The House of Somov ( Сомовы, Somoff, Somow) is a Russian noble family descended from the Khans of the 14th century. This family descend from Prince (

Murza Morza (plural ''morzalar''; from Persian '' mirza'') is a Princely title in Tatar states, such as Khanate of Kazan, Khanate of Astrakhan and others, and in Russia. After the fall of Kazan some morzalar joined Russian service. Some morzalar lost th ...

; Mirza) Oslan - Chelebey, who left the

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...

leading an army to support

Dmitry Donskoy Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( rus, Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й, Dmítriy Ivanovich Donskóy, also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 – 1 ...

, Prince of Moscow, during the wars with other principalities and tartarian domination. Oslan accepted to be baptized in 1389 with the name of Prokofiev, married Maria Zotikova Zhitova who was the daughter of Prince Dimitri's Stolnik, Zotik Zhitov. They had five sons: (1) Lev, nicknamed Wide Mouth; (2) Fiodr; (3) Arseny - founder of Arseniev. (Арсеньевы); (4) Jacob Kremenetsky - founder of Kremenetsky and Yanovtsevyh; (5) Paul - founder of Pavlovs. And Lev Prokofievich, who had two sons: (1) Zechariah, founder of Rtishev and Zhdanovs. (Ртищевы)br>Ртищевы - сайт однофамильцев (Rtischev Family)
and (2) Andrey, nicknamed "Som" (Catfish) founder of Somov.

Notable members

Konstantin Somov Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов; November 30, 1869 – May 6, 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the '' Mir iskusstva''. Biography Early life Konstantin Somov was born on ...

(1869–1939), Russian painter * Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (1908–1973), Soviet oceanographer *

Orest Somov Orest Mikhailovich Somov (Russian and uk, Орест Михайлович Сомов, romanized Ukrainian standard: ''Orest Mykhailovych Somov/Somiv'') ( – ) was a Russian romantic writer of Ukrainian origin. He studied at Kharkiv Univers ...

(1793–1833), Russian writer *

Osip Ivanovich Somov Osip Ivanovich Somov (russian: Ио́сиф (О́сип) Ива́нович Со́мов; 13 June 1815, Moscow Governorate – 8 May 1876, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowle ...

(1815–1876), Russian mathematician Iwaniec Ivanovic Somov is written in the book of the best-thousandth of the nobles and knights (1550). Three Somovs were killed by Polish in 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 ...

Fyodor Ivanovich Somov

Fyodor Ivanovich Somov was Voevoda in Verhoturie (1619) and his brother Ivan - Voevoda in Kozelsk and Lihvina (1616-1619), son of the last Fedor was a Voevoda in Yelets Sviyazhsk and Ufa (1650-1664). Parfeny Pavlovich Somov was a Voevoda in Vahe (1666)and Lomov (1676), and then clerk of the Russian Council ( Думный дворянин). Matvei Petrovich Somov, steward, was a Voevoda in Viazma (1679).

Feodosia Pavlovna Somova

Feodosia Pavlovna Somova (1650?) daughter of Pavel Stepanovich and Maria Verigin (Princess

Volkonsky Volkonsky is a Russian language locational surname, named after the Volkona river south of Moscow, and borne by a Russian noble family.Ziegler, Dominic. ''Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires.'' New York: ...

´s daughter) was the mother of Eudoxia Alexeievna Chirikova (¿-1703) wife of the first Count of the Russian Empire,

Boris Sheremetev Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War. He became the first Russian count i ...

. Feodosia is the ancestor of different nobles and princely Russian families, including: Count Mikhail Borisovich Sheremetev, Princess Sofía Borisovna

Urusov Urusov/Ouroussoff (russian: Урусов) and Urusova/Ouroussoff (russian: Урусова; feminine) is a Russian princely family of Nogai origins (from turkic ''urus'', "russian") Famous members * Andrey Urusov (also known as Kasim-Murza, 1 ...

(Khanate of Nogai), Countess Ana Borisovna Golovin. Among her descendants are included members of

House of Dolgorukov The House of Dolgorukov () is a knyaz, princely Tsardom of Russia, Russian family of Rurikid stock. They are a cadet branch of the Obolensky, Obolenskiy family (until 1494 the rulers of Obolenskoye, Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Obolensk, ...

family, Apraxine family ( Famille Apraxine),

Naryshkin family The House of Naryshkin (russian: Нарышкины) is a noble Moscow boyar 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 Spir ...

and others.

Evsievy Leontievich Somov

Evsievy Leontievich Somov, (1692) was the Stolnik of Tsaritsa Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina second spouse of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.

Nadiezhda Petrovna Somova

Nadiezhda Petrovna Somova (1730-?) Princess Dolgorukova, married Prince Ivan Aleksievich

Dolgorukov The House of Dolgorukov () is a princely Russian family of Rurikid stock. They are a cadet branch of the Obolenskiy family (until 1494 the rulers of Obolensk, one of the Upper Oka Principalities) and as such claiming patrilineal descent from ...

(?-1783) ( Долгоруковы) (

)

Andrey Andreievich Somov

Andrey Andreievich Somov (?-1815) Major General, hero of the

Battle of Eylau The Battle of Eylau, or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, was a bloody and strategically inconclusive battle on 7 and 8 February 1807 between Napoléon's '' Grande Armée'' and the Imperial Russian Army under the command of Levin August von Benn ...

. In military service written in 1775, he served in the infantry. In 1790, he received the rank of second major, in 1794 he was promoted to prime the Majors in 1797 - to lieutenant colonel . October 3, 1798, Colonel Somov was the chief of the Kamchatka Garrison Battalion, 8 June 1799 received the rank of Major General. January 21, 1803 Somov was appointed chief of the Tula Musketeer Regiment (1806-1807) fought against French Army in Eastern Prussia. At the Battle of Eylau, he commanded a brigade of

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 Dist ...

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and Tula musketeer regiments and knocked the French out of the city. April 8, 1807, he was awarded the

Order of St. George The Order of Saint George (russian: Орден Святого Георгия, Orden Svyatogo Georgiya) is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. Originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian (7 December 1769 Gregorian) a ...

the third degree (No. 149 by Chevalier list) "In the great reward of bravery and courage, rendered in the battle against the French troops of the 26th and 27th of January at Eylau . " For other differences in this war Somov (December 1, 1807) he was awarded a gold sword with the inscription "For Bravery" . In 1809, Somov retired and died in 1815.

Juliana Fedorovna Somova

Juliana Fedorovna Somova (1815-1856), Princess Galitzina, married Prince Nikolai Borisovich

Galitzine The House of Golitsyn or Galitzine was one of the largest princely of the noble houses in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire. Among them were boyars, warlords, diplomats, generals (the Mikhailovichs), stewards, chamberlains, the richest ...

(1802-1876).

Afanasy Nikoaievich Somov

Afanasy Nikoaievich Somov (1823-1899) was a Senator and Governor of Tver.

Andrey Ivanovich Somov

Andrey Ivanovich Somov (1830, St. Petersburg - 1909, ibid.), art historian, museum worker and collector. He graduated from Larin's gymnasia in St. Petersburg and the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University (1854). Also attended classes of the Drawing School. He taught physics and mathematics until 1859. That year he published the first accessible description of the art galleries of the Hermitage. In 1872–86, he issued a catalogue of the art gallery of the Academy of Arts. From 1863 to 1886, he managed the office of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. In 1883–89, he taught art history at the Higher Women's Courses (Bestuzhev Courses). From 1883 to 1890, Somov edited the Vestnik Izyaschnykh Iskusstv (Fine Arts Herald) journal. In 1878, he was elected a Fellow of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. In 1886, he assumed the post of a chief custodian of the art gallery of the Hermitage; during his tenure, he compiled a scientific catalogue of the gallery (Vol. 1–3, 1889–95) and made a considerable contribution to the evolution of domestic museology and art history. He gathered a notable collection of drawings and china. Somov lived in his own house at 97 Ekaterininsky Canal Embankment (present-day Griboedova Canal Embankment) and was buried at Novodevichye cemetery. His son was an artist, K.A. Somov.

Sergey Mikhailovich Somov

Sergey Mikhailovich Somov (1854-1917?), Chamberlain of the Imperial Court, was the last Marshal of Nobility of Saint Petersburg. Afanasy's Nikolaievich nephew. His son, Sergey Sergeievich Somov and his wife Natalia Vasilievna Naryshkin hid a valuable treasure in Naryshkin-Trubetskoy Palace, before emigrate to France. In April 2012 the treasure was found by workers in a restoring. Members of the Naryshkin and Somov family claim it. Read article
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Eudoxia Mihailovna Somova

Eudoxia Mihailovna Somova (Alexandrovsk-Lugansk 1850 - Nice, France 1924) 1st. Princess Orbeliani (widow of

Alexander Orbeliani Count Alexander Orbeliani (Jambakur-Orbeliani) ( ka, ალექსანდრე ორბელიანი ��ამბაკურ-ორბელიანი (May 24, 1802 – December 28, 1869) was a Georgia (country), Georgian Romantic ...

) 2nd. Princess Murat, married Prince Louis Napoléon Murat,

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´s grandson. Eudoxia was the daughter of Cap. Mihail Alexandrovich Somov ( Marshal of Nobility) and Princess Maria Pavlovna Chirinsky-Chikhmatov (

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)

Princes Shekhonskie-Somov

Extinct princely family, originated from Yaroslavl Princes (

Principality of Yaroslavl The Principality of Yaroslavl (russian: Ярославское княжество, Yaroslavskoye knyazhestvo) was a Rus' principality with its capital in the city of Yaroslavl. It existed from 1218 until 1463 (''de jure'' until 1471) when it b ...

) branch. According to P.N. Petrov research, Somov family descends from Shekhonskie princes, refuting the origins theory related with Prince Oslan - Chelebey.Шехонские князья (Shekhonskie Princes)
/ref> The family Somov is divided into several branches, is listed in genealogical books

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, Kaluga,

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, Novgorod, Orel, Saratov,

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, Tula and

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provinces. The Somov heraldry was included in the Armorial General of the Nobility of the Russian Empire, (chapter IV, 110)
http://gerbovnik.ru/arms/560.html
*Coats of arms of Russian noble families -

*

Tver Governorate Tver Governorate (russian: Тверская губерния, ''Tverskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Tver. The governo ...

Portrait Andrey Ivanovich Somov (1830-1909) Paint. Somov, Konstantin (1897)
* Portrait Afanasy Nikolaievich Somov (1823-1899) * Portret Inna Andr. Somov, Baroness v. Sobeck-Skal u. Kornitz. Paint. Zdrazila, Adolf (1920) Opava
Sergey Sergeievich Somov (fourth p. left to right)

References

External links

Armorial General of the Nobility of the Russian Empire
* Сомовы
Сергей Михайлович Сомов
* Сомов, Андрей Андреевич * Сомов, Николай Николаевич
Princes Shehonskie-Somov
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