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{{Short description|Organization that cultivates the memory of the Russian imperial family}}
{{Infobox Organization
{{Infobox organization
|name = Romanov Family Association
| name = Romanov Family Association
|image = House of Romanoff.jpg
| image = House of Romanoff.jpg
|image_size = 250px
| image_size = 250px
|motto = God with Us
|formation = 1979
| formation = 1979
|type = Family Association
| type = Family association
|membership = Members of the Romanov family
| membership = [[House of Romanov]]
|leader_title = President
| leader_title = President
|leader_name = [[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]]
| leader_name = [[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]]
| leader_title2 = Vice President
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|main_organ = General assembly
| leader_name2 = [[Prince Rostislav Romanov (born 1985)|Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich]]
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|website = [http://www.romanovfamily.org/ romanovfamily.org]
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| main_organ = General assembly
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| website = {{URL|romanovfamily.org}}
}}
}}
The '''Romanov Family Association''' ({{lang-ru|Объединение Членов Рода Романовых, Obyedineniye Chlenov Roda Romanovykh}}) is an organization for descendants of the former Russian Imperial House. It was created in 1979 and officially registered in [[Switzerland]]. The current head of the organization is [[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]].{{cn|date=June 2018}}
The '''Romanov Family Association''' ('''RFA''', frequently written as '''Romanoff'''; {{langx|ru|Объедине́ние чле́нов рода́ Рома́новых|translit=Obyedinéniye chlénov rodá Románovykh}}) is an organization for descendants of the former [[Russian Imperial House]]. It was created in 1979 and officially registered in [[Switzerland]]. The current head of the organization is Princess Olga Andreevna.


==History==
==History==
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The idea for the creation of a family association was thought up by [[Prince Vsevolod Ioannovich]], [[Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia|Prince Roman Petrovich]] and [[Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Andrei Alexandrovich]] the heads of the [[Branches of the Russian Imperial Family#Konstantinovichi|Konstantinovichi]], [[Branches of the Russian Imperial Family#Nikolaevichi|Nikolaevichi]] and [[Branches of the Russian Imperial Family#Mihailovichi|Mihailovichi]] branches of the Imperial Family in order to strengthen the links between the family and protect it from [[Romanov impostors|impostors]].<ref name="one">{{cite web |date=1998-03-29 |title=The Romanoff Family Association |url=http://romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706190519/http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2008-07-06 |access-date=2008-07-25 |publisher=Romanov Family Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Flintoff |first=John-Paul |date=2003-09-19 |title=Lunch with the FT: Nicholas Romanov |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=030919002239 |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928072555/http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=030919002239 |archive-date=2008-09-28}}</ref> Following the death of Prince Roman Petrovich in 1978, his son [[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia|Prince Nicholas Romanovich]], after looking through his father's papers found that everything was effectively in place for the creation of a family association. Prince Nicholas then wrote to all the Romanovs who had been in communication with his father and it was agreed that a Family Association should be created. In 1979 the Romanov Family Association was officially formed with [[Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich]] as president and Prince Nicholas Romanovich as vice president. Prince Nicholas Romanovich was elected president, following [[Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Vasili Alexandrovich]] who died in 1989.<ref name="one" />


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The association accepts that since 3 March ([[Julian Calendar]]) / 16 March ([[Gregorian Calendar]]), 1917 with the decree of [[Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia]]'s deferral of acceptance of the throne, that the [[Russian Provisional Government]] was recognized.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manifesto |url=http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html |access-date=2008-07-25 |publisher=histdoc.net}}</ref> Article IV-b of the bylaws of the Romanov Family Association states "The Members of the Association agree that all questions concerning the form of government in Russia and consequently also all matters of a dynastic character have been transmitted to the will of the great Russian people by the Manifest of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, which followed the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II on the basis of 'general, direct, equal and secret voting'."<ref name="one" />
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The idea for the creation of a family association was thought up by [[Prince Vsevolod Ioannovich]], [[Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia|Prince Roman Petrovich]] and [[Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Andrei Alexandrovich]] the heads of the [[Branches of the Russian Imperial Family#Konstantinovichi|Konstantinovichi]], [[Branches of the Russian Imperial Family#Nikolaevichi|Nikolaevichi]] and [[Branches of the Russian Imperial Family#Mihailovichi|Mihailovichi]] branches of the Imperial Family in order to strengthen the links between the family and protect it from [[Romanov impostors|impostors]].<ref name=one>{{cite web |url=http://romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html |title=The Romanoff Family Association |accessdate=2008-07-25 |date=1998-03-29 |publisher=Romanov Family Association |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080706190519/http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=John-Paul |last=Flintoff |title=Lunch with the FT: Nicholas Romanov |url=http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=030919002239 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928072555/http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=030919002239 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-28 |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |date=2003-09-19 |accessdate=2008-07-25 }}</ref> Following the death of Prince Roman Petrovich in 1978, his son [[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia|Prince Nicholas Romanovich]], after looking through his father's papers found that everything was effectively in place for the creation of a family association. Prince Nicholas then wrote to all the Romanovs who had been in communication with his father and it was agreed that a Family Association should be created. In 1979 the Romanov Family Association was officially formed with [[Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich]] as president and Prince Nicholas Romanovich as vice president. Prince Nicholas Romanovich was elected president, following [[Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Vasili Alexandrovich]] who died in 1989.<ref name=one/>


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As a charitable endeavor, the association operates the Romanov Fund for Russia to raise money for aid projects in Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Romanov Fund for Russia |url=http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/ |access-date=2008-07-25}}</ref>
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The association accepts that since 3 March ([[Julian Calendar]]) / 16 March ([[Gregorian Calendar]]), 1917 with the decree of [[Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia]]'s deferral of acceptance of the throne, that the [[Russian Provisional Government]] was recognized.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html |title=Manifesto |accessdate=2008-07-25 |publisher=histdoc.net }}</ref> Article IV-b of the bylaws of the Romanov Family Association states "The Members of the Association agree that all questions concerning the form of government in Russia and consequently also all matters of a dynastic character have been transmitted to the will of the great Russian people by the Manifest of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, which followed the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II on the basis of 'general, direct, equal and secret voting'."<ref name=one/>

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As a charitable endeavor, the association operates the Romanov Fund for Russia to raise money for aid projects in Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/ |title=The Romanov Fund for Russia |accessdate=2008-07-25 |publisher= }}</ref>


==Members==
==Members==
The Romanov Family Association (RFA) is an organization of legitimate male-line descendants of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. While extensive, it by no means includes all of the House of Romanov or all Romanov descendants; [[Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia|Maria Vladimirovna]] has never joined and neither did her late father, [[Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia|Vladimir Cyrillovich]]. The Association attributes the title of ''Prince'' or ''Princess of Russia'' to each of its members. Members of the Association now{{when|date=June 2018}} living are:
The Romanov Family Association (RFA) is an organization of legitimate male-line descendants of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. While extensive, it by no means includes all of the House of Romanov or all Romanov descendants; [[Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia|Maria Vladimirovna]] has never joined and neither did her late father, [[Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia|Vladimir Cyrillovich]]. The Association attributes the title of ''Prince'' or ''Princess of Russia'' to each of its members. Members of the Association now{{when|date=June 2018}} living are:

* Prince Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1954), grandson of [[Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia|Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich]]
* Prince Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1954), grandson of [[Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia|Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich]]
** Princess Catherine Dmitrievna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1981), daughter of Prince Dmitri Pavlovich
** Princess Catherine Dmitrievna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1981), daughter of Prince Dmitri Pavlovich
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* Princess Elizabeth Nikolaevna (b. 1956), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
* Princess Elizabeth Nikolaevna (b. 1956), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
* Princess Tatiana Nikolaevna (b. 1961), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
* Princess Tatiana Nikolaevna (b. 1961), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
* [[Prince Andrew Romanov|Prince Andrew Andreevich]] (b. 1923), son of [[Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Andrei Alexandrovich]]
** Prince Alexis Andreevich (b. 1953), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
** Prince Alexis Andreevich (b. 1953), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
** Prince Peter Andreevich (b. 1961), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
** Prince Peter Andreevich (b. 1961), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
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* Princess Marina Vasilievna (b. 1940), daughter of [[Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Vasili Alexandrovich]]
* Princess Marina Vasilievna (b. 1940), daughter of [[Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Vasili Alexandrovich]]


The RFA also offers Associate Memberships to the children and grandchildren of princesses and grand duchesses, widows and widowers of princes and princesses and grand dukes and grand duchesses, as well as people who have always shown close ties to the Romanovs. As of 1998, there are two living Associate Members:<ref name="romanovfundforrussia.org">[http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325144855/http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html |date=March 25, 2010 }}</ref>
The RFA also offers Associate Memberships to the children and grandchildren of princesses and grand duchesses, widows and widowers of princes and princesses and grand dukes and grand duchesses, as well as people who have always shown close ties to the Romanovs. One of the Associate Members as of 1998 is still alive:<ref name="romanovfundforrussia.org">[http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325144855/http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/family.html|date=25 March 2010}}</ref>

* Mrs Xenia Sfiris née Countess [[Sheremetev]]a (b. 1942), granddaughter of [[Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia|Princess Irina Alexandrovna]]
* Mrs Xenia Sfiris née Countess [[Sheremetev]]a (b. 1942), granddaughter of [[Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia|Princess Irina Alexandrovna]]
* Prince David Pavlovich Chavchavadze, son of the late Princess Nina Gheorgievna


==General Assembly==
==General Assembly==
*President: [[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]] (UK)
* President: [[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]]
*Vice President: [[Prince Rostislav Romanov (b. 1985)|Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich]] (UK)
* Vice president: [[Prince Rostislav Romanov (b. 1985)|Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich]]


'''Committee Members''':
===Committee members===
*[[Prince Alexis Romanov|Prince Alexis Andreevich]] (USA)
* [[Prince Alexis Romanov|Prince Alexis Andreevich]]
* Prince Artyom Alekseyevich
*Prince Nikita Rostislavovich (UK)
* Prince Nikita Rostislavovich
*Princess Natalia Nikolaevna (Italy)
* Princess Natalia Nikolaevna
*Princess Catherine Dmitrievna (USA)
* Princess Catherine Dmitrievna
*Princess Alexandra Rostislavna (UK)
* Princess Alexandra Rostislavna


==Presidents==
== Presidents ==
*[[Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich]] (1979–1980)
* [[Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich]] (1979–1980)
*[[Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Vasili Alexandrovich]] (1980–1989)
* [[Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia|Prince Vasili Alexandrovich]] (1980–1989)
*[[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia|Prince Nicholas Romanovich]] (1989–2014)
* [[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia|Prince Nicholas Romanovich]] (1989–2014)
*[[Prince Dimitri Romanov]]ich (2014—2016)
* [[Prince Dimitri Romanov]]ich (2014–2016)
*[[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]] (Since December 2017)<ref name=russbey>[[Russia Beyond]]. 11 December 2017. [https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/326992-romanovs-elect-new-chairman Romanovs Elect New Chairman to Spearhead Dynasty]. Retrieved 18 July 2018.</ref>
* [[Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff|Princess Olga Andreevna]] (since December 2017)<ref name="russbey">[[Russia Beyond]]. 11 December 2017. [https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/326992-romanovs-elect-new-chairman Romanovs Elect New Chairman to Spearhead Dynasty]. Retrieved 18 July 2018.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Line of succession to the former Russian throne]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.romanovfamily.org/ Official '''Romanov Family Association''' website]
* {{Official website}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080531095654/http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/succession.html Romanov Family Association statement on succession]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531095654/http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/family/succession.html Romanov Family Association statement on succession]
*[http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/ The Romanov Fund for Russia]
* [http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org/ The Romanov Fund for Russia]
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Romanov Family Association
Formation1979
TypeFamily association
MembershipHouse of Romanov
President
Princess Olga Andreevna
Vice President
Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich
Main organ
General assembly
Websiteromanovfamily.org

The Romanov Family Association (RFA, frequently written as Romanoff; Russian: Объедине́ние чле́нов рода́ Рома́новых, romanized: Obyedinéniye chlénov rodá Románovykh) is an organization for descendants of the former Russian Imperial House. It was created in 1979 and officially registered in Switzerland. The current head of the organization is Princess Olga Andreevna.

History

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The idea for the creation of a family association was thought up by Prince Vsevolod Ioannovich, Prince Roman Petrovich and Prince Andrei Alexandrovich the heads of the Konstantinovichi, Nikolaevichi and Mihailovichi branches of the Imperial Family in order to strengthen the links between the family and protect it from impostors.[1][2] Following the death of Prince Roman Petrovich in 1978, his son Prince Nicholas Romanovich, after looking through his father's papers found that everything was effectively in place for the creation of a family association. Prince Nicholas then wrote to all the Romanovs who had been in communication with his father and it was agreed that a Family Association should be created. In 1979 the Romanov Family Association was officially formed with Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich as president and Prince Nicholas Romanovich as vice president. Prince Nicholas Romanovich was elected president, following Prince Vasili Alexandrovich who died in 1989.[1]

The association accepts that since 3 March (Julian Calendar) / 16 March (Gregorian Calendar), 1917 with the decree of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia's deferral of acceptance of the throne, that the Russian Provisional Government was recognized.[3] Article IV-b of the bylaws of the Romanov Family Association states "The Members of the Association agree that all questions concerning the form of government in Russia and consequently also all matters of a dynastic character have been transmitted to the will of the great Russian people by the Manifest of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, which followed the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II on the basis of 'general, direct, equal and secret voting'."[1]

As a charitable endeavor, the association operates the Romanov Fund for Russia to raise money for aid projects in Russia.[4]

Members

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The Romanov Family Association (RFA) is an organization of legitimate male-line descendants of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. While extensive, it by no means includes all of the House of Romanov or all Romanov descendants; Maria Vladimirovna has never joined and neither did her late father, Vladimir Cyrillovich. The Association attributes the title of Prince or Princess of Russia to each of its members. Members of the Association now[when?] living are:

  • Prince Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1954), grandson of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich
    • Princess Catherine Dmitrievna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1981), daughter of Prince Dmitri Pavlovich
    • Princess Victoria Dmitrievna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1984), daughter of Prince Dmitri Pavlovich
    • Princess Lela Dmitrievna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1986), daughter of Prince Dmitri Pavlovich
  • Princess Paula Pavlovna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1956), granddaughter of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich
  • Princess Anna Pavlovna Romanov-Ilynsky (b. 1959), granddaughter of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich
  • Princess Natalia Nikolaevna (b. 1952), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
  • Princess Elizabeth Nikolaevna (b. 1956), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
  • Princess Tatiana Nikolaevna (b. 1961), granddaughter of Prince Roman Petrovich
    • Prince Alexis Andreevich (b. 1953), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
    • Prince Peter Andreevich (b. 1961), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
    • Prince Andrew Andreevich (b. 1963), grandson of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
  • Princess Olga Andreevna (b. 1950), daughter of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich
  • Prince Rostislav Rostislavich (b. 1985), grandson of Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich
  • Prince Nikita Rostislavich (b. 1987), grandson of Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich
  • Princess Stephena Rostislavna (b. 1963), granddaughter of Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich
  • Princess Alexandra Rostislavna (b. 1983), granddaughter of Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich
  • Princess Marina Vasilievna (b. 1940), daughter of Prince Vasili Alexandrovich

The RFA also offers Associate Memberships to the children and grandchildren of princesses and grand duchesses, widows and widowers of princes and princesses and grand dukes and grand duchesses, as well as people who have always shown close ties to the Romanovs. One of the Associate Members as of 1998 is still alive:[5]

General Assembly

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Committee members

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  • Prince Alexis Andreevich
  • Prince Artyom Alekseyevich
  • Prince Nikita Rostislavovich
  • Princess Natalia Nikolaevna
  • Princess Catherine Dmitrievna
  • Princess Alexandra Rostislavna

Presidents

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Romanoff Family Association". Romanov Family Association. 29 March 1998. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  2. ^ Flintoff, John-Paul (19 September 2003). "Lunch with the FT: Nicholas Romanov". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Manifesto". histdoc.net. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  4. ^ "The Romanov Fund for Russia". Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Russia Beyond. 11 December 2017. Romanovs Elect New Chairman to Spearhead Dynasty. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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