# The other Cassini

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502 "2017-09-16T22:22:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502/1 "2017-09-16T22:22:13Z")

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Oleg Cassini’s maternal grandfather, Arthur Cassini, was the czar’s ambassador to the US from 1898 to 1905. His mother’s family claimed Giovanni Cassini as an ancestor. I believe he too was in fashion, maybe a jeweler, something to do with rings…

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502/2 "2017-09-16T22:26:31Z")

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I have never heard of [**Oleg Cassini**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Cassini), but he sounds pleasant enough.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502/3 "2017-09-17T00:03:54Z")

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Did the czars ambassador die in Bolshevik revolution?

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502/4 "2017-09-17T00:33:04Z")

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No. According to that link the family left Russia in 1918. The Wiki on [**Count Cassini**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cassini) says he died in 1919 with no cause given:

_Cassini retired in 1909, after having spent 55 years in the service of the Czar. He died in 1919 at age 83_

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502/5 "2017-09-17T01:24:11Z")

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Oh…i am glad…it must have been horrible in Russia at that time…were the Cassini’s royal?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-cassini/796502/6 "2017-09-17T01:25:55Z")

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Oh I see now.,by the cite that they were arisocrats