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When: July 11, 2018 @ 11.00 a.m. Where: Azerbaijan National Library Khagoni 29, Baku https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/news/2018/2/13/californias-writers-club-march-284-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1518563114986-LO15Y6V1R3VE3E730P5O/Untitled.jpeg News - California's Writers Club - March 24, 2018 https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/news/2017/9/25/azernews-interview-aug-28-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-10-20 https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/gallery daily 0.75 2019-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506548454237-90OMWEN1LLTKQQLXSD9U/img061.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506034669354-0LCIBPWUJAYHUN7BXEPA/113_361_eleonora_1.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506548368564-W6KPLHJLX1JJ1CMYJOZ8/img061.jpg Gallery Polka-dotted dress with wide brimmed hat. (Chapter 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506548473243-C05ZY5F7FOO3QRD3K1YL/img062.jpg Gallery Princess Eleonora's (second from left) family photo - notice the watch on her wrist. (Chapter 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1507151215628-63L930C8HFRBL0R91O2D/20160117_180838.jpg Gallery Princess Eleonora's grandmother, Maria, who was exiled to the gulags of Siberia. (Chapter 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506552847011-MQSMM3OWGSV0JSV9U4OB/113_361_eleonora_1.jpg Gallery The photo of Princess Eleonora's long lost half-sister, also named Eleonora, that Papa carried in his shirt pocket, close to his heart. (Chapter 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1507747842638-PE8AJWWPMQG80H09FNKJ/img063.jpg Gallery Prince Golitsyn (second from right) with Papa (far right) in 1963. "A long time ago, ours married theirs." (Chapter 5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1508534958353-ATY9YPCKF5UXOZGQHVND/mime-attachment.gif Gallery In 1963 Princess Eleonora and fellow dancer, Zina, were offered ballet scholarships at the School of American Ballet in NYC by legendary ballerina Alexandra Danilova. (Chapter 6) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1569020239501-AG22O0LY3L9Q08CEVN43/unnamed.gif Gallery DESCRIPTION OF THE KANTEMIR FAMILY CREST · LIONS: Signifies personal strength and relentless fighter in the face of life’s challenges. · CROWN: The flowers are the silver roses of Moldavia. · UPPER LEFT: An auroch (wild cattle) is a symbol of Moldavia. The sword with the moon and club with the sun signify the crossed paths of the Ottoman Empire and Moldavia. · UPPER RIGHT: Depicts “Historia Hieroglyhica” (1705), the first Romanian novel written by Dmitri Kantemir in which he uses mythological beasts to portray the history of the two ruling houses of Wallachia: the Brancovans and the Cantacuzinos. · CENTER: Two headed eagle was the official state symbol of the Byzantine Empire, symbolizing the unity of the Church and State: It represents Dmitri’s wife Cassandra Cantacuzino, a descendant of a Byzantine Emperor. It later became the coat of arms for Russia under Peter the Great. This characterizes Dmitri’s refuge to Russia as Imperial Chancellor to Peter the Great. · LOWER RIGHT: An early map of Istanbul, Turkey, the western part in Europe and the eastern part in Asia where Dmitri lived for twenty two years. · LOWER LEFT: a bird of courage, holding an Orthodox cross, a symbol of Latinity that represents historical Wallachia. (Chapter 9) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1509741044503-7B271V6ZWG88UUSW71PP/mime-attachment.png Gallery TSARITSYNO (BLACK DIRT) in Moscow, Russia. It was the Kantemir estate for 60 years until it was sold to Catherine the Great in 1777. The Church of the Life-Giving Spring, built by the Kantemirs, can be seen in the lower right corner. Matvei Kantemir is interned in the church. (Chapter 10) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1512586063739-DIXBBWCHSW58IUJHSG34/unnamed.gif Gallery Sultan Ahmed III - Istanbul, Turkey. He was responsible for the execution of the Brancovans, who were eventually made saints of the Orthodox church - canonized June 20, 1992 in Bucharest, Romania. (Chapter 11) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1515198569481-YG01M091D54OGT36IKBY/Untitled.jpg Gallery Prince Dmitri Kantemir (Cantemir - Romanian spelling) 1673-1723. Prince of Moldavia, 1693. Prince of the Russian Empire, 1711. Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, 1711 (title given by Charles VI). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1515198515805-UA6NSUPSTYSSCHQQTDKC/Roslin.jpg Gallery Princess Anastasia Trubetskaya (1700-1755), second wife of Prince Dmitri Kantemir. Painting on exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. (Chapter 13) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1518562303269-15RRGQ53J8U3STX5Y09I/220px-Maria_kantemir_%28_%29_by_i_nikitin.jpg Gallery Princess Maria Kantemir, daughter of Prince Dmitri Kantemir (1717). Last love of Peter the Great. Portrait on display at the New Jerusalem Monastery - Moscow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1518562422592-J0L7ZWKT6Q5FKX54DTUP/Peter_der-Grosse_1838.jpg Gallery Czar Peter the Great of Russia - 1717. (Chapter 14) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1520633686890-50XKVJ48S2MPQIIMNPQY/b8b8b6146e3b78db0fef5c2e3e07e04f.jpg Gallery Prince Antiochus Dmitrievich Kantemir, son of Dmitri Kantemir. Russia's first poet and diplomat. Ambassador to England 1731 - 1738. Ambassador to France 1738 - 1744. (Chapter 21) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1523643948943-SRBUUZ5THLVBB5VMJFIC/Ella.jpg Gallery (Chapter 24) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1526930606628-PWGF2S49JEZ5S196MKY1/mom.png Gallery Two sisters with the same name - Eleonora Borisovna #1 and Eleonora Borisovna #2 meet for the first time in Baku, Azerbaijan after 50 years (Summer 2003). (Chapter 26) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1532545264138-3ZWNVAPOZT3JUM7KV01M/thumbnail.png Gallery Plaque on Dmitri Kantemir’s palace wall in Istanbul, Turkey. Having left unattended, the Turkish government restored it in 2007 in a joint program with the European Union and Faith Municipality as a social center and museum. (Chapter 28) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1539026294859-BN0B46NJIWJT5CMOVK7D/20161206_092400-4.jpg Gallery "Three hundred years later, I would be that descendant." (Chapter 28) Author's note: A surprising find of a portrait of Princess Trubetskaya (page 107) on exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia during a stay in May 2017. https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/welcome daily 1.0 2017-09-29 https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/reviews daily 0.75 2019-05-31 https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/about daily 0.75 2019-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1559345083176-EEAJ8AV1GTQTWGY66WFP/9781940784519.jpg+updated+iron+blood+cover.jpg About the Book https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506719309557-RBZP7IQCU6MEGJBLJ6A9/Tsaritsyno.jpg Contact https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/the-author daily 0.75 2017-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506031868069-GQ0AFLRK1D2XK2OHYU37/8x10-god-awards-small.jpg The Author https://www.ironblood-thedmitrikantemirlegacy.com/a-note-from-the-author daily 0.75 2017-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c430e2f6576e8c9ead7c99/1506720192592-AX4QUOT3O6A5KNP4JF4H/image1.JPG A Note from the Author - A Note from the Author Welcome distinguished guests, to an astounding adventure spanning time and incredible circumstance. You will relive and become part of history as you follow the extraordinary lives of the Kantemirs. I believe that each family has a chosen one, one who has the calling to find their ancestors, to put flesh on their bones, and make them come alive. As a child, a good number of things about my legacy were revealed to me, but it only whetted my appetite to know more. The older I got, the more curious I became. I wanted to know more about lives of the Kantemirs, their historical accomplishments, and their contributions. Who were they and what were their lives like? Above all, I thirsted for answers because stories of deception still occurred in our family and those associated with us. I found the circumstances surrounding my father’s death and others ever more suspicious. I wondered why mysterious, unexplained events still followed the living descendants of the Kantemir dynasty - and most especially, me—into the twenty-first century. What hidden secrets and surprises did the Kantemir dynasty harbor? This is my story. —Princess Eleonora Borisovna Kantemir, Fall 2017