Oleksandra Skoropadska

Oleksandra Skoropadska
Олександра Скоропадська
Spouse of the Hetman of Ukraine
In role
1918
Preceded byMaria-Ivanna Hrushevska (as First Lady of Ukraine)
Succeeded byRozalia Vynnychenko (as First Lady of Ukraine)
Personal details
Born
Oleksandra Petrivna Durnovo

(1878-05-23)23 May 1878
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died29 December 1952(1952-12-29) (aged 74)
Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany
SpousePavlo Skoropadskyi
Children6
Alma materSorbonne University
OccupationSpouse of the Hetman of Ukraine

Oleksandra Petrivna Skoropadska (née Durnovo; 23 May 1878 – 29 December 1952) was a spouse of Ukrainian political and military leader Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a member of the Skoropadsky family and Hetman of Ukraine (1918).

11 January 1898, she married Pavlo Skoropadskyi[1] 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]

  1. ^ Kulyova, V. General's daughter. Khreshchatyk. 8 November 2002
  2. ^ Lilly, The Hetman's Daughter