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Budberg
Budberg is the name of an old Baltic German nobility, Baltic German noble family which originated from Westphalia, Germany. First documented since the beginning of the 14th century, members of the family held the title of Baron von Budberg-Bönninghausen in the Russian Empire, Sweden and Prussia. Notable members *Andreas Eberhard von Budberg (1750–1812), Russian diplomat *Karl Ludwig von Budberg (1775–1829), Russian general *Andrey Fedorovich Budberg, Andrey Fedorovich von Budberg (1817–1881), Russian diplomat *Moura Budberg ( 1891–1974), Russian-British double spy *Peter Alekseevich Budberg (1903–1972), Russian-American sinologist {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moura Budberg
Maria Ignatievna von Budberg-Bönninghausen (russian: Мария (Мура) Игнатьевна Закревская-Бенкендорф-Будберг, ''Maria (Moura) Ignatievna Zakrevskaya-Benckendorff-Budberg'', née Zakrevskaya; February 1892 – 1 November 1974) — also known as Countess von Benckendorff and Baroness von Budberg — was a Russian adventuress and suspected double agent of the Joint State Political Directorate, Soviet Union secret police (OGPU) and British Intelligence Service. According to British journalist Robin Bruce Lockhart, who knew her personally, "she was, perhaps, the Soviet Union's most effective agent-of-influence ever to appear on London's political and intellectual stage". Biography Early life Born in Poltava, in central Ukraine, Moura was the daughter of Ignaty Platonovich Zakrevsky (1839–1906), a member of the Russian nobility and diplomat. In 1911, she married Count Johann (Ivan) Alexandrovich von Benckendorff (1882–1919), a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Eberhard Von Budberg
Andreas Eberhard Freiherr von Budberg-Bönninghausen (russian: Андрей Яковлевич Будберг; tr. ) (10 August 1750 – 1 September 1812) was a Baltic German diplomat who served as Foreign Minister in 1806–07. Biography By birth, member of an old Baltic German noble House of Budberg, he was the son of Jacob von Budberg-Bönninghausen (d. 1759) and his wife, Marie Elisabeth von Below (1725-1782). His ancestors moved to Livonia in the 16th century from Westphalia. Budberg was born in Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ... and entered the military service in 1759. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War, 1768–1774, Russo-Turkish war 1768–1774. In 1783 Budberg was promoted to podpolkovnik. The same year Riga governor-general George Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |