Kvashnin-Samarin
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| Kvashnin-Samarin | |
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| Alternative name(s) | Samarin |
| Earliest mention | 1282 |
| Cities | Krasny, Staryi Merchyk, Russian Empire |
The Kvashnins-Samarin family is an ancient Russian noble family. Members of the family were written as Kvashnin-Samarin up until the 17th century, where some began to be written only as Samarin.[1] This family shares the same origin with noble families Kvashnin, Samarin, Razladin and Tushin.
Origins and History[edit]
The ancestor of the family, Nester Ryabets, arrived in Moscow (about 1300) from the land of Red Ruthenia, where it is mentioned (1282) among the boyars of the Leo I of Galicia. A squad of 1,700 people came with him. His son Rodion Nestorovich, a boyar under the Grand Duke Ivan Kalita, a famous warrior. Ivan Rodionovich, a famous boyar warrior.
The great-grandson of Ivan Rodionovich Kvashny, Stepan Rodionovich Samara, was the ancestor of the Samarins and Kvashnins-Samarins and is mentioned at the wedding of Princess Sofia Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan III of Russia to Prince Vasily Kholmsky (February 13, 1500).[1]
Coat of Arms[edit]
The shield, which has a golden field, depicts a white one-headed eagle with outstretched wings, which has a golden cross on its chest on a small blue shield, placed on a silver horseshoe facing upwards (Jastrzębiec coat of arms).
The shield is crowned with an ordinary noble helmet with a noble crown on it and three ostrich feathers. The basting on the shield is gold, enclosed in blue. Shield holders: two lions looking to the sides with curled tails. The coat of arms of the Kvashnin-Samarin family is included in Part 2 of the General coat of arms of the noble families of the All-Russian Empire, p. 39
Notable Members[2][edit]
- Vasily Ivanovich Kvashnin-Samarin - 1st Voivode of the Ertaul regiment in the Kazan campaign (1544).
- Mikhail Ivanovich Kvashnin-Samarin - Voivode of the Guard Regiment in the Polotsk campaign (1551).
- Mikhail, Pyotr Andreevich, Prokofy Vasilievich Kvashnins-Samarin - the stewards of Tsarina Praskovia Saltykova (1692).
- Timofey Vasilievich and Timofey Lukich Kvashnins-Samarin - Moscow noblemen (1692-1694).
- Andrey Nikitich and Prokofy Vasilievich Kvashnins-Samarin - Pantlers (1692).[3]
- Pyotr Timofeevich Kvashnin-Samarin - master of arms (1742).
- Fyodor Petrovich Kvashnin-Samarin - Master of Heralds (since 1755), President of the Chief Magistrate in Moscow.
- Pyotr Fedorovich Kvashnin-Samarin - President of the Collegium of Justice under Catherine the Great, and Paul I of Russia - Senator (1786 -1793) - Governor in the Novgorod Viceroyalty.[4]
- Andrey Nikitich Kvashnin-Samarin (1764-1770) - state councilor - governor of Kazan province.
- Alexander Petrovich Kvashnin-Samarin (1732-1816) - lieutenant general (1806), head of the Oryol governorship (1794-1796), 1st Oryol governor (1796-1797).
- Nikolai Nikolaevich Kvashnin-Samarin (1883-1920) - Colonel of the Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment, Knight of St. George.
- Nikolai Dmitrievich Kvashnin-Samarin (1841 - not earlier than 1918) - historian, philologist, ethnographer.
- Stepan Dmitrievich Kvashnin-Samarin (1838-1908) - statesman and public figure, member of the State Council, full state councilor.
- Elizaveta Petrovna Kvashnina-Samarina (married to Chernyshev ; 1773–1828) - wife of Count GI Chernyshev, a lady of the Order of Saint Catherine of the Lesser Cross.
- Elizaveta Petrovna Kvashnina-Samarina (married to Rodzianko ; 1794–1877) - head of the Catherine Institute .
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dolgorukov, P.V. (1857). Russian genealogy book. Part 4. Saint Petersburg: Printing house of the III department of the E. I. V. Chancellery. pp. 122–126.
- ^ Dolgorukov, P.V. (1857). Russian genealogical book . - SPb. : Type. 3 Dept. Own E. I. V. Chancellery. p. 122.
- ^ Selivanovsky, S (1853). Alphabetical index of the names and persons mentioned in the Boyar Books stored in the I-th department of the Moscow archive of the Ministry of Justice, with the designation of the official activities of each person and the years of state, in the positions held. p. 181.
- ^ "ЭСБЕ/Квашнины-Самарины — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-12.