София Петровна (Долгорукова) Skipwith (1907 - 1994)
Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Dolgorukova; 23 October [1] – 26 February [2]) was a Russian princess, who after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews from the Holocaust. 
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Sofka Skipwith (née Dolgorouky) was born , in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of Prince Peter Alexandrovitch Dolgorouky of St. Petersburg, Russia. Her grandfather, Prince Dolgorouky was Grand Marshal of the Imperial Court and a descendant of the founders of Moscow. Sofka Skipwith (Author of Sofka) - Goodreads
Sofka Skipworth was a Russian princess imprisoned by the Nazis who saved 51 Jews from the gas chamber. Born Princess Sophia Dolgorouky in St. Petersburg in , Sofka was the only child of Prince Peter Alexandrovitch Dolgorouky and Countess Sophy Bobrinsky. Toggle share options
Born in St Petersburg in as Princess Sofka Dolgrouky, she was brought up with a privileged life (an English governess and playing with the Tsarevich) until the Revolution changed everything in
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Sofka (Долгорукова) Skipwith saved the lives of 51 Jews. Assisted children to escape from the Holocaust and recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations awardee Sofka Dolgorukova was born in
Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Dolgorukova; 23 October 1907 [1] – 26 February 1994 [2]) was a Russian princess, who after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews from the Holocaust.
Sofka Skipwith (née Dolgorouky) was born 1907, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of Prince Peter Alexandrovitch Dolgorouky of St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1937 Sofka divorced her husband and married Grey Skipwith, an Englishman, who was killed in 1942 on active service with the Royal Air Force. Their son, Patrick, was born in 1939. When the French army was defeated in June 1940, Sofka was in Paris; she was arrested by the Germans in November 1940, together with other British citizens who were.
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Sofka Skipwith. Born Sofka (Sophie) Dolgorouky in St Petersburg in , both her father, Prince Peter Dolgorouky, and her mother, Countess Sophy Bobrinska, were members of leading Russian nobility. Sofka Skipwith - Women in Cornwall
Sofka Skipwith (born Princess Sophia Dolgorouky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23 October – 26 February in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England) was a Russian émigrée to England who became a well-known Communist after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II. During the war she worked to save Jews. Biography - Sofka Zinovieff Because of the Great Depression, Leo had difficulty finding work, and Sofka continued working as a temp secretary, and also started teaching Russian. Her students included famed actor Laurence Olivier and his wife. Sofka and Leo divorced amicably, and the next year she married British pilot Grey Skipwith. She had a third son in January 1939.Righteous Russian Royal: Princess Sofka - Accidental Talmudist Skipwith's granddaughter in her biography Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life repeats her grandmother's claim that the "wedding was considered the most brilliant of the 1907 season." [1] On her father's side, Skipwith was descended from Rurik, Prince of Novgorod, but also from a Greek slave-girl whom a Polish count won from an Austrian prince.Sofka Skipwith profile by Graham Stevenson - OrnaVerum Sofka Skipwith (1907 - 1994) Short biography. A Russian emigré who was interned by the Nazis in World War II and worked to save Jews from the Holocaust. She.