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 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
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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)
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