(Russian: Ирина Павловна Белотелкина - Рудакова )
was an American artist and fashion designer.
Mrs. Belotelkin was the wife of the late Konstantin "Kostya" Taras Belotelkin, a czarist aristocrat who survived the Russian revolution and died in 1996.
Together they were known on the San Francisco social scene for their patronage of fine arts, and also for hosting lavish Russian Christmas and Easter parties.
Mrs. Belotelkin was born Irina Pavlovna Roudakoff in Elizabethgrad, Russia, in 1913, the daughter and granddaughter of Imperial Russian generals.Everytime she was interviewed or quoted, or asked about who she was, Irina would say she was born in Russia or was from Russia. She was a part of the Russian community in San Francisco California, and active at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
Her life was as dramatic as the stuff of movies. Mrs. Belotelkin said she fled a boarding school as a child after two sisters died there of starvation, and found safe haven with relatives in Estonia, according to longtime friends. She moved to France to live with other relatives, and came to the United States in 1928 to join her brother, an aunt and a grandmother already here.
She was engaged at one point to Katharine Hepburn's brother, and tutored Hepburn's mother in Russian, according to friends.
In 1942, she married Konstantin Belotelkin, who was a member of the first Czech national gymnastic team - as well as a fencing master, soccer player and horseman - and moved to San Francisco. With an engineering background, he designed ventilation and refrigeration systems for corporate clients in the Bay Area.
Mrs. Belotelkin had been trained as a couturier in France, and from the 1950s to the 1970s, ran an atelier at 260 Sutter St. where she designed and sold clothing under the Irina Roublon label.
In the mid 1950s, she created costumes for a production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" at Milan's La Scala opera house, according to a friend, Nick Ragouzis.
She was also creative as a painter, producing countless still lifes and portraits from 1960 to 1985 that were shown in her studio and at exhibitions around the Bay Area.
"She was a remarkable person and someone who carried the past into today's world," said Albert Bartridge, an attorney and longtime friend. "She was an amazing character - there was no doubt about that."
Mrs. Belotelkin was a benefactor of the San Francisco Opera's Merola program and a member of the opera's Medallion Society. She entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and opera bass Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. She also invited Kirov ballet dancer Natalia Makarova and Bolshoi Ballet veteran Yuri Possokhov, who joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1994, to Russian Christmas and Easter parties at her home.
The memorial service will be held Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, 1520 Green St. Memorial donations can be made to the San Francisco Opera, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, 94102, or the San Francisco Ballet, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco, 94102.
Im guessing the cemetery location:
Serbian Cemetery
Colma, San Mateo County, California
was an American artist and fashion designer.
Mrs. Belotelkin was the wife of the late Konstantin "Kostya" Taras Belotelkin, a czarist aristocrat who survived the Russian revolution and died in 1996.
Together they were known on the San Francisco social scene for their patronage of fine arts, and also for hosting lavish Russian Christmas and Easter parties.
Mrs. Belotelkin was born Irina Pavlovna Roudakoff in Elizabethgrad, Russia, in 1913, the daughter and granddaughter of Imperial Russian generals.Everytime she was interviewed or quoted, or asked about who she was, Irina would say she was born in Russia or was from Russia. She was a part of the Russian community in San Francisco California, and active at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
Her life was as dramatic as the stuff of movies. Mrs. Belotelkin said she fled a boarding school as a child after two sisters died there of starvation, and found safe haven with relatives in Estonia, according to longtime friends. She moved to France to live with other relatives, and came to the United States in 1928 to join her brother, an aunt and a grandmother already here.
She was engaged at one point to Katharine Hepburn's brother, and tutored Hepburn's mother in Russian, according to friends.
In 1942, she married Konstantin Belotelkin, who was a member of the first Czech national gymnastic team - as well as a fencing master, soccer player and horseman - and moved to San Francisco. With an engineering background, he designed ventilation and refrigeration systems for corporate clients in the Bay Area.
Mrs. Belotelkin had been trained as a couturier in France, and from the 1950s to the 1970s, ran an atelier at 260 Sutter St. where she designed and sold clothing under the Irina Roublon label.
In the mid 1950s, she created costumes for a production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" at Milan's La Scala opera house, according to a friend, Nick Ragouzis.
She was also creative as a painter, producing countless still lifes and portraits from 1960 to 1985 that were shown in her studio and at exhibitions around the Bay Area.
"She was a remarkable person and someone who carried the past into today's world," said Albert Bartridge, an attorney and longtime friend. "She was an amazing character - there was no doubt about that."
Mrs. Belotelkin was a benefactor of the San Francisco Opera's Merola program and a member of the opera's Medallion Society. She entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and opera bass Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. She also invited Kirov ballet dancer Natalia Makarova and Bolshoi Ballet veteran Yuri Possokhov, who joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1994, to Russian Christmas and Easter parties at her home.
The memorial service will be held Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, 1520 Green St. Memorial donations can be made to the San Francisco Opera, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, 94102, or the San Francisco Ballet, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco, 94102.
Im guessing the cemetery location:
Serbian Cemetery
Colma, San Mateo County, California
(Russian: Ирина Павловна Белотелкина - Рудакова )
was an American artist and fashion designer.
Mrs. Belotelkin was the wife of the late Konstantin "Kostya" Taras Belotelkin, a czarist aristocrat who survived the Russian revolution and died in 1996.
Together they were known on the San Francisco social scene for their patronage of fine arts, and also for hosting lavish Russian Christmas and Easter parties.
Mrs. Belotelkin was born Irina Pavlovna Roudakoff in Elizabethgrad, Russia, in 1913, the daughter and granddaughter of Imperial Russian generals.Everytime she was interviewed or quoted, or asked about who she was, Irina would say she was born in Russia or was from Russia. She was a part of the Russian community in San Francisco California, and active at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
Her life was as dramatic as the stuff of movies. Mrs. Belotelkin said she fled a boarding school as a child after two sisters died there of starvation, and found safe haven with relatives in Estonia, according to longtime friends. She moved to France to live with other relatives, and came to the United States in 1928 to join her brother, an aunt and a grandmother already here.
She was engaged at one point to Katharine Hepburn's brother, and tutored Hepburn's mother in Russian, according to friends.
In 1942, she married Konstantin Belotelkin, who was a member of the first Czech national gymnastic team - as well as a fencing master, soccer player and horseman - and moved to San Francisco. With an engineering background, he designed ventilation and refrigeration systems for corporate clients in the Bay Area.
Mrs. Belotelkin had been trained as a couturier in France, and from the 1950s to the 1970s, ran an atelier at 260 Sutter St. where she designed and sold clothing under the Irina Roublon label.
In the mid 1950s, she created costumes for a production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" at Milan's La Scala opera house, according to a friend, Nick Ragouzis.
She was also creative as a painter, producing countless still lifes and portraits from 1960 to 1985 that were shown in her studio and at exhibitions around the Bay Area.
"She was a remarkable person and someone who carried the past into today's world," said Albert Bartridge, an attorney and longtime friend. "She was an amazing character - there was no doubt about that."
Mrs. Belotelkin was a benefactor of the San Francisco Opera's Merola program and a member of the opera's Medallion Society. She entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and opera bass Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. She also invited Kirov ballet dancer Natalia Makarova and Bolshoi Ballet veteran Yuri Possokhov, who joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1994, to Russian Christmas and Easter parties at her home.
The memorial service will be held Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, 1520 Green St. Memorial donations can be made to the San Francisco Opera, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, 94102, or the San Francisco Ballet, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco, 94102.
Im guessing the cemetery location:
Serbian Cemetery
Colma, San Mateo County, California
was an American artist and fashion designer.
Mrs. Belotelkin was the wife of the late Konstantin "Kostya" Taras Belotelkin, a czarist aristocrat who survived the Russian revolution and died in 1996.
Together they were known on the San Francisco social scene for their patronage of fine arts, and also for hosting lavish Russian Christmas and Easter parties.
Mrs. Belotelkin was born Irina Pavlovna Roudakoff in Elizabethgrad, Russia, in 1913, the daughter and granddaughter of Imperial Russian generals.Everytime she was interviewed or quoted, or asked about who she was, Irina would say she was born in Russia or was from Russia. She was a part of the Russian community in San Francisco California, and active at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
Her life was as dramatic as the stuff of movies. Mrs. Belotelkin said she fled a boarding school as a child after two sisters died there of starvation, and found safe haven with relatives in Estonia, according to longtime friends. She moved to France to live with other relatives, and came to the United States in 1928 to join her brother, an aunt and a grandmother already here.
She was engaged at one point to Katharine Hepburn's brother, and tutored Hepburn's mother in Russian, according to friends.
In 1942, she married Konstantin Belotelkin, who was a member of the first Czech national gymnastic team - as well as a fencing master, soccer player and horseman - and moved to San Francisco. With an engineering background, he designed ventilation and refrigeration systems for corporate clients in the Bay Area.
Mrs. Belotelkin had been trained as a couturier in France, and from the 1950s to the 1970s, ran an atelier at 260 Sutter St. where she designed and sold clothing under the Irina Roublon label.
In the mid 1950s, she created costumes for a production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" at Milan's La Scala opera house, according to a friend, Nick Ragouzis.
She was also creative as a painter, producing countless still lifes and portraits from 1960 to 1985 that were shown in her studio and at exhibitions around the Bay Area.
"She was a remarkable person and someone who carried the past into today's world," said Albert Bartridge, an attorney and longtime friend. "She was an amazing character - there was no doubt about that."
Mrs. Belotelkin was a benefactor of the San Francisco Opera's Merola program and a member of the opera's Medallion Society. She entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and opera bass Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. She also invited Kirov ballet dancer Natalia Makarova and Bolshoi Ballet veteran Yuri Possokhov, who joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1994, to Russian Christmas and Easter parties at her home.
The memorial service will be held Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, 1520 Green St. Memorial donations can be made to the San Francisco Opera, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, 94102, or the San Francisco Ballet, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco, 94102.
Im guessing the cemetery location:
Serbian Cemetery
Colma, San Mateo County, California
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