The Artamonov family (, the Artamonovs) is a
Russian noble family of
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
origin, descended from Art MacKeen (Russian: Арт Магин), a mercenary that was recruited to the
regiment
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under the command of William Grim ( later under Captain-
Rittmeister
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Jacob Shaw). He first entered service to the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but during the siege of the fortress of
Bely in 1614, his regiment switched sides, surrendered the fortress and allied to Russia. Later on, the regiment participated in several
Russo-Crimean Wars
The Russo-Crimean Wars were fought between the forces of the Tsardom of Russia and the Crimean Khanate during the 16th century over the region around the Volga River.
In the 16th century, the Wild Steppes in Russia were exposed to the Khanat ...
during the period of
Crimean–Nogai raids.
Ivan, son of Denis Artmanov, was mentioned as a ''
pomeschik'' in
Vologda
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[http://www.hist.vsu.ru/cdh/Articles/part8/08-05table.htm Official list of landlords from regiment of William Grim and Jacob Shaw in Russian Service]
See also
*
Artamonov, list of people with the surname
References
Russian noble families
Russian families of Scottish ancestry
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