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The Russian nobility or dvoryanstvo (Russian: дворянство) arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a total population of 138,200,000. [ 1 ] Up until the February Revolution of 1917, the Russian noble estates staffed most of the Russian government and possessed a self-governing body ...
This is a list of princely families of Russia (Russian Empire) The list includes: families of «natural» Russian princely stock - descended from old Russian dynasties (Rurik Dynasty) and Lithuania (Gediminovich and others); families, whose princely titles were granted by Russian Emperors; foreign princely families naturalised in Russia;
Gamontov (Russian nobility) Gantimurov family; Garakanidze; Garsevanishvili; List of Georgian princely families; House of Golitsyn; Gorchakov; Grabbe family; Greig (Russian nobility) Gruzinsky; Gugunava; Guramishvili; Gurgenidze (noble family)
Count of the Russian Empire in 1812. He was awarded an honorary degree of low by the University of Oxford (1814). Grabbe family: 18th – today Count (since 1866) Don Cossacks noble family of a Finnish nobility origin. Paul Hrisztoforovicz Graf Grabbe (1789—1875) was a Russian Full General of Cavalry in time of Napoleonic Wars. Golubintzev family
Rurik c. 830 –879 Prince of Novgorod r. 862–879: Igor I d. 945 Prince of Kiev r. 914–945: Olga c. 890 –969 Regent of Kiev 945–960s: Predslava: Sviatoslav I c. 942 –972
Name Father Born Died Marriage Notes Anna Petrovna: Peter Alexeievich [2] 27 January 1708 [2] 4 March 1728 [2] Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (m. 1725) [2] [3] Elizabeth Petrovna later, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia: Peter Alexeievich: 29 December 1709 [4] 5 January 1762 [5] Ascended the throne in 1741. [4] Natalya Alexeyevna ...
The Russian nobility was officially abolished in 1917. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. ...
This is a list of those members of the Russian imperial family who bore the title velikiy knjaz (usually translated into English as grand duke, but more accurately grand prince). This courtesy title was borne by the sons and male-line grandsons of the Emperor of all the Russias , along with the style of His Imperial Highness .