yn , ▁A lic ia ▁Mark ova , ▁André ▁Eg lev sky , ▁Tat iana ▁Ri ab ouch in ska ▁and ▁Tam ara ▁T ou man ova . ▁ ▁Last ▁years ▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁Math ilde ' s ▁bal let ▁school ▁prosper ed , ▁allowing ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁And rei ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁comfortable , ▁yet ▁mod est ▁life . ▁He ▁helped ▁with ▁the ▁financial ▁part ▁of ▁running ▁the ▁school , ▁but ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁aff lic ted ▁by ▁ill ▁health ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁weak ▁l ungs . ▁Although ▁un inter ested ▁in ▁politics , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁act ively ▁support ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁organization ; ▁he ▁head ed ▁the ▁Guard ▁association , ▁the ▁Russian ▁Historical ▁and ▁Gene alog ical ▁Society ▁in ▁Paris ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁honor ary ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁union ▁of ▁Iz may lov sky ▁Regiment . ▁And rei ▁Vlad im iro v ich ▁also ▁kept ▁in ▁touch ▁with ▁his ▁Roman ov ▁relatives , ▁particularly ▁his ▁brothers ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁c ous ins , ▁such ▁as ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁D mit ri ▁Pav lov ich , ▁Grand ▁Duch ess ▁Maria ▁Pav lov na , ▁Jr . ▁and ▁Prince ▁Gabriel ▁Constantin ov ich . ▁His ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁sister , ▁Grand ▁Duch ess ▁El ena ▁Vlad im iro v na ▁of ▁Russia , ▁became ▁stra ined ▁as ▁she ▁never ▁truly ▁accepted ▁Math ilde ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁family . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁under ▁the