alexander illarionovich, his wife ekaterina, has four children. anna elizaveta and son illarion, the eldest daughter. marina followed in the footsteps father teaches russian literature and hopes to teach the russian language to his children anastasia romana. and marusya, in the meantime, they speak english in spanish in their father’s native language, marina’s husband is mexican the son of alexander illarionovich lives in chicago he is a doctor working in a hospital according to the tradition of vorontsov, the dashkovs always name the heirs in the male line, either illarion or alexander so the grandson of alexander illarionovich , the only heir to the title of earl full namesake of his grandfather. the children of the vorontsov dashkovs, in a very american way, live far from their parents, but every summer the whole family gathers here in bermont in this big house, which they quite in russian call dacha. vermont is very similar to the urals, the same low mountains, forest-covered lakes, rocks, the same bloodthirsty mosquitoes, as in russia now the