Some of my first memories of cooking date to times spent with my grandmother in Antigua as she cooked Russian food for my grandfather, Nikita Cheremeteff. Nikita was a trim, handsome man who enjoyed life to its fullest. The great-great grandson of Czar Nicholas I, Nikita was born in St. Petersburg and spent his childhood there. Just prior to the 1917 Revolution, his parents anticipated the upheaval and sent their only son to attend the Naval Academy in Finland.
After graduating, Nikita and an archeologist friend sailed around the Aegean Sea investigating ancient sites. While in Greece, Nikita met a stunning brunette, Katherine Vandoro, whose family had fled Yalta to escape Stalin's persecutions. Nikita and Katherine were married in Athens and had four children: Marie (my mother), Vladimir, Alexandra, and Sergei. The Cheremeteff family relocated to London until 1964, when Nikita, a marine engineer on a mission in the Caribbean Sea, discovered the island of Antigua and retired there. Katherine and her youngest son, Sergei, still reside on Antigua.
Catherine Cheremeteff Jones, A Year Of Russian Feasts (Jellyroll Press, August 2002)
Marriage:
Katherine Vandoro; 3 Nov 1935
Children:
Mariya Cheremeteff; b. 7 Feb 1937, Athens.
Vladimir Cheremeteff; b. 29 June 1938, Pireaus, Athens.
Sergei Cheremeteff; b. 11 Oct 1943, Athens.
Alexandra Cheremeteff; b. 14 Oct 1949, Limassol, Cyprus.
After graduating, Nikita and an archeologist friend sailed around the Aegean Sea investigating ancient sites. While in Greece, Nikita met a stunning brunette, Katherine Vandoro, whose family had fled Yalta to escape Stalin's persecutions. Nikita and Katherine were married in Athens and had four children: Marie (my mother), Vladimir, Alexandra, and Sergei. The Cheremeteff family relocated to London until 1964, when Nikita, a marine engineer on a mission in the Caribbean Sea, discovered the island of Antigua and retired there. Katherine and her youngest son, Sergei, still reside on Antigua.
Catherine Cheremeteff Jones, A Year Of Russian Feasts (Jellyroll Press, August 2002)
Marriage:
Katherine Vandoro; 3 Nov 1935
Children:
Mariya Cheremeteff; b. 7 Feb 1937, Athens.
Vladimir Cheremeteff; b. 29 June 1938, Pireaus, Athens.
Sergei Cheremeteff; b. 11 Oct 1943, Athens.
Alexandra Cheremeteff; b. 14 Oct 1949, Limassol, Cyprus.
Some of my first memories of cooking date to times spent with my grandmother in Antigua as she cooked Russian food for my grandfather, Nikita Cheremeteff. Nikita was a trim, handsome man who enjoyed life to its fullest. The great-great grandson of Czar Nicholas I, Nikita was born in St. Petersburg and spent his childhood there. Just prior to the 1917 Revolution, his parents anticipated the upheaval and sent their only son to attend the Naval Academy in Finland.
After graduating, Nikita and an archeologist friend sailed around the Aegean Sea investigating ancient sites. While in Greece, Nikita met a stunning brunette, Katherine Vandoro, whose family had fled Yalta to escape Stalin's persecutions. Nikita and Katherine were married in Athens and had four children: Marie (my mother), Vladimir, Alexandra, and Sergei. The Cheremeteff family relocated to London until 1964, when Nikita, a marine engineer on a mission in the Caribbean Sea, discovered the island of Antigua and retired there. Katherine and her youngest son, Sergei, still reside on Antigua.
Catherine Cheremeteff Jones, A Year Of Russian Feasts (Jellyroll Press, August 2002)
Marriage:
Katherine Vandoro; 3 Nov 1935
Children:
Mariya Cheremeteff; b. 7 Feb 1937, Athens.
Vladimir Cheremeteff; b. 29 June 1938, Pireaus, Athens.
Sergei Cheremeteff; b. 11 Oct 1943, Athens.
Alexandra Cheremeteff; b. 14 Oct 1949, Limassol, Cyprus.
After graduating, Nikita and an archeologist friend sailed around the Aegean Sea investigating ancient sites. While in Greece, Nikita met a stunning brunette, Katherine Vandoro, whose family had fled Yalta to escape Stalin's persecutions. Nikita and Katherine were married in Athens and had four children: Marie (my mother), Vladimir, Alexandra, and Sergei. The Cheremeteff family relocated to London until 1964, when Nikita, a marine engineer on a mission in the Caribbean Sea, discovered the island of Antigua and retired there. Katherine and her youngest son, Sergei, still reside on Antigua.
Catherine Cheremeteff Jones, A Year Of Russian Feasts (Jellyroll Press, August 2002)
Marriage:
Katherine Vandoro; 3 Nov 1935
Children:
Mariya Cheremeteff; b. 7 Feb 1937, Athens.
Vladimir Cheremeteff; b. 29 June 1938, Pireaus, Athens.
Sergei Cheremeteff; b. 11 Oct 1943, Athens.
Alexandra Cheremeteff; b. 14 Oct 1949, Limassol, Cyprus.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
NIKITA SERGEI CHEREMETEFF
BORN IN ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA
7 MAR. 1908
15 MAY. 1981
AND WIFE
KATHERINE CHEREMETEFF
BORN IN YALTA RUSSIA
25 NOV. 1915
5 APR. 2009
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