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{{Infobox noble house, name=Princes Kropotkin, native_name=Князья Кропоткины, native_name_lang=Ru, coat_of_arms=RU_COA_Kropotkin.svg, coat_of_arms_size=150px, coat_of_arms_caption=Arms of Princes Kropotkin, image=POL_COA_Jełowicki_knazi.png, image_size=150px, image_caption=Arms of Princes Kropotka-Jełowicki, type=princely family, boyar scions, region=
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, founded=15th century, founder=Prince Dmitry Vasilyevich Kropotka, other_families=Kropotka-Jełowicki Princes Kropotkin (Russian: Князья Кропоткины) is an ancient Russian noble family of Rurik stock descending from Prince Dmitry Vasilyevich nicknamed ''Kropotka'', a nephew of the last Grand Duke of Smolensk, Yuri Svyatoslavich.Shumkov A.A
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Princes Kropotkin are listed in the 5th part (titled nobility) of the
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and Tula genealogical books and 2nd part (military nobility) of the Moscow genealogical book.


History

In the 15th-early 16th centuries, Princes Kropotkin were vassals of the
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. In 1496 Prince Ivan Dmitrievich Kropotkin (d. 1502) received the village of Jelowiczi in
Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...
Powiat, but around the beginning of the 16th century he turned to the
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side and died in the Russo-Lithuanian war of 1500 — 1503. His brother, Prince Alexander Dmitrievich Kropotkin (d. 1520), was the founder of the senior lineage. The son of Prince Ivan Dmitrievich Kropotkin, Vasily Kropotka-Jełowicki (d. circa 1542), was the founder of the Lithuanian branch. When his son, Prince Jakob Kropotka-Jełowicki died in 1564, this branch became extinct. The family had owned lands in the regions of
Veliky Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
and
Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...
since the 16th century. In the 16th century many Kropotkins served as
boyar scions Boyar scions (Russian: дети боярские, сыны боярские; transliteration: ''deti/syny boyarskie'') were a rank of Russian gentry that existed from the late 1300s through the 1600s. In the late 1700s—early 1800s descendants of ...
. The family was included in
Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan ...
's Book of One Thousand of 1550 listing 1000 best vassals from provincial nobility. Despite some Kropotkins reaching the rank of
stolnik Pantler (, , russian: сто́льник, ) was a court office in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, responsible for serving the royal table, then an honorary court title and a district office. Stolnik in Crown of Poland In the Crown of Poland und ...
in the 17th century, none of them had ever been in the rank of
boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...
. Many family members were voivodes, commanders, courtiers and later generals. However, in the early 18th century, some of the Ryazanian branch had degraded to poor gentry and even
odnodvortsy Odnodvortsy (Russian: ''однодворцы'') was a social group of the Russian gentry in the late 17th — mid-19th centuries. Those of this group who failed to prove nobility or regain it through the Table of Ranks were ranked with the state p ...
. For example, Prince Dmitry Timofeevich Kropotkin, an early 18th-century landlord of the Demidovo village, Ponitski stan, and a
dragoon Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat w ...
of the Senate company (''Senatskaya rota''), was statused as an ''odnodvorets'', but his relations of the very same village, were counted as full nobility.Милюков П.Н. Алфабет на именные книги пехотного Азовского полка... Рязань, 1897. С. 30. Despite many other impoverished Rurikid families, the Kropotkins managed to maintain the princely title. To the general public the family is mainly known for the famed Russian revolutionary
Pyotr Kropotkin Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (; russian: link=no, Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин ; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activ ...
.


Notable members


Descendants of Prince Alexander Dmitrievich Kropotkin (d. 1520)

* Prince Andrey Alexandrovich Kropotkin (d. circa 1524) was a
voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...
in the Livonian campaign of 1501, and the Muscovite campaign against Lithuania of 1515 and 1519; voivode at
Syrensk Vasknarva (russian: Сыренец, Syrenets; german: Neuschloss) is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. Geography The settlement is located on the northern shore of Lake Peipus, on the left bank of the Nar ...
in 1508, Topopets in 1521, and a vice-voivode during Russo-Kazan war of 1523 — 1524. * Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Kropotkin (d. 1630) was a participant at the Russo-Livonian war of 1558 — 1583, voivode at Kreutzburg (now Krustpils, Latvia) in 1579 and Sesswegen (now Cesvaine, Latvia) in 1582, and a participant of the
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in 1590 — 1593; the voivode at
Oreshek Shlisselburg ( rus, Шлиссельбу́рг, p=ʂlʲɪsʲɪlʲˈburk; german: Schlüsselburg; fi, Pähkinälinna; sv, Nöteborg), formerly Oreshek (Орешек) (1323–1611) and Petrokrepost (Петрокрепость) (1944–1992), is ...
(1590 —1592), Ladoga (1593 — 1594), and the 3rd voivode at
Ivangorod Ivangorod ( rus, Иванго́род, p=ɪvɐnˈɡorət; et, Jaanilinn; vot, Jaanilidna) is a town in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Narva river which flows along the Estonia–Russia inte ...
(1602 —1603). * Prince Vasily Petrovich Kropotkin (1564 —1648) took part in the campaign against
Ivan Bolotnikov Ivan Isayevich Bolotnikov (russian: Ива́н Иса́евич Боло́тников; 1565–1608) headed a popular uprising in Russia in 1606–1607 known as the Bolotnikov Rebellion (Восстание Ивана Болотникова). The up ...
and False Dimitry II near
Yelets Yelets, or Elets (russian: Еле́ц), is a city in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Bystraya Sosna River, which is a tributary of the Don. Population: History Yelets is the oldest center of the Central Black Earth Region. It was ment ...
(July — August 1606),
Kaluga Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiol ...
(December 1606 — May 1607) and other battles of the
Time of Troubles The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...
. He also was a voivode at Gorodetsko (now
Bezhetsk Bezhetsk (russian: Бе́жецк) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 29 ...
) (1621 —1622), Ladoga (1627 —1628), and
Uglich Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: History The city was first documented in 1148 as ''Ugliche Pole'' (''Corner Field''). The town's name is though ...
(1630 —1632). * Prince Alexander Vasilievich Kropotkin (d. 1659/60) was a
stolnik Pantler (, , russian: сто́льник, ) was a court office in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, responsible for serving the royal table, then an honorary court title and a district office. Stolnik in Crown of Poland In the Crown of Poland und ...
and a voivode at
Surgut Surgut ( rus, Сургу́т, p=sʊrˈgut; Khanty: Сәрханӆ, ''Sərhanł'') is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. It is one of the few cities in Russia to be lar ...
(1650–53). * Prince Vasily Vasilievich Kropotkin (d. 1691) was a stolnik (since 1649), a voivode at
Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...
(1651 —1653); he participated in
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and
Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Distr ...
campaigns during the
Russo-Polish war Armed conflicts between Poland (including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Russia (including the Soviet Union) include: Originally a Polish civil war that Russia, among others, became involved in. Originally a Hungarian revolution b ...
of 1654 —1667 and in the
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campaign during the
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of 1656–1658. He also was a voivode at
Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...
(1661 —1664) and took part in the suppression of Razin's revolt of 1670 —1671; a voivode at
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
(1687—1688). * Prince Mikhail Vasilievich Kropotkin (1649—1718) was a
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(komnatny stolnik) of Tsar
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(1682), a stolnik of Tsarina Sofia of Russia, a poet, genealogist and translator. In 1682 he submitted documents to the Chamber of Genealogical Affairs to include his kin to the
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, a vice governor of
Voronezh governorate Voronezh Governorate (russian: Воронежская губерния, ''Voronezhskaya guberniya''; uk, Воронізька губернія) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and th ...
(1746 —1747). Descendants of Prince Ivan Dmitrievich Kropotkin (d. 1520) * Prince Vasily Ivanovich Kropotka-Jełowicki (d. circa 1542) was the founder of Lithuanian princes Kropotka-Jełowicki. * Prince Andrey Ivanovich Kropotkin (d. after 1558) was the founder of the junior Russian branch of Princes Kropotkin. * Prince Dmitry Vasilyevich Kropotkin (d. 1574), grandson of Prince Andrey Ivanovich, was a participant in the Russo-Livonian war of 1558 —1583, the second head (''golova'') of the Guard Corps (''Storozhevoy polk'') in
Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...
(1558), the head of the Guard Corps in the
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campaign (now
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, Estonia) in 1560, and the 1st voivode at Gaujiena (1567). He died in a battle with the Swedes. * Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Kropotkin (d. after 1598) was participant of the Russo-Swedish war of 1590 —1593, a voivode at
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(1590–91) and Yama (1593–94). His son, Prince Kuzma (Voin) Mikhailovich Kropotkin (d. after 1643) was a participant of campaigns against Ivan Bolotnikov and False Dmitry II. In 1625 he organized census (Pistovye knigi) of the landlords of Tula and Krapivna districts, in 1635 —1643 he recorded landed estates of the Vladimir district. * Prince Boris Mikhailovich Kropotkin was a Ryazanian landlord and is believed to be the founder of the Ryazanian branch of the family. However, Princes Kropotkin were recoded as owner of estate in Perevitsky stan earlier in the 16th century. * Prince Semyon Nikitich Kropotkin (d. after 1609) was a participant of the Russo-Livonian war of 1558—1583 as the 1st voivode of the Great Corps in 1565, the Russo-Swedish war of 1590 —1593, and a voivode at Ladoga (1590—1594). In 1602 he received the fiancé of Princess Xenia Godunova, Prince Johan of Schleswig-Holstein. He was a voivode in the campaign that cleared
Krapivna Krapivna (russian: Крапивна) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia: *Krapivna, Klimovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Getmanobudsky Selsoviet of Klimovsky Distri ...
and
Odoyev Odoyev (Russian: ''Одоев'') is an urban settlement (Russian: ''рабочий посёлок'') since 1959, in the west of Tula Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Odoyevsky District. It sits on the left bank of the Upa river, a rig ...
off of Bolotnikov's troops. He owned the village of Semyonovskoe (Chepryuhino or Chudinovo) on the Glinushka river, in Perevitsky stan, in the second half of the 16th century, which he received from the Bishop of Ryazan.Анпилогов Г.Н. Рязанская писцовая приправочная книга конца XVI века. Москва, 1982. С. 59. * Prince Jakov Ivanovich Kropotkin was an
active state councillor Active State Councillor (russian: действительный статский советник, deystvitelnyi statskiy sovetnik) was the civil position (class) in the Russian Empire, according to the Table of Ranks introduced by Peter the Great ...
(since 1741), oberster kriegskommissar, the head of investigation service (''sysknoy prikaz''; since 1740). * Prince Alexey Petrovich Kropotkin (1805 —1871 ) was a
major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
(since 1855), participant of the Russo-Turkish war of 1828-29, and the suppression of the Polish revolt of 1830–1831. * Pyotr Alexeyvich Kropotkin (1842 —1921) was a famed
anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...
revolutionary and philosopher, who disclaimed the title of Prince at the age of twelve. * Prince Pyotr Nikolaevich Kropotkin (1831 — 1903) was a
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
(1901), participant of the suppression of the Polish revolt of 1863-64, head of the 1st Hussar Sumsky corps (1867 —1874); since 1874 he was a member of the Chief Committee for establishment organization of troops; in 1876 —1881 he was the commander of the 5th Caucasus division. * Prince Dmitry Nikolaevich Kropotkin (1836 —1879) was a
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
(1878), flügeladjutant (1861). Since 1863 he was a member of the Imperial retinue. In 1868—1870 he was the governor of
Grodno governorate The Grodno Governorate, (russian: Гро́дненская губе́рнiя, translit=Grodnenskaya guberniya, pl, Gubernia grodzieńska, be, Гродзенская губерня, translit=Hrodzenskaya gubernya, lt, Gardino gubernija, u ...
and in 1870—1879 – of the
Kharkov governorate The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From ...
, actively fighting any anti-tsar movement. He was shot by G.D. Goldenberg from
Narodnaya Volya Narodnaya Volya ( rus, Наро́дная во́ля, p=nɐˈrodnəjə ˈvolʲə, t=People's Will) was a late 19th-century revolutionary political organization in the Russian Empire which conducted assassinations of government officials in an att ...
. * Prince Nikolay Dmitrievich Kropotkin (1872–1937) was an
active state councillor Active State Councillor (russian: действительный статский советник, deystvitelnyi statskiy sovetnik) was the civil position (class) in the Russian Empire, according to the Table of Ranks introduced by Peter the Great ...
(1913), master of ceremonies (1910), vice-governor of
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(1907—1912) and (1912–15) and Livonia. Since 1898 he owned Segewold mansion (now in
Sigulda Sigulda (; german: Segewold, pl, Zygwold, russian: Сигулда) is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, from the capital city Riga. Overview Sigulda is on a picturesque stretch of the primeval Gauja river valley. Because of the reddish Dev ...
, Latvia). In 1917 he emigrated to
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. * Alexey Petrovich Kropotkin (b. 13.11.1937) is a Russian scientist, a professor in physics. * Prince Alexey Ivanovich Kropotkin (1816–1903),
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
(1873), a participant of the Hungary campaign of 1849, Crimean war of 1853-56, flügeladjutant (1853), major general of the Imperial retinue(1858), Moscow oberpolicmeister (1858–1860), marshal of Luzhsk nobility (1897–1900). * Vladimir Vsevolodovich Kropotkin (1922–1993) was a Soviet
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, and the head of the Scytho-
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department of the Institute of Archeology at the
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. * Princess Alexandra Kropotkin (1887–1966), writer and émigré to the United States


Estates

* Zymyonki (Ziminki), Perevitski stan (now
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Peter Kropotkin Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (; russian: link=no, Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин ; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activis ...
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Rurik dynasty The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...
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Jełowicki family The Jełowicki family, sometimes called Jałowiecki, (feminine form: Jełowicka, plural: Jełowiccy) is a Polish princely family of Ruthenian- Lithuanian origin, bearing the ''Jełowicki'' arms. They use the prefix Bożeniec. Their estates wer ...
Russian noble families Rurik dynasty Rurikids