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The Russian Summer Ball was founded by Alexander Ivanovich Suscenko and members of the Russian émigré community and friends in London.    

                   

"The Russian Summer Ball has become a tradition, a ritual and even
etiquette for old Russians, new Russians and everybody who simply
wants to be Russian -even if only for a couple of hours."
Ogoniok

                                                                                 


History of past balls:

 

24/05/1996      The (First) Russian Summer Ball, The Irish

                      Club                           

06/06/1997      2nd Russian Summer Ball, Six Hamilton Place

05/06/1998      3rd Russian Summer Ball, The Naval and Military Club

19/06/1999      4th Russian Summer Ball, The Naval and Military Club

                       Guest of Honour: HH Prince Nicholas of Russia

10/06/2000      5th Russian Summer Ball, The Savile Club   

23/06/2001      6th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace: Guests of Honour T.H. Prince and

                       Princess Alexander of Russia

08/06/2002      7th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace

21/06/2003      8th Russian Summer Ball, The Cavalry and Guards Club

19/06/2004      9th Russian Summer Ball, The Cavalry and Guards Club

                       Guests of Honour: TH Prince and Princess Dimitri of Russia

25/06/2005      10th Anniversary Russian Summer Ball, The Cavalry

                       and Guards Club. Guest of Honour: HH Prince Dimitri

                       of Russia Attended: HE The Russian Ambassador Mr Yuri

                       Fedotov

01/07/2006      11th Russian Summer Ball, The Cavalry and Guards Club

                       Guests of Honour: TH Prince and Princess Dimitri of Russia

07/06/2007      12th Russian Summer Ball, The Cavalry and Guards Club

                       Guests of Honour: TH Prince and Princess Dimitri of Russia

                       Attended: HE The Russian Ambassador Mr Yuri Fedotov

14/06/2008      13th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace. Guests of Honour: TH Prince and

                       Princess Dimitri of Russia, H.H.Princesss Olga of Russia

06/06/2009      14th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace. Guests of Honour: TH Prince and

                       Princess Dimitri of Russia, H.H. Princess Olga of Russia.

                       The Charge d'Affaires Mr Alexander Sternik

12/06/2010       15th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace. Guests of Honour: TH Prince and Princess

                       Dimitri of Russia, HHPrincess Olga of Russia, HE The

                       Russian Ambassador Mr Yuri Fedotov

11/06/2011      16th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace. Guests of Honour: HH Princess Olga of

                       Russia, HH Prince Rostislav of Russia, HE The Russian

                       Ambassador Mr Alexander Yakovenko

16/06/2012      17th Russian Summer Ball, The Banqueting House,

                       Whitehall Palace. Guests of Honour: TH Prince and Princess

                       Dimitri of Russia, HH Princess Olga of Russia, HH Prince

                       Rostislav of Russia, HH Princess Alexandra of Russia

 

 

 

Guests have included:

 

T.H. The Prince and Princess Alexander of Russia,

T.H. Prince and Princess Dimitri of Russia,

H.H. Princess Olga of Russia,

H.H. Prince Nicholas of Russia,

H.H. Princess Rostislav of Russia,

H.R.H. Princess Victoria Saxe-Coburg & Gotha,

Prince Karl Emich zu Leiningen,

H.R.H. Princess Tomislav of Yugoslavia,

H.R.H. Prince George of Yugoslavia,

H.R.H. Prince Michael of Yugoslavia,

H.E. The Russian Ambassador,

Sergei Leiferkus,

Sergei Larin,

Ivana Trump,

Liz Brewer

 

Charities involved in the past:

 

Restoration Fund of the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene,

Jerusalem (1996-2001)

The Building Appeal Fund of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of

the Dormition in London (1996-2001)

Children's Home at the Russian Convent of the Virgin, Santiago,

Chile (2001-2004)

The Romanov Fund for Russia (2004- )

The Oxford-St. Petersburg Educational Trust (2005)