Paolo Primo Ruggeri Laderchi married Elena Vitchinine in 1886. The Vitchinine family belonged to the landed Russian nobility open to the cultural influx of the West, but closed and conservative in their way of life and in their traditions, which were very ingrained. During the time period in which Paolo Primo met the family they had a French tutor for their son and one or two governesses (English and German) for the daughters.
They drew from this a wide understanding of languages and a profound knowledge of various foreign literature and of the French, English, and German thought of that era.
The father of Helene was named Alexander and had the position of Marshal of the Nobility, after having been a Hussar of the Guards. Her mother, Elena Petrovna, was the daughter of a Governor and Minister of Alexander II.
The Vitchinine family had vast estates at Tombov and at Voronezh in the heart of Russia and south of Moscow.
The following genealogical tree, indicates how the family developed:
The Ruggeri-Laderchi Family 