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House Of Durnovo
The House of Durnovo (russian: Дурново) (known variant 'Durnovy' [plural], 'Durnov'[m] ,'Durnova' [f] (russian: 'Дурновы'; 'Дурнов', 'Дурнова')) is a prominent family of Russian nobility. Durnovo is one of two Russian noble families, of which the most famous is the branch of the Tolstoy (family), Tolstoy (russian: Толстой). In the mid 15th century The Velvet Book lists founder Mikula F. Durnovo (russian: Микула Фёдорович Дурново) grandson of Vasily Yurevich Tolstoy (russian: Василий Юрьевич Толстой), nicknamed as Durnoy (russian: Дурной) [Could be translated as: A Fool, Spoiled, Bad, Joker]) as a founder of the family. His brothers Daniel (russian: Данила) and Basil (russian: Василий) founded families of Danilov (dynasty), Danilov (russian: Даниловы) and Vasilchikov (dynasty), Vasilchikov (russian: Васильчиковы). Durnovo listed in the sixth part of the Gosudarev Rodos ...
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Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, covering an area of and a population of 1,553,925 (2010). Tula, Russia, Tula is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center, capital of Tula Oblast. Tula Oblast borders Moscow Oblast in the north, Ryazan Oblast in the east, Lipetsk Oblast in the southeast, Oryol Oblast in the southwest, and Kaluga Oblast in the west. Tula Oblast is one of the most developed and urbanized territories in Russia, and the majority of the territory forms the Tula-Novomoskovsk, Russia, Novomoskovsk Agglomeration, an urban area with a population of over 1 million. History The Tula Oblast area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, as shown by discoveries of burial mounds (kurgan ...
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Durnovo
Nikolai Nikolayevich Durnovo (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Дурново́; – 27 October 1937) was a Russian linguist. He was sentenced to death and shot during the Great Purge. Biography Durnovo was born into the Durnovo family. His father was also named Nikolai Nikolayevich Durnovo, and his mother was a member of the noble House of Saltykov. Durnovo was a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1924) and the Belarusian Academy of Sciences and specialised in Russian language dialectology, the history of Russian and Slavic languages, Russian language morphology theory of grammar, as well as ancient literature. He created a classification of Russian dialects that served as a base for modern scientific linguistic nomenclature. During the Great Purge, Durnovo was shot and buried in a mass grave at Sandarmokh Sandarmokh (russian: Сандармох; krl, Sandarmoh) is a forest massif from Medvezhyegorsk in the Republic of Karelia where possibly thousan ...
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Narodniki
The Narodniks (russian: народники, ) were a politically conscious movement of the Russian intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism, Narodnism or (russian: народничество; , similar to the German ), was a form of agrarian socialism though is often misunderstood as populism. The (; meaning 'going to the people') campaigns were the central impetus of the Narodnik movement. The Narodniks were in many ways the intellectual and political forebears and, in notable cases, direct participants of the Russian Revolution—in particular of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party, which went on to greatly influence Russian history in the early 20th century. History Narodnichestvo as a philosophy was influenced by the works of Alexander Herzen (1812–1870) and Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), whose convictions were refined by Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900) and ...
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Yelizaveta Petrovna Durnovo
Yelizaveta is a Russian feminine given name, and is a cognate of Elizabeth. Notable people with the name include: *Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Mikhaylovna of Russia (1826–1845), the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia *Yelizaveta Alekseyevna Tarakanova (1753–1775), pretender to the Russian throne *Yelizaveta Belogradskaya (1739 – c. 1764), a Russian Imperial Court opera singer *Yelizaveta Dementyeva (born 1928), Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s *Yelizaveta Kovalskaya (1851 or 1849–1943), Russian revolutionary, narodnik, and founding member of Black Repartition *Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova (born 1973), Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist *Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya (1845–1919), Russian mezzo-soprano *Yelizaveta Mironova Yelizaveta "Liza" Fyodorovna Mironova (russian: Елизавета Фёдоровна Миронова; 1924 – 29 September 1943) was a Soviet sniper during the Second World War World War  ...
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo
Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo (russian: Пётр Никола́евич Дурновó) (1845 in Moscow Governorate – in Petrograd) was an Imperial Russian lawyer, politician, and member of Russian nobility belonged to House of Durnovo. Known by anti-Tsarist revolutionaries in the era of the Russian Revolution of 1905 as "the counter-revolution's butcher." Biography Pyotr Durnovo was born in the Moscow Governorate to the noble Durnovo family in 1845. Durnovo began his career in the naval and military service, transferred in 1881 to the Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and from 1884 to 1893 was that department's director. He went on to high posts in other parts of the same ministry, including -a short term as its head (1905–06 ). His principal lire position during the last decade of his was that of member of the State Council. A graduate of the Imperial Naval School and the Military/Naval Law Academy, he served in the Ministry of Justice reaching the p ...
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Moscow Military District
The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District. History In the beginning of the second half of the 19th century Russian officials realized the need for re-organization of the Imperial Russian Army to meet new circumstances. During May 1862, the War Ministry, headed by Army General Dmitry Milyutin, introduced to Tsar Alexander II of Russia proposals for the reorganization of the army, which included the formation of fifteen military districts. A tsarist edict of 6 August 1864, announced in a Defence Minister’s order on 10 August of the same year, established ten military districts, including Moscow. The District’s territory then comprised 12 provinces: Vladimir, Vologda, Kaluga, Kostroma, M ...
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Pyotr Pavlovich Durnovo
Pyotr Pavlovich Durnovo was Moscow's Governor General during the 1905 Russian Revolution. His dacha became the site of an anarchist occupation in 1917. From 1881 to July 1917 he was the vowel of the Saint Petersburg City Duma (chairman from 1904). In the provincial zemstvo meeting, he was elected a member of the City Council, chairman of the Permanent Financial Commission of the City Council of St. Petersburg. Durnovo lived in a family mansion on 16 Angliyskaya Embankment, owned the Durnovo Dacha on Polyustrovskaya Embankment, as well as apartment buildings adjacent to it (No. 13-15). From July to November 1905 he was Moscow General-Governor. He was never a "Commander (of the Troops) of the Moscow Military District". Nikolai Nikolayevich Malakhov was the Commander of the Troops of the Moscow Military District The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded ...
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Ivan Durnovo
Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo (russian: Иван Николаевич Дурново, the patronymic is also transcribed as Nikolaevich; – ) was a Russian political figure. He served as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers between 1895 and 1903, the precursor to the post of prime minister. Biography Ivan Nikolaevich Durnovo was born on 1 (13) March 1834 in Chernigov Governorate (which was located mostly within northeastern Ukraine and Russia's Bryansk Oblast) to the noble Durnovo family. He attended Prince Michael Artillery Academy (russian: Михайловская артиллерийская академия) in Saint Petersburg. After a brief time in the military, he returned to civilian life and was elected by the nobility of his uyezd (district) to the position of the Marshal of Nobility. Later he occupied a similar position for the entire Chernigov Governorate. He served as the Governor of Chernigov Governorate (1863–1870) and Yekaterinoslav Governorate (1870 ...
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Pavel Dmitrievich Durnovo
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name * Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia * Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname *Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian *Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player * Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s *Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian *Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer *Pavel P ...
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Alexey Mikhailovich Durnovo
Aleksey Mikhailovich Durnovo (russian: Алексей Михайлович Дурново; 1792 – after 1841) was a Russian squire and landlord in Chernsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia. The son of a landowner in the village of Spasskoe Durnovo, he attended a boarding school at Moscow University at the same time as Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer Alexander Griboyedov (who enrolled as a student on December 22, 1803). He served in the military engineering corps, in the 2nd Pioneer Regiment, and retired in 1811 with the rank of lieutenant. He was a member of the militia during the war. He was well known as an amateur musician. In 1827 he married Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova), the sister of Alexander Griboyedov. Later Aleksey Durnovo became an honorary trustee of the Tula Oblast Gymnasium. Aleksey's wife, Maria Durnovo, was a sister of Russian classical writer Alexander Griboyedov. Aleksey Durnovo was good friends with him as mentioned in several c ...
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Maria Nikitichna Durnovo (Demidova)
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play ...
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