Background
Panina, Sofia Vladimirovna, Countess was born in 1871.
Panina, Sofia Vladimirovna, Countess was born in 1871.
Member of the Cadet Party. One of the few Russian women politicians in pre-revolutionary Russia. Deputy Minister of Social Security in the Provisional Government in August 1917.
Arrested with other Cadet leaders on 29 November 1917 on Lenin’s orders, and sent to the Peter and Paul Fortress. Married to P. Polovtsev. Later, the common law wife of N. Astrov.
Emigrated, and settled in Paris.