Gagarina AKA Gagarin
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Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin:
A descendant of Rurik of Russia (Grand Prince of Novgorod, (born about A.D. 830, d.879), "Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin-Sturdza-Puech", was a daughter born to Prince Gregori Evguenievitch Gagarin-Sturdza (1840-1903) and Princess Anna Mlodetzky (1837-1909), on the 13th of June 1868, in Odessa, Ukraine. She was first married to Alexis Ivanovitch Minitzky, with whom she bore one child, a daughter: Helen Minitzky (1893-1977). A second marriage (on May 11th, 1908 - in Monaco) ensued with Frenchman, Denys Pierre Puech, a celebrated sculptor, and a French "Legion of Honor Medal" recipient, for whom she bore no heirs. Anna was also an artist, an accomplished painter in her own right (several of her works survive in private collections, ca 2009). Her untimely death in 1918 was brought upon due to illness. She had served as a volunteer nurse during the Great War of 1914-1918. A former residence: "Villa Manzyria", Cannes, France. Her family arms (photo at right) are scuplted into the cover of her tomb (scroll down). The grave is situated in the "Grand Jas" cemetery, Cannes, France. To learn more about the "Gagarin" family, see [links]:
Ancient family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/tree.isg.html
Family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/I.S.Gagarin_tree.pdf
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Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin:
A descendant of Rurik of Russia (Grand Prince of Novgorod, (born about A.D. 830, d.879), "Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin-Sturdza-Puech", was a daughter born to Prince Gregori Evguenievitch Gagarin-Sturdza (1840-1903) and Princess Anna Mlodetzky (1837-1909), on the 13th of June 1868, in Odessa, Ukraine. She was first married to Alexis Ivanovitch Minitzky, with whom she bore one child, a daughter: Helen Minitzky (1893-1977). A second marriage (on May 11th, 1908 - in Monaco) ensued with Frenchman, Denys Pierre Puech, a celebrated sculptor, and a French "Legion of Honor Medal" recipient, for whom she bore no heirs. Anna was also an artist, an accomplished painter in her own right (several of her works survive in private collections, ca 2009). Her untimely death in 1918 was brought upon due to illness. She had served as a volunteer nurse during the Great War of 1914-1918. A former residence: "Villa Manzyria", Cannes, France. Her family arms (photo at right) are scuplted into the cover of her tomb (scroll down). The grave is situated in the "Grand Jas" cemetery, Cannes, France. To learn more about the "Gagarin" family, see [links]:
Ancient family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/tree.isg.html
Family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/I.S.Gagarin_tree.pdf
Gagarina AKA Gagarin
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Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin:
A descendant of Rurik of Russia (Grand Prince of Novgorod, (born about A.D. 830, d.879), "Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin-Sturdza-Puech", was a daughter born to Prince Gregori Evguenievitch Gagarin-Sturdza (1840-1903) and Princess Anna Mlodetzky (1837-1909), on the 13th of June 1868, in Odessa, Ukraine. She was first married to Alexis Ivanovitch Minitzky, with whom she bore one child, a daughter: Helen Minitzky (1893-1977). A second marriage (on May 11th, 1908 - in Monaco) ensued with Frenchman, Denys Pierre Puech, a celebrated sculptor, and a French "Legion of Honor Medal" recipient, for whom she bore no heirs. Anna was also an artist, an accomplished painter in her own right (several of her works survive in private collections, ca 2009). Her untimely death in 1918 was brought upon due to illness. She had served as a volunteer nurse during the Great War of 1914-1918. A former residence: "Villa Manzyria", Cannes, France. Her family arms (photo at right) are scuplted into the cover of her tomb (scroll down). The grave is situated in the "Grand Jas" cemetery, Cannes, France. To learn more about the "Gagarin" family, see [links]:
Ancient family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/tree.isg.html
Family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/I.S.Gagarin_tree.pdf
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Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin:
A descendant of Rurik of Russia (Grand Prince of Novgorod, (born about A.D. 830, d.879), "Princess Anina Gregorievna Gagarin-Sturdza-Puech", was a daughter born to Prince Gregori Evguenievitch Gagarin-Sturdza (1840-1903) and Princess Anna Mlodetzky (1837-1909), on the 13th of June 1868, in Odessa, Ukraine. She was first married to Alexis Ivanovitch Minitzky, with whom she bore one child, a daughter: Helen Minitzky (1893-1977). A second marriage (on May 11th, 1908 - in Monaco) ensued with Frenchman, Denys Pierre Puech, a celebrated sculptor, and a French "Legion of Honor Medal" recipient, for whom she bore no heirs. Anna was also an artist, an accomplished painter in her own right (several of her works survive in private collections, ca 2009). Her untimely death in 1918 was brought upon due to illness. She had served as a volunteer nurse during the Great War of 1914-1918. A former residence: "Villa Manzyria", Cannes, France. Her family arms (photo at right) are scuplted into the cover of her tomb (scroll down). The grave is situated in the "Grand Jas" cemetery, Cannes, France. To learn more about the "Gagarin" family, see [links]:
Ancient family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/tree.isg.html
Family tree:
http://www.gagarin.com/trees/I.S.Gagarin_tree.pdf
Inscription
Carved into the stone cover: a Christian cross, the Arms of the Gagarin family - and there is a seated, bronze statue of the deceased (created by her husband).
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Madame DENYS PUECH
NEE PRINCESSE
ANINA GAGARINE STOURDZA
NEE A ODESSA
LE 13 JUIN 1868
DECEDEE A CANNES
LE 14 AVRIL 1981
[GAGARIN COAT OF ARMS]
Gravesite Details
Aunt by marriage, to the maternal grandmother of my 1/2-French daughters. -RCK
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