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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 · Learn how Serge Obolensky, a former Russian cavalry officer and Oxford graduate, became an American citizen and a US Army paratrooper in World War II. He was the first to liberate the island of Sardinia from the Axis forces in 1943.
Learn how a Russian aristocrat became a U.S. commando at 53 and led a secret mission to liberate Sardinia from the Axis forces in World War II. Discover his remarkable life story from the Russian Revolution to the hotel business in New York.
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...
24 de mar. de 2020 · Learn about the fascinating life of Sergei Obolensky, who escaped the Bolsheviks, married into the Astor family, and became a key figure in the U.S. Special Forces and hotel industry. Discover his roles in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, and his marriages to the daughters of Alexander II and John Jacob Astor IV.
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...
