Aleksey Mikhailovich Durnovo (russian: Алексей Михайлович Дурново; 1792 – after 1841) was a Russian

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and landlord in

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. 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 Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gr ...

(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

. Aleksey Durnovo was good friends with him as mentioned in several correspondences, such as a letter from Durnovo's wife to her brother A. Griboyedov on May 25, 1828.

Family

* Father – Mikhail Alekseevich Durnovo * Mother – Natalia Fedorovna Voeykova * Wife – Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova) ''(Sister of Alexander Griboyedov)'' * Son – Alexander Alekseevich Durnovo ''(godson of

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House of Durnovo Districts of Tula Oblast 1792 births {{Russia-bio-stub

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