The House of Naryshkin (russian: Нарышкины) is a noble Moscow

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family of Crimean Tatar descent, going back to a certain Mordko Kurbat Naryshko, a Crimean Tatar, who moved to Moscow in the 15th century.Sergei O. Prokofieff, ''The Spiritual Origins of Eastern Europe and the Future Mysteries of the Holy Grail'', Temple Lodge Publishing (1993), p. 460 It became allied to the ruling house in 1671 when the great beauty

Natalya Naryshkina Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina (russian: Ната́лья Кири́лловна Нары́шкина; 1 September 1651 – 4 February 1694) was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671–1676 as the second spouse of Tsar Alexis I of Russia, and reg ...

(daughter of

Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin (russian: links=no, Кирилл Полуэктович Нарышкин) (1623 – April 30, 1691) was the maternal grandfather of Peter the Great. Kirill Naryshkin’s name was first mentioned in 1646, when he and ...

) married Alexis of Russia, later becoming the mother of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

. The Naryshkin family was persecuted under the regency of Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, but were then highly favoured by Peter and his descendants and played a major part in Russian life.

Streltsy revolt against Naryshkin family

During the Streltsy uprising, soldiers of the

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staged a revolt against the Naryshkin family (the relatives of Peter’s mother, who had assumed actual power). Their uprising was crushed and their unit were forcibly disbanded by the Tsar, with hundreds of them executed or deported.

Other notable members

* Kirill Alexeyevich Naryshkin (1670–1723), Commandant of

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and of Dorpat 1704 - 1710, commandant of

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

1710 - 1716, governor of Moscow 1716-1719 * Alexis Vasilievich Naryshkin (1742–1800), chamberlain from 1773, diplomat, scholar, friend of

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(offering lodging in his house during Diderot's stay in Saint Petersburg, at Place Saint-Isaac, n° 8) * Alexander Lvovich Naryshkin (1760–1826), friend of

Paul I of Russia Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her l ...

, who called him his 'uncle'; he served simultaneously as grand chamberlain, chancellor and grand marshal of the nobility; he also served for a long time as head of the theatres and attracted the top artists from Europe (particularly from France) to Russia. * Maria Naryshkina (1779–1854), ''née'' Princess Maria Svyatopolk-Chetvertinskaya, mistress of

Alexander I of Russia Alexander I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. The son o ...

* Lev Kirillovich Naryshkin, Russian ambassador * Lev Alexandrovich Naryshkin (1785–1846), Russian lieutenant-general, fought in the

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* Kirill Alexandrovich Naryshkin, member of the State Council (1834) * Alexander Alexeyevich Naryshkin (1839–1916), member of the State Council (1906)

Gallery

File:Naryshkin coat of arms.jpg, Family coat of arms File:Lev Kir. Naryshkin.JPG, Lev Kirillovich Naryshkin File:M.Naryshkina by Domenico Bossi.JPG, Maria Naryshkina, mistress of

by Domenico Bossi File:Alexandr Lvovich Naryshkin by A.C.Ritt (1790s, Hermitage).jpg, Aleksandr Naryshkin by Augustin-Christian Ritt File:M. L. Naryshkina.jpg, Silhouette of Maria Lvovna Naryshkina File:Anna Lvovna Naryshkina.jpg, Silhouette of Anna Lvovna Naryshkina File:Naryshkin Lev Alexandrovich.jpg, Lev Naryshkin by

George Dawe George Dawe (6 February 1781 – 15 October 1829) was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He relocated to Saint ...

File:1799. Borovik pt naryshkinoy.jpg, Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina by

Vladimir Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (russian: Влади́мир Луки́ч Боровико́вский, ukr, Володи́мир Лýкич Боровикóвський, ; July 24 O.S. (August 4, N.S.) 1757, Mirgorod – April 6 O.S. (April 18, N. ...

File:Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova by Christina Robertson.jpg, Zinaida Ivanovna Naryshkina by Christina Robertson File:Vix and Prince Naryschkin in 1917.jpg, Vix and Prince Naryschkin in 1917 File:Alexandra Dm. Medem (Naryshkina) with son Alexander.jpg, Alexandra Dmitrievna Naryshkina with son Alexander

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