Peter Volkonsky

Prince Peter Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1861–1948) was a Russian aristocrat.

Biography

Peter M. Volkonsky was born in 1861 in St. Petersburg.

Father - Prince Michael S. Volkonsky

Mother - Serene Princess Elizabeth G. Volkonskaia (1838–1897)

Wife - Princess Catherine Shahovskaya, daughter of General of Infantry Prince Shakhovsky Aleksei Ivanovich (1821–1890) and Sofia Alexandrovna Olsufyeva (1830–1882).

Son - Prince Mikhail Petrovich Volkonsky.

Brothers

Brothers Volkonsky, each in its own way, and left a bright trace in the history of Russia.

1. Vladimir Volkonsky (1868–1953), was vice-chairman of the State Duma under Volkonskye chairmanship of Khomyakov and Rodzianko and later was a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, "survived" in office four ministers, Nicholas II, said each new minister, "Take care of Volkonsky.".

2. Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937) - was a Russian theater worker, director, writer, Chamberlain, Privy Counsellor and a Catholic convert.

3. Alexandr Volkonsky (1866–1934) at the end of life was ordained a Catholic priest, author of "Catholicism and the sacred tradition of the East" and others.

Prince, chamberlain, marshal of the nobility Balashov district of Tambov province. During World War I he worked at the front of one of the organizations the All-Russian Land Union. Initiator of the Petrograd Society advocates the reunification of the Churches (1917–1918). Converted to Catholicism in exile in Constantinople. In 1931-1937he worked in the archives of the Catholic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. Died 11 September 1948 in Paris [3].

References

A brief sketch of organization of the Russian Catholic Church in Russia - Lviv, 1930.

The Way of Bitterness: Soviet Russia, 1920 - London, 1931.

Unionalnoe movement in Russia (partly published in the journal "Russia and the Universal Church» (1957.N 4; 1960.N 5-6; 1961.N 2)).

Notes

1. Volkonsky Peter M. 1861

2. Shahovsky

3. Catholic Encyclopedia - M., 2002 T. 1. — С. 1073-1074. - S. 1073-1074.

External links

• Genealogical Knowledge Base: Volkonsky