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Shakhovsky (surname)
Shakhovsky (russian: Шаховский, masculine) or Shakhovskaya (, feminine) is a Russian surname that may refer to *Evgeniya Shakhovskaya (1889–1920), Russian pilot *Natalia Shakhovskaya Natalia Shakhovskaya (September 27, 1935 – May 20, 2017), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian cellist.Russian-language surnames ...
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Evgeniya Shakhovskaya
Princess Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya (St. Petersburg, Russian Empire), 1889 – Kiev (Ukraine), 1920) (''Евгения Михайловна Шаховская, Yevgeniya Mikhaylovna Shakhovskaya'') was a Russian Empire pioneering aviator. She was the first woman to become a military pilot when she flew reconnaissance missions for the Tsar in 1914. She started taking flying lessons in 1911, and was awarded her flying licence in 1912. However, she gave up flying in 1913 after her instructor died mid-flight. She was convinced to start flying again and flew reconnaissance missions in World War 1 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... Eugenie was accused of being a spy, arrested, and sentenced to death. However, she was shown mercy by the Tsar, her cousin, and sen ...
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Natalia Shakhovskaya
Natalia Shakhovskaya (September 27, 1935 – May 20, 2017), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian cellist.Sofia Gubaidulina: a biography
By Michael Kurtz, Malcolm Hamrick Brown, Christoph K. Lohmann 2007 Page 106 She studied at the Gnessin School of Music and later at the under the tutorship of Semyon Kozolupov
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