 Tomilovsky’s grandfather was a General of the Russian Army and his father – Pyotr Petrovitch Tomilovsky (Петр Петрович Томиловский) - was a Colonel of the Russian Army and one of the first hot air balloons aeronauts.His mother – Maria Tomilovskaya, whose maiden name was Marie Pitz-Noirot – was born in Paris and went to Russia as a French language teacher.The family had four children