First wife of Vidkun Quisling, former Minister-President of Norway and Nazi collaborator during World War II. They met and married while Quisling was part of a Norwegian Military delegation to Russia in 1922. When Quisling returned to Norway in 1924, Asja was sent away to stay with her aunt in Nice, France never to return. Her last contact with Quisling was in 1929. She later wrote a book: In Quisling's Shadow: The Memoirs of Vidkun Quisling's First Wife, Alexandra.
In 1933 the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of China annulled her marriage so she could marry Dr. J.P. Ryabin. Ryabin died in an accident in 1936, the same year she met and married architect and honorary French consul, W. George Yourieff. In 1947 they came to the US.
In 1933 the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of China annulled her marriage so she could marry Dr. J.P. Ryabin. Ryabin died in an accident in 1936, the same year she met and married architect and honorary French consul, W. George Yourieff. In 1947 they came to the US.
First wife of Vidkun Quisling, former Minister-President of Norway and Nazi collaborator during World War II. They met and married while Quisling was part of a Norwegian Military delegation to Russia in 1922. When Quisling returned to Norway in 1924, Asja was sent away to stay with her aunt in Nice, France never to return. Her last contact with Quisling was in 1929. She later wrote a book: In Quisling's Shadow: The Memoirs of Vidkun Quisling's First Wife, Alexandra.
In 1933 the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of China annulled her marriage so she could marry Dr. J.P. Ryabin. Ryabin died in an accident in 1936, the same year she met and married architect and honorary French consul, W. George Yourieff. In 1947 they came to the US.
In 1933 the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of China annulled her marriage so she could marry Dr. J.P. Ryabin. Ryabin died in an accident in 1936, the same year she met and married architect and honorary French consul, W. George Yourieff. In 1947 they came to the US.
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