- Countess Sophia Ignatieva
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Countess Sophia Ignatyeva Born 1850 Died 1944
ParisSpouse Count Alexey Ignatyev Parents Maria Apraksina, Sergey Meshcherskiy Countess Sophia Sergeyevna Ignatieva (Russian: Софья Сергеевна Игнатьева, born as Princess Meshcherskaya (княжна Мещерская)) was the child of Prince Vladimir Meshchersky's first cousin. Countess Sophia had eight houses in Petrograd and was a landowner of Rzhev uyezd. Playing an important role in clerical circles, she reportedly was an adherent of Bishop Hermogenes and priest Heliodorus, being an opponent of Grigori Rasputin.[1] She lived to be 94 years old.
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- ^ (Russian)Стогов, Дмитрий (2005-11-12). "Её беседы возгревают простую русскую православную веру, ревность и любовь к Церкви...". http://www.rusk.ru/st.php?idar=103859. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
Categories:- Russian nobility
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