A - Contributors
Contents :
A-1 - The historical context
A-2 - Alexandre Tchertoff
A-3 - Robert Tchertoff
A-4 - Prince Alexandre Poutiatine
A-5 - Orest de Klemm
A-6 - Monsieur Wrangel
A-7 - Vera's Artistic Partners
A-7.1 - Germaine Bouret
A-7.2 - Georges Croses
A-7.3 - Serge Danot
A-7.4 - Larry Harmon
A-7.5 - Jean Image
A-7.6 - Claude Laydu
A-7.7 - André Luce
A-7.8 - Rojan
A-7.9 - Alain Saint-Ogan
A-7.10 - Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
A-7.11 - René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo - Dargaud
A-7.12 - Pierre Probst and Hachette
A-7.13 - Jean de Brunhoff and Télé-Hachette
A-7.14 - Kay Kamen
A-7.15 - Boris Zvorykin
A-8 - Other Key Figures in French Jigsaw Puzzles
A-8.1 - Alphonse Brepson
A-8.2 - Stanislas Esman
A-8.3 - Sophie Olle-Laprune
A-8.4 - Julien Vahanian
A-8.5 - Michèle Wilson
A-8.6 - Marie Khincouloff
A-8.7 - Jeux et Jouets Français - JJF
A-1 - The historical context :
It all began in November 1920: on the Crimean Peninsula, General Wrangel ordered the evacuation. Around 150,000 White Russians, including 100,000 soldiers, boarded 126 ships, some of which were French vessels stationed in the Black Sea. From 1922–1923 onwards, France became a favoured destination. They were joined around 1923–1924 by numerous Russian intellectuals fleeing the economic hardships of Berlin, as well as by former White Army soldiers from Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.
The concentration of émigrés in Paris, particularly in the 15th and 16th arrondissements, fostered the emergence of a vibrant community life in the fields of education, the press, publishing and social venues. It created an internal job market and professional networks, with well-developed placement strategies devised by social organisations. Notable examples include the Russian Commercial Institute in Paris, the Russian Musical Society Abroad, and publishing houses such as those behind Miljukov’s daily newspaper Poslednie novosti (*The Latest News*), the voice of the entire diaspora.
Sources : Wikipedia, Open Edition, Over-blog
A-2 - Alexandre Tchertoff (1892-1976)
A-3 - Robert Tchertoff (1929-2009)
cf. Robert Tchertoff
A-4 - Prince Alexandre Poutiatine (1897-1954)
Born on 30 May 1897 in Saint Petersburg (which became Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, then Leningrad from Lenin’s death until 1991) – Russia
He was the son of Major-General Prince Mikhail Sergeyevich Putyatin (1861–1938), who was commander of the Tsarskoye Selo Palace and thus a close daily associate of the Romanov imperial family.
The latter was one of the founders of the Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in 1927 and died in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
In 1922, he married Princess Maria Alexeyevna Kudashev (1901–1967) in Paris – they had three children.
He reconnected with Alexandre Tchertoff, who belonged to the same social and social circle of the Parisian White Russian émigré community as the Troubetzkois, the Ouroussoffs, the de Klemm family and the Chérémetieffs.
An equal shareholder and co-manager at the founding of Etablissements Vera, he withdrew from the company in 1937 alongside Oreste de Klemm, leaving Alexandre Tchertoff as the sole shareholder.
He moved to the USA, where he died in Cambridge (Massachusetts) on 22 February 1954.
One of his sons, Dimitri (born in Paris in 1926 and died in 2000 in the USA), was a close friend of Robert Tchertoff.
A-5 - Orest de Klemm (1891-19xx)
Born on 1 December 1891 in Saint Petersburg (Petrograd from August 1914, then Leningrad until 1991) – Russia.
His real name was Orest Alexandrovich de Klemm; he too came from the Baltic Russian nobility and settled in Paris after the Bolshevik Revolution, living there in the same social circles as those mentioned above.
An equal shareholder and co-manager at the founding of Etablissements Vera, he withdrew from the company in 1937 alongside Alexandre Poutiatine, leaving Alexandre Tchertoff as the sole shareholder.
A-6 - Monsieur Wrangel
He is likely a descendant of the family of Baron Piotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, who was one of the principal commanders of the White Army during the Russian Civil War.
He acquired four shares during the company’s capital increase in November 1949.
No further information is available.