Background
Alexandra was the third and youngest child of Taneyev and his wife Nadezhda Illarionovna Tolstaya. Her nickname was Sana.
"Sana was a very nice looking woman with a little porcelain face, and she produced the charming impression of a spoiled and self-centered child," recalled the singer Alexandra Belling.
Alexandra married Alexander Pistohlkors, a former Life Guards officer who was reportedly famous for his cruelty in putting down the rebellion following the Russian Revolution of 1905. The couple had three daughters, Tatiana, Olga, and Alexandra, born in 1910, 1912, and 1914. Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia was the godmother for the eldest daughter, Tatiana.
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