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Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky Neledinsky-Meletzky (November 3, 1890 – September 29, 1978), known as Serge Obolensky, was a Russian-born aristocrat then American citizen, U.S. Army colonel, socialite and publicist. He served as vice chairman of the board of directors of the Hilton Hotels Corporation.
This heady concoction sounds too extraordinary to be true, but life can be stranger than fiction, as Obolensky well knew. Let us begin, though, at the beginning, in 1890, when Serge Obolensky was born, the heir to one of Russia's grandest aristocratic families.
30 de mar. de 2023 · When Lt. Col. Serge Obolensky left the U.S. military after World War II, his transition was like many other Americans leaving the service after the war.
Prince Serge Obolensky became a U.S. commando at the age of 53 and single-handedly liberated Sardinia from thousands of enemy troops during World War II.
24 de mar. de 2020 · The life of the Russian aristocrat, Prince Sergei (Serge) Obolensky, was full of rises and falls, deprivations, great financial success, and military exploits. During the First World War he was awarded the highest medals for personal courage; later, the Bolsheviks hunted him.
Scion of a wealthy White Russian family and husband of Czar Alexander II’s daughter, the Oxford-educated Obolensky fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla...
Serge Obolensky. McDowell, Obolensky, 1958 - Europe - 433 pages. Memoirs of Serge Obolensky. Born a prince in Czarist Russia, these memoirs follow his life across three wars and three...
