lidia Trifonovna, the wife of hereditary nobleman is listed at the address #32, 4th Rozhdestvenskaia street in the year 1916. She probably was the wife of Nikolai Nikolaevich.
      Lanskoy, Nikolai Sosipatrovich, collegial assessor is listed in the issues for the years 1914-1917. He resided at #15, Barmaleeva street, then #48, Shirokaia street. Served in the Administration for the cases related with small credit.
      Sosipatr is a not common name, so we may be almost sure that the following person listed in the Provincial Necropolis was his father:
      Lanskoy, Sosipatr Evgrafovich - the Marshal of Rzhev Nobility. Buried in the city of Rzhev.
      (The majority of the Lanskoys who are listed in this directory were buried in the province of Tver).
      3. The St. Petersburg Necropolis published by Saitov in the years 1912-1913 lists many people from the Lanskoy family. Mostly they were buried on the cemetery of St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Since Nikolai's parents were alive that time according to your information, they could not be listed there. We may apply to this directory again after finding out the name of Pavel's father.
      4. The issues of the Memorandum Book of the province of Novgorod (since you informed us that Nikolai's family had the roots there) for the years 1872, 1882, 1885, 1896, 1912-1916.
      Lanskoy, Evgeni Alexandrovich, captain of the 88th Infantry Petrovski regiment. Resides in the village of Gruzino of the Novgorod district (years 1912-1913).
      Lanskoy, Mikhail Alexandrovich, staff-captain of the same regiment (1912, 1913). Residing - the same village of Gruzino. In the years 1882, 1885 he is listed as the lieutenant, chief of the regiment field hospital.
      Lanskoy, Alexander Alexandrovich, colonel, commander of the 4th battalion of the same regiment (may be their father). Issue for the year 1896.
      5. The catalogues of the Russian State Historic Archive list many files with the documents concerning the Lanskoys. Thus there is the file about the divorce of Cavalry General Pavel Petrovich (see the first part of this report) dated the years 1856­1859; concerning granting colonel Lanskoy with lands in the year 1821, and many others.
      We selected the files of a more general nature which may help to answer the question concerning Nikolai's origin. So that you could have an idea about the nature of such files, please look at the information below.
      According to Russian Law Regarding Nobility each generation of hereditary noble families had to be registered in the Genealogy Noble Books (Noble Register) of the one or other province. It was not a simple procedure. When the parents wanted to include their children in these Noble Registers they had to provide different documents confirming their right to be registered in one from six parts of the Noble Registers. The provincial Noble Assembly decided if the documents are enough for confirmation of nobility and, if they were sufficient, sent the documents to the high institution - Heraldry Department of the Ruling Senate. The final decision was taken there.
      The Noble Genealogy Books (Noble Registers) were divided into six parts.
      1 - Granted or Real Nobility
      2 - Military Nobility (acquired according to ranks for the military service)
      3 - Nobility acquired according to ranks for the civil service or awards
      4 - Foreign Noble Families
      5 - Titled Families
      6 - Ancient Noble Families
      Different sets of documents were to be provided for registration the nobility of a family in different parts of the Noble Genealogy Books. Sometimes the descendants of a family which was registered in a specific part of the Noble Register did not succeed in being included in the same part because the proves were not sufficient. It could happen in case if the family lost the estates (the confirmation of landowning was necessary to be included in some parts of the book), lost some old documents, or because of the fact that requirements for confirmation of the nobility constantly became more strong. In this case people tried to provide the Noble Assemblies with the proves which could be enough to be included in another part of the Noble Register, or apply to the Noble Assembly of another province.
      The files with the documents of the noble families of all the Russian Empire provided to the Heraldry Department and the decisions of this institution are in Fond 1343 of the Russian State Historic Archive. As you may understand, it is possible to receive rather a complete genealogy information from such documents. This is why we selected the files concerning the Lanskoy nobility available in this Fond:
      Fond 1343 inventory 46 file 1307. Concerning the Count title of the Lanskoy family. Year 1882.
      Ibid, file 1308. The same title. Year 1879.
      Ibid, file 1309. The same title. Year 1865.
      Ibid, file 1310. The same title. Year 1912.
      Fond 1343 inventory 24 part 1 file 517. Concerning the coat of arms of the Moscow and Simbirsk branch of the Lanskoy family. (Coat of arms included in the part IV of the General Armorial, page 64). Year 1859. The file itself was not preserved in the Archive.
      Ibid. file 518. Concerning the coat of arms and the diploma for the Count title issued to the Lanskoy family. (Coat of arms included in the XII part of the Armorial, page 23). The file was not preserved.
      In addition, there are many files concerning registering the Lanskoy family among the nobility of the provinces of Kaluga, Tver, Tula, Moscow, Tambov. Only two files pertain the nobility registered in the province of Novgorod:
      Fond 1343 inventory 24 part 1 file 519. Year 1850.
      Ibid file 520. Year 1860.
      Of course, the years of examination these cases are too early to list Nikolai Pavlovich. Anyway, since you are sure (?) that Nikolai's family was registered just in this province, we received file 520 and briefly looked through the documents. It turned out that there are the documents of Petr Petrovich, his wife Natalia Nikolaevna (Goncharova-Pushkina) and their daughters Alexandra (b. 1845), Sofia (b. 1846), Elizaveta (b. 1848). All daughters were baptized in the church of the Life-Guard Horse Regiment. The service list of Petr Petrovich lists his origin: from the hereditary nobility of the province of Novgorod.
      6. Golitsyn, P.P. List of Noble Families of the Province of Novgorod included in the Noble Register Since the year 1787 up to January 1, 1910. Novgorod, 1910.
      We checked this source as well.
      Only the same Lanskoy family is listed:
      Petr Petrovich and his children Alexandra, Sofia, Elizaveta entered in the 2nd part of the Noble Register (see item 6 of this report) according to decision of the Ruling Senate from May 24, 1860.
      7. We applied to the compiler of the data base on participants of the White Movement. This researcher worked with many archival and published sources for many years and compiled such a base as a result.
      He did not find a mention on Nikolai Pavlovich or Nikolai Nikolaevich Lanskoy in his notes and copies of many lists which he has in possession. (There are the people with the surname Lanskoy but other names). As, he has the lists of people who graduated from the Cavalry Schools in the years 1900-1917, the lists of people who escaped from Crimea with the White Army in the year 1918 and others.
      In addition, we should keep in mind that if he was listed as cornet in the obituary, it means that he was not promoted to the next rank. (It is quite unusual for people who served in the White Army during the civil war).
      Dear Mr. Petersen, after receiving and analyzing all information exposed above, I should ask you about the sources from which you received initial information. I mean: the name and patronymic of Nikolai Pavlovich; his Count title: nobility registered in the province of Novgorod.
      On this step we may suppose that just the people listed in the "All Petersburg" directory may be convenient if to compare with your initial information: Retired Major-General Lanskoy, Pavel Pavlovich and his daughter (as we suppose) Lanskaia Vera Pavlovna. But they did not have a Count title.
      As a continuation of search we may offer the following.
      -Russian State Historic Military Archive (located in Moscow) contains a big collection of service lists of officers. We may hope to reveal such documents of Nikolai or some his brothers. The service lists contain entries about not only service, promotions, awards of a person but about his origin, education, real estate property, composition of the family as well. So, we may receive a good information if such document concerning Nikolai was compiled before the revolt. In addition, we could find the service list of the Major-General Lanskoy, Pavel Pavlovich and see if the son Nikolai who was born in the year 1892 is listed in this document. Since it is really the most direct way to continue, I already asked our Moscow researcher to check the finding aids of this Archive. You will be informed about estimation after/if necessary sources are revealed.
      -Selection the files concerning the Lanskoy nobility registered in different provinces for the most late period of time in the Fond 1343 and brief looking through the documents in hope to find Pavel who had a wife Endoksia (Evdokia), nee Rzhevskaia in one from them. (Of course, the second file about the Lanskoy nobility registered in the province of Novgorod may be studied too, but I do not think that it is reasonable to do this before we find out the names of the members of necessary family for the year 1850. We just will not be able to understand if the people listed in these documents could be Nikolai's relatives).
      -The registers of the parish of the Life-Guard Horse Regiment are in the Central Historic Archive of St. Petersburg. Since we know that members of the Lanskoy family had a tradition to baptize children there, we may look for an entry about Nikolai's birth/baptizing. The complete names and patronymics of the parents and position of the father should be listed there. In addition, the relatives were the God parents as a rule. So, such entry could give us a good clue for a search continuation.
      -Applying to the local historic Archive located in the city of Novgorod to check the Fond of the Novgorod Noble Assembly. It makes sense if you are sure that the family was registered among the nobility of just this province. On the other hand, the directory compiled by Golitsyn (see item 6 of this report) does not confirm this.
      Dear Mr. Petersen, it is all the work which we could complete on this step. As you may see, the continuation of the work may be quite promising. Please let us know from what source you would like to continue this research and I will estimate the work. According to my opinion, we should start the next step with the Russian State Historic Military Archive, but of course you may have another suggestion."

      3. On 5/24/05, Elena Tsvetkova , researcher for Kenny Petersen wrote:
      "We found a new character for investigation: the Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Mikhailovich. He resided Moscow, it is why we did not find him before looking through the St. Petersburg directories.
      We found him in the St. Petersburg High Society Annual for the year 1914. St. Petersburg, 1914.
      A Countess Lanskaia, Anna Sergeevna is listed with the same note (resides Moscow) as well.
      No more information about them is provided.
      We received more information about the Count Lanskoy who resided in Moscow from the directory "All Moscow":
      It turned out that the Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Mikhailovich had a rank of the titular councilor and served in the Moscow Office of the Emperor's Theatres (years 1916, 1917). In the year 1917, Lanskaia Varvara Mikhailovna is listed on the same address (the Countess title is not listed).
      Now we try to find his service list in the Russian State Historic Archive. Such document could let us information about his children. If to remember that the patronymic of Nikolay could be Pavlovich or NIKOLAEVICH, we may hope that just this person appears to be Nikolay's father.
      In the same time we look for the brothers Georgy, Andrey and Nikolay in the materials concerning two Cadet Corps which were located in St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, we did not find published directories for the convenient years. Because of this we look for their documents in the Russian State Historic Military Archive which keeps the documents of the both Cadet Corps. Hope to find out if their documents are there to the end of this week.
      So, we work. I just did not want to overload you with information which may appear to be not related with your family after checking this."

      4. From Kenny Petersen to his researcher Elena Tsvetkova , Jul 1, 2005 at 12:34 PM
      "Elena,
      Excellent research. I hereby authorize the charge of 20 more hours for continued research. I especially liked pursuing the Nikolaevich connections in Moscow as you noted:
      'If to trust this information, Alexander and Stepan Sergeevich junior were not married and could not have legal Children. In such a case the sons of Natalia Nikolaevna were the grandsons of Michael Sergeevich (1829-1905), and her husband was a Major General Count Lanskoy, Stepan Mikhailovich. (We just compiled this name from the patronymics formed from the names of previous and subsequent generations).
      'So, Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Stepanovich, b. 1862, the son of colonel could be the son of this (still virtual) Stepan Mikhailovich. The service list of the person who had such a rank has to be in the Russian State Historic Military Archive. We may look for such document and check our supposition by such a way (the children should be listed there). But first we should understand if some from these Nikolais was the father of Nikolai Nikolaevich (Pavlovich).
      It appears to be our best lead unless you think of something else. (Maybe the Life-Guard birth records, but I will let you choose.) I will trust you choice of direction and use of time."

      5. From: Elena Tsvetkova Oct 14, 2005 researcher for Kenny Petersen:
      "Dear Kenny,
      I am sorry for a long silence. It was caused with the fact that the Archives were closed for a summer vacation in Russia. After they were opened, we tried again. We spent 12 hours to this work but did not receive some important information. You still have a credit and should not send the next advance. I just wish to keep you informed about the course of our research.
      1. We checked some materials available in the Central Historic Archive of St. Petersburg.
      Since the Counts Lanskoy baptized their children in the church of the Life-Guard Horse Regiment (see our report from October 14, 2004), we checked the entries in the registers of this parish for the years 1891-1893 (to be sure) available in the Fond 19 inventory 128 files 186, 222, 276. Unfortunately, an entry about birth/baptizing Nikolai is missing there.
      So, he could be baptized in other St. Petersburg or in a Moscow church. In our previous report we wrote about a Count Lanskoy, Nikolai Mikhailovich and a Countess Lanskaia, Anna Sergeevna who resided in Moscow.
      Just to remind you:
      The Count Lanskoy, NIKOLAI Mikhailovich had a rank of the titular councilor and served in the Moscow Office of the Emperor's Theatres (years 1916, 1917). The address of the house of this Chancellery is listed: #1, Kuznetski line. In the year 1917, Lanskaia, Varvara Mikhailovna is listed at the same address (the Countess title is not listed). She could be the sister of Nikolai Mikhailovich.
      From the archival documents (see the same report) we know that he was moving to the St. Petersburg office of the Direction of Emperor Theatres since December 15, 1916. So, he could be in Moscow in 1892. If to suppose that Nikolai could be the son of Nikolai Mikhailovich, he could be born in Moscow and not in St. Petersburg.
      I would offer to check the registers of the Moscow perishes, but it is not possible since we do not know in what church he could be baptized. Unfortunately, the registers are not supplied with indexes of names and it is not possible to check the documents of hundreds Moscow churches even if we know the date.
      Anyway, should not we check the Moscow Cadet schools? If you remember, we checked the schools located in St. Petersburg but did not find the documents of the cadet Nikolai Lanskoy there.
      Previously we found the exams record book of Count Lanskoy, NIKOLAI Stepanovich. He was born on March 7, 1863. Son of colonel. The nobility of his family was registered in the province of Vladimir. Studied in the 2nd Moscow military gymnasia since September 1874 up to June 20, 1880. On June 20, 1880, he was moved to the 2nd St. Petersburg military gymnasia and graduated from there according to 1st category in the year 1882. (Russian State Historic Military Archive Fond 315 inventory 1 file 2323).
      Taking into account information about his origin, we checked the directory:
      Tregubov M.I. Alphabetic List of Noble Families of the Province of Vladimir. Vladimir, 1905. The directory consists of three parts: nobility confirmed with the Senate, not confirmed yet, and not confirmed because of not enough proofs. The Lanskoy are not listed at all.
      Since the patronymic of Nikolai was Stepanovich, we checked the documents of the file "Concerning education of children of the Count S.S. Lanskoy" in the collection of documents of the Petrograd Noble Assembly. (Central Historic Archive of St. Petersburg Fond 536 inventory 11 file 209). No one Nikolai is listed in these documents.
      2. You may know about a Stalin repressive era in the Soviet Union. Millions people were arrested, exiled, imprisoned, shot that time. The members of noble families could be arrested or shot just because of their origin. Any person could be arrested because of a fabricated sentence. We checked if the documents concerning the arrest of the Lanskoy with the names Pavel, Nikolai and Endoksia (and similar variants) arrested after 1918 are in the Archive of St. Petersburg FSB (former KGB) office. No one person with such names is listed.
      Short information about repressed people compiled according to archival documents, is publishing in the special Memory Books of Victims of Political Repressions last years. Of course, not all repressed people are entered there and this information is completing with more and more names.
      To be sure we checked such sources. If a part of family stayed in Soviet Russia, some from them could be repressed. If so, we could find out not only about this sad fact but also about the exact location of their origin and residence. The files concerning the cases of each person are in the Archives of local FSB offices in the same cities when the people were arrested. Such files include personal and family information. In addition, the repressed people were rehabilitated. It is possible to find the leaving relatives who initiated rehabilitation by such a way.
      We found the following people:
      Lanskoy, Pavel Vasilievich, was born in the year 1870.
      Place of birth: the province of Novgorod.
      Served as the bookkeeper of ship-repair factory in the city of Archangelsk.
      Arrested on July 14, 1920.
      Accused because of anti-Soviet agitation.
      Sentenced to 5 years being in labor-corrective camp.
      Lanskoy, Sergei Pavlovich, was born in the year 1870 [may be the son of Pavel Vasilievich].
      Place of birth: Karelia.
      Served in the timber company in the city of Archangelsk.
      Arrested on December 15, 1937.
      Accused because of anti-Soviet agitation.
      Accused to be shot on January 20, 1938.
      Lanskoy, Pavel Alexandrovich, was born in the year 1879.
      Place of birth: the village of Sosninskaia Pristan, Chudovo district of the province of Novgorod.
      Resided in the city of Staraia Russa of the province of Novgorod.
      Chief of mechanic equipment department of the timber rafting company.
      Arrested on March 25, 1933.
      Sentenced to 10 years being in labor-corrective camp.
      Lanskoy, Anatoli Vasilievich, was born in the year 1898.
      Place of birth: the settlement Opochenski Posad of the Borovichi district, the province of Novgorod.
      Resided in the same settlement.
      Served as the bookkeeper.
      Arrested on January 13, 1931.
      The case was stopped.
      Lanskoy, Sergei Sergeevich, was born in the year 1891.
      Place of birth: Moscow.
      Served as the bookkeeper assistant on the poultry farm in the city of Biisk.
      Arrested on June 8, 1937.
      Shot on August 25, 1937.
      Lanskoy, Ivan Jakovlevich, was born in the year 1887.
      Place of birth: the village of Diadkovo in the Dmitrov region, Moscow region.
      Resided in the city of Gorki, the province of Nizhni Novgorod.
      Arrested on October 22, 1940.
      Sentenced to 7 years being in labor-corrective camp.
      As you may see, mostly the people originated from the province of Novgorod are listed. It is possible to apply to the FSB Archives to find out their origin. It could help to understand the social status of the Lanskoy who resided in this province. (According to your initial information, the family was registered in that province). I do not insist, just offer.
      3. There is one more way. I did not offer it to you before because it is rather labor intensive and will not give some important result. You wrote that Nikolai's brothers were killed during the WWI and he was wounded twice. The lists of killed and wounded were published in the provincial newspapers. If to be sure that they went to the war from St. Petersburg, it is possible to check such lists in the issues of the St. Petersburg Provincial Records. If we can not be sure, it is possible to examine the lists for all the Russian Empire which were published in the military newspaper Russkii Invalid. There are no indexes and it is necessary to work with many lists published in many issues. As a result, we may receive: the names and patronymic; military rank; military unit; date of killing (or wounding), may be some more information. Does it make a sense?"

      BURIAL:
      1. Buried under one stone at the Orthodox Cemetery in Caucade, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; the dates are European style day-month-year. The stone is black, horizontal, and located about three or so rows in and about the second stone on the left:
      -Leonide Sabaneeff, 2-10-1881/3-5-1968
      -Tamara Sabaneeff nee Kouznetzoff, 2-11-1895/16-9-1980
      -Nicholas De Lanskoy, 21-10-1892/30-10-1977