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Tolstoy Foundation

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Activities
Officials
References
Sources
External links

The Tolstoy Foundation is a non-profit charitable, philanthropic organization. It was established on April 26, 1939 by Alexandra Tolstaya, youngest daughter of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, and her old friend Tatiana Schaufuss. Its headquarters are in Rockland County, New York in Valley Cottage.

Activities

Its original purpose was to help Russian refugees from Europe and Soviet Union. Later, the foundation played an important role in helping Soviet displaced persons, dissidents and former Soviet citizens to settle in the West. Presently among its goals the foundation lists education and training programs worldwide. Tolstoy Foundation has many branches of humanitarian organizations: it has elderly care homes, homes for orphaned children, free cultural institutes and kindergarten and education institutes.

Church of Saint Sergius of Radonezh - Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - consecrated in 1940^[1]^[2]^[3]

Officials

President

Alexandra Tolstaya 1939-1976
Tatiana Schaufuss 1976-1986
Teymuraz K. Bagration 1986-1992
Andrew Kotchoubey, PhD 1992-1996

The position of President was eliminated in 1996

Chairman

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Plato Malozemoff
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
Eugenia Jahnke
Boris Vanadzin, MD 1992-2009

References

1. ^"Tolstoy Foundation"
2. ^"Hudson River Valley Heritage"
3. ^"Rockland County Patch"

Sources

Tolstoy Foundation homepage
Orthodox organisations of America

External links

Saint Sergius Learning Center founded in association with Tolstoy Foundation in Valley Cottage

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