New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
czIR AT DIkANJkA
e,,r, Of the Romance of No7Fpp'
'' and Dnina KotchHbfy'
-. ,sa. by the brentwood i..,,s cOmnary 9nring II

-, +,s brentwood COmpsny-i
ICorsTighl' 80 - II while attending ouII"e '"e
ErRa- = the festivities at ful'o"' =. -
lsst feN -. celebration OF the -.
nec1lon - defeat there infc'eu "' -,
TIE eI"s-',-s l-sa,les XII Of Sweden "'io " -.
6Tea' % "a compelled 10 seek reluSe " -,
70 fight ana 'e--, e.-,e-s at Dikanjka, chateau
rnso7 is from Pultowa, hel'Hsii'9 - - ,,,, j.
three ilis' :, prince Vic;or KotehubeF, N"o -
csnp eeile1 civil list department OF the I'M
81 tie ~ - and who ever since ms SUI
7srs- - has been one Of his taN"il'e as
eregn5 ~, o-+i,,,Iar cronies. having accom-
socsies a. snrb on his military trip 10 Die
Ganso = - .ba latter was still CzaroN'''h-
onslN 60 who is married 10 one "l '"e
IF ,.. celebrated for the hrilhahcN "l
lass1 ..a;,r,ents al ST PetersourSr - '
hs alses, and most iiiustrious ot ll7 HuDio
q Ihe so-e-eign houses Of the Ohial"e'
=, is descended in dree' li''e -, -
aH9 the heroine of the vel known s'"''
koi'Au'' ,,b5ch has furnished the inspiration
Of N4-1il~ ~ ,e.s chief among the number Delhs
10 = - his English counterpart is'ro bHt'ii-
flSinA-- A,s,5 Vladimir Kotchubey. Oh oete',li'E
Ihs -. ,,fatuation for Mazeppa at LiAahJA''
1 i'0 her lover naked 10 the back oI al" "'
0o~A" -, s,i-,,a1 on being loosed, Ea.loped on
hls ..i,,. viljs. where half dead and lhsehS'ole'
y y - ms released from his terrl2'e p"S'""'
.s,ored 10 animation 10y some IoSsa0N Pe"S
ana ,,r,e he rendered himself So popular
ants - .,,., he was appointed, first OF all.
80 ...-r ana adiutant 10 SamoioVitch 'heiF me-
se1i''-- tfaf and afterward succeeded him as net
ll-"' --t, ts became a favorte OF Peter the
Dc 4,o bestowed on him the title ot prince
- s,siled himself Of his ADVANTAGEOUS P'-
- a. the Court Of Russia 10 secure lhe ueiNe'S
= his hands OF Vladimir hotchubeN-lha' II ~
. - the husband Of the woman "ijh "hoih l'e
= hen infatuated. After sUhjecting ho'c"u"eS
. ,bs most terrible 1ortGres. he tuTn"n lil" "'''
= pster the Great charging Kim win su'n 'ii'''
!. y lsseea thar monarch TO have his head struck
of- 81. ,,,,.,ar
Re.,re Koichubey was put 10 death ho"tNT''
- .,.nares 10 issue a warning TO the car mat
,,..,na was no friend of Russia and was oeh'
: rt--sv5ne the latter ro Charles MI OF sweden
r,.s- maid no attention 10 The matter at the 'He,
- yrben few months iater Mazeppa joine"
-4s-1ss XII the Emperor, realizing some" ha' Id'e
! -rs 6sv tie injustice cf which lie Hud oeeh
ri7v tevsrd Kotchubey, caused ms memory 10
: -srsre5 as that Of a martyr Mazeppa. after
.aa disastrous battle Of PultoUa ended his HE nS
,,s-a at Bender. TO escape a worse fate at The
-. of Peter Tie grandson Of this kotchuoeN
Ao i, is needless to saw was OF Crimean Tartar
--pr VAS raised by Emperor Paul 10 the rank o.
r,t aad later by Nicholas l 10 that OF prince
sps Chancellor # the Empire
Ths Kotcf1,he,-s are rather a numerous family
o-s nj them married a daughter Of the famous
s,srisb Marshal Segrano. who during The reign
# Queen Isabella was repeatedly dictator ana
sfrsr her deposition on two separate OCCASIONS
F-esi5en; Of the Spanish Republic This Spanish
horn Princess Ko1chubey lives almost entirely
abroad with ner mother. the widowed Duchess de
a Tore dividing her time between Paris and Ma
ara and serving as a sort OF petticoa'ed hyphen
ft-Teen The courts Of Spain and Russia.
Then there is Prince Leon Kotchubey. whose wife
Is 3 daughter Of the Late imperial Prince Roman
ezski Duke Of Leuchteuberg, and Of the hrst OF
lis two lnorgararic wives namely. Daria Opochi-
nina who was created Comtesse de Beauharnais by
sgander II on the occasion of her marriage
l,on Eoicblbey il may be remembered. got into
ss7us trouble an Dresden during the japanese
Rassn War by almost killing a hotel porter who
bad handed him along with some other newspa-
fsTs 2 comic sheet containing some abominaole
oanatures portraying the Gar and Ills generals
undergoing ind.gTities al the hands Of the Jap
ansss Leon Kotchubey thought that the porter
had meant insult him The affair attracted a
coasderabe amount OF attention at the time. owing
ihe mystery With which the German police en-
rr1led the mat1er-a mystery which save rise 70
ts impression that the porter's assailalt was
Hsnbs- Of the imperial family Prince Leon was
forced, by the Dresden courts 10 pay very heavy
SIN IN damages for the injuries which he had III
f1ed on lie perter-s17cisut. indeed. TO assure
the latter an income for the remainder Of his DAYS
Lens moths-. by The way. was the daughter Of
sIfssaut, the celebrated French actor.
Ihe most remarkable member Of the Kotchubey
family whom have ever known was. however, old
Princess Helen Kotchubey. for so many years
5'aad Mistress OF the Household 10 the now Wild
oEsa CEarina, and tc al intents and purposes the
Dictator of 81 Petersburg society. She cele-
i.aied fo- the number of her afaires de c0aur She
ied eoped no fewer than eight or ten times Yet
Aest escapadeS never in any way interfered with
~ POSITION either al court in society, nor did
hey n the slightest degree diminish the severity
VA which she. in her role Of Grand Mistress OF
ne Court. regarded the indiscretions Of others.