Talk:Obolensky

Knjäz Sergei Obolenski

In which place Knjäz Sergei Mihailovitsh Obolenski 1863 - 16.03.1946 belongs? His grave is in Mordovia in one of Temnikovski Lager Nr 241 MVD unknown group graves. He was senected at the age of 82 by MVD to 25 years. Grazy humor to normal ordinary people. Details of his death was made generally known in 1955 through Finland.

Alexis confusion

Note that there were several Alexis's all of about the same age. In addition to one "English" rugby player one, there were two "American" Prince Alexis's:

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201860.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/11/obituaries/alexis-obolensky.html

Snori (talk) 21:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Post-imperial surname

There certainly was no title of knyaz during Soviet times, and I don't know about now, but I am sure that the Swiss ambassador to Armenia did not have himself addressed as knyaz. --dab (𒁳) 16:25, 19 August 2013 (UTC)