343:, Root became a star of the stage, as a singer and actress, performing under the name of Olga Vadina. She was one of the top stars of post-Revolutionary Russia's concert theatre and married her manager. She performed a program of Romani ballads at a theatre in Paris, later performing in other European capitals.
327:
by
Bolsheviks during a raid, imprisoned, and was ordered to be executed. Her life was spared after a Bolshevik colonel, who recognized her from the stage, released her. The colonel later spared her mother and siblings from arrest during a raid on their home. The colonel informed Root that her father
370:. The two fell in love, and Root obtained a divorce from her first husband in Moscow. She and Hammer were married in a civil ceremony in 1927. They had one son, Julian Armand Hammer, who was born in Moscow in 1928. The family left Moscow in 1930 and took up residence on
208:, Root performed in cabarets and nightclubs to help support her family. After the war, she performed in Russia and other European countries as a stage actress and singer under the stage name
333:
506:
42:
565:
323:
throughout the war. To support her family while her father was off fighting, Root began singing in cabarets and night clubs. She was rounded up with other members of the
268:. Her maternal grandmother, Maria Pavlovna Reveliotis, was a Russian Orthodox woman of Greek descent and the granddaughter of the Russian landowner and leader of the
192:(December 2, 1901 – June 28, 1967) was a Russian stage actress and singer. Born into a noble family of German, Polish, and Greek background, Root was educated at the
546:
273:
633:
653:
678:
623:
668:
658:
643:
264:. Her maternal grandfather, Karl Kazimirovich Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich, was Catholic and the founder of the Archeological Museum in
663:
618:
220:. While living in New York, she worked to transcribe numerous Romani ballads. Root is the grandmother of American businessman
17:
477:
300:
performers, learning their music and dances from
Nikolai Kroutchine. She was later found and returned to her family.
289:
193:
107:
673:
613:
332:. She wrote to her father and persuaded him to change sides, after which he took a post as an instructor at the
683:
296:, where she trained as a singer. at the age of fifteen, she ran away and took up performing with a troop of
638:
467:
269:
628:
648:
382:
316:
261:
221:
175:
520:
277:
608:
603:
249:
248:
military officer and nobleman, and Lubov
Karlovna Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich, a member of a
8:
63:
409:
304:
201:
81:
573:
473:
245:
293:
196:
in the
Russian Empire. As a teenager, she ran away from home and travelled with a
257:
547:"Armand Hammer Dies at 92; Industrialist and Philanthropist Forged Soviet Links"
324:
67:
597:
577:
367:
347:
297:
276:. Through her mother, Root was also a descendant of the Polish national hero
213:
197:
127:
386:
371:
351:
328:
would be granted amnesty if he defected from the White Army and joined the
253:
225:
180:
265:
410:"Биография :: К.К. Косцюшко-Валюжинич и его археологические отчеты"
366:, Root was introduced to the Jewish-American millionaire industrialist
320:
237:
205:
85:
59:
244:
in 1901. She was the daughter of Baron Vadim
Nikolayevich von Root, a
375:
340:
217:
329:
41:
308:
241:
363:
256:
nobility who came to the
Russian Empire during the reign of
312:
507:"The Meriden Daily Journal - Google News Archive Search"
350:, Root worked with a musician to transcribe Russian and
346:
While living in New York City with her second husband,
216:
and moved to the United States, taking up residence in
381:Root was the grandmother of American businessman
595:
354:music that she learned throughout her training.
212:. She later married the American industrialist
283:
236:Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root was born in
200:, studying their music and dance. During the
634:Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
566:"INDUSTRIALIST, DIPLOMAT ARMAND HAMMER DIES"
385:and the great-grandmother of American actor
224:and the great-grandmother of American actor
461:
459:
457:
455:
453:
451:
449:
27:Russian actress and aristocrat (1901–1967)
540:
538:
536:
534:
532:
530:
501:
499:
497:
495:
493:
491:
489:
465:
447:
445:
443:
441:
439:
437:
435:
433:
431:
429:
165:General Vadim Nikolayevich Baron von Root
563:
469:The remarkable life of Dr. Armand Hammer
231:
404:
402:
252:family. Root's paternal ancestors were
167:Lubov Karlovna Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich
14:
654:Russian people of Volga German descent
596:
527:
486:
426:
679:Soviet emigrants to the United States
544:
399:
307:, Olga von Root's family moved from
378:. She and Hammer divorced in 1943.
24:
624:20th-century Russian women singers
25:
695:
290:Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens
204:, while her father served in the
194:Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens
108:Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens
669:Russian people of Polish descent
659:Russian people of German descent
644:Nobility from the Russian Empire
357:
190:Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root
143:
53:Olga Vadimovna Baroness von Root
40:
664:Russian people of Greek descent
545:Pace, Eric (12 December 1990).
414:www.kostsyushko.chersonesos.org
139:
619:20th-century Russian actresses
564:Skrzycki, Cindy (1990-12-12).
557:
513:
13:
1:
392:
362:In 1925, while performing in
7:
284:Revolution and stage career
10:
700:
319:, commanded troops in the
288:Root was educated at the
270:Greek War of Independence
171:
161:
153:
121:
113:
103:
93:
74:
48:
39:
32:
521:"Epigraphic Chersonesos"
334:Soviety Military Academy
674:Russian stage actresses
466:Considine, Bob (1975).
315:. Her father, loyal to
78:June 28, 1967 (aged 65)
614:People from Sevastopol
684:White movement people
383:Michael Armand Hammer
317:Nicholas II of Russia
274:Theodosios Reveliotis
262:Imperial Russian Army
232:Early life and family
222:Michael Armand Hammer
176:Michael Armand Hammer
472:. Harper & Row.
250:Polish landed gentry
142: 1927;
18:Olga Vadina von Root
339:During the rise of
64:Taurida Governorate
551:The New York Times
305:October Revolution
278:Tadeusz Kościuszko
202:Russian Revolution
639:German baronesses
187:
186:
16:(Redirected from
691:
588:
587:
585:
584:
561:
555:
554:
542:
525:
524:
517:
511:
510:
503:
484:
483:
463:
424:
423:
421:
420:
406:
294:Saint Petersburg
260:to serve in the
183:(great-grandson)
147:
145:
141:
94:Other names
56:December 2, 1901
44:
30:
29:
21:
699:
698:
694:
693:
692:
690:
689:
688:
629:Cabaret singers
594:
593:
592:
591:
582:
580:
570:Washington Post
562:
558:
543:
528:
519:
518:
514:
505:
504:
487:
480:
464:
427:
418:
416:
408:
407:
400:
395:
360:
286:
258:Peter the Great
234:
179:
166:
149:
146: 1943)
137:
133:
130:
117:singer, actress
98:
89:
79:
70:
57:
55:
54:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
697:
687:
686:
681:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
590:
589:
556:
526:
512:
485:
478:
425:
397:
396:
394:
391:
359:
356:
325:White Movement
285:
282:
233:
230:
185:
184:
173:
169:
168:
163:
159:
158:
155:
151:
150:
135:
131:
126:
125:
123:
119:
118:
115:
111:
110:
105:
101:
100:
95:
91:
90:
80:
76:
72:
71:
68:Russian Empire
58:
52:
50:
46:
45:
37:
36:
33:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
696:
685:
682:
680:
677:
675:
672:
670:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
649:Hammer family
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
601:
599:
579:
575:
571:
567:
560:
552:
548:
541:
539:
537:
535:
533:
531:
522:
516:
508:
502:
500:
498:
496:
494:
492:
490:
481:
479:9780060108366
475:
471:
470:
462:
460:
458:
456:
454:
452:
450:
448:
446:
444:
442:
440:
438:
436:
434:
432:
430:
415:
411:
405:
403:
398:
390:
388:
384:
379:
377:
373:
369:
368:Armand Hammer
365:
358:Personal life
355:
353:
349:
348:Armand Hammer
344:
342:
337:
335:
331:
326:
322:
318:
314:
310:
306:
301:
299:
295:
291:
281:
279:
275:
271:
267:
263:
259:
255:
251:
247:
243:
239:
229:
227:
223:
219:
215:
214:Armand Hammer
211:
207:
203:
199:
198:Romani family
195:
191:
182:
177:
174:
170:
164:
160:
156:
152:
129:
128:Armand Hammer
124:
120:
116:
114:Occupation(s)
112:
109:
106:
102:
96:
92:
87:
83:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
51:
47:
43:
38:
34:Olga von Root
31:
19:
581:. Retrieved
569:
559:
550:
515:
468:
417:. Retrieved
413:
387:Armie Hammer
380:
372:Fifth Avenue
361:
345:
338:
302:
287:
254:Volga German
235:
226:Armie Hammer
209:
189:
188:
181:Armie Hammer
609:1967 deaths
604:1901 births
303:During the
266:Chersonesus
210:Olga Vadina
99:Olga Hammer
97:Olga Vadina
598:Categories
583:2022-08-23
419:2022-08-23
393:References
321:White Army
238:Sevastopol
206:White Army
178:(grandson)
86:California
60:Sevastopol
578:0190-8286
376:Manhattan
341:Communism
218:Manhattan
172:Relatives
162:Parent(s)
104:Education
330:Red Army
272:General
154:Children
246:Czarist
148:
136:
132:
576:
476:
352:Romani
309:Moscow
298:Romani
242:Crimea
122:Spouse
88:, U.S.
82:Orange
364:Yalta
138:(
134:
574:ISSN
474:ISBN
313:Kyiv
144:div.
75:Died
49:Born
374:in
311:to
292:in
600::
572:.
568:.
549:.
529:^
488:^
428:^
412:.
401:^
389:.
336:.
280:.
240:,
228:.
140:m.
84:,
66:,
62:,
586:.
553:.
523:.
509:.
482:.
422:.
157:1
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
