Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . ed, and she usedto be called at that time the Queen of husband, Prince Serge Belosselsky-Belosersky, isnow a general and attached to the Emperors is fighting at the Caucasian front, and their elderson is likewise in the army. Prince Serges parents arestill alive, they are both of them old and seldom seenin society. The Bolosselskys were very rich at onetime, but having spent their money too royallythey were obliged to retrench. Their magnificentpalace
Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . ed, and she usedto be called at that time the Queen of husband, Prince Serge Belosselsky-Belosersky, isnow a general and attached to the Emperors is fighting at the Caucasian front, and their elderson is likewise in the army. Prince Serges parents arestill alive, they are both of them old and seldom seenin society. The Bolosselskys were very rich at onetime, but having spent their money too royallythey were obliged to retrench. Their magnificentpalace on the Nevsky had to be sold, and becamethe residence of the late Grand Duke Serge and ofhis widow the Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna,when she comes to Petrograd. Since the sale of their town mansion PrinceConstantine Belosselsky and his wife, nee Skobeleff,have retired to the islands. One of these, Krestov-sky by name, belongs to them entirely, and theypossess a beautiful manor house there, which usedto be only their summer dwelling but has now be-come their permanent residence. Two of their sonslive there too. vi. PRINCESS SUZANNE , NEEMISS WHITTIER, AN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PETROGRAD 293 The old General aide-de-camp, Prince Belosselsky,was the brother of the Princess Lise few years ago he became a Roman Catholic, buthis family has remained faithful to the OrthodoxChurch. For years the Belosselsky family have beenconsidered infected by Anglomania ; they alwaysspeak English amongst themselves, and lead anEnglish life, strictly adhering to all British are great adepts at sport. Most of thefashionable English games have been introducedby them to Petrograd society. They have beauti-fully organised golf links on their Krestovsky island ;a perfect tennis ground, and a superb ground for polo,football, cricket, etc. The polo matches are con-sidered especially elegant, and at one time it wasquite the thing for ladies of fashion to h
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