The House of Durnovo (russian: Дурново) (known variant 'Durnovy' lural 'Durnov' ,'Durnova' (russian: 'Дурновы'; 'Дурнов', 'Дурнова')) is a prominent family of

Russian nobility The Russian nobility (russian: дворянство ''dvoryanstvo'') originated in the 14th century. In 1914 it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members (about 1.1% of the population) in the Russian Empire. Up until the February Revolutio ...

. Durnovo is one of two Russian noble families, of which the most famous is the branch of the

Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

(russian: Толстой). In the mid 15th century The

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lists founder

Mikula F. Durnovo Mikula may refer to: * Mikula (surname) * Mikula Golubev, fictional mutant character published by Marvel Comics * 2969 Mikula, a Main-belt Asteroid * The protagonist of the Croatian film '' Captain Mikula, the Kid'' {{disambig ...

(russian: Микула Фёдорович Дурново) grandson of Vasily Yurevich Tolstoy (russian: Василий Юрьевич Толстой), nicknamed as Durnoy (russian: Дурной) ould be translated as: A Fool, Spoiled, Bad, Joker as a founder of the family. His brothers Daniel (russian: Данила) and Basil (russian: Василий) founded families of Danilov (russian: Даниловы) and Vasilchikov (russian: Васильчиковы). Durnovo listed in the sixth part of the Sovereign's Pedigree Book of

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, Kaluga,

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, Orёl, and

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, Tula and

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provinces.

Coat of arms

Durnovo's coat of arms is practically identical with the "parent" coat of arms of

family

Notable Family Members

* Nikolay Dmitriyevich Durnovo (1725–1816) – General of Infantry *

Dmitry Nikolayevich Durnovo Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος ...

(1769–1834) – Russian politician *

Maria Nikitichna Durnovo (Demidova) Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(1776–1847) – wife of Dmitry Nikolaevich Durnovo *

Alexey Mikhailovich Durnovo Aleksey Mikhailovich Durnovo (russian: Алексей Михайлович Дурново; 1792 – after 1841) was a Russian squire and landlord in Chernsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia. The son of a landowner in the village of Spasskoe D ...

(1792–1849) – Count, Tula Oblast *

Pavel Dmitrievich Durnovo Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

(1804–1864) – Politician and courtier * Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo (1834–1903) – Politician, Prime minister of Russia (1895–1903) *

Pyotr Pavlovich Durnovo Pyotr Pavlovich Durnovo was Moscow's Governor General during the 1905 Russian Revolution. His dacha became the site of an anarchist occupation in 1917. From 1881 to July 1917 he was the vowel of the Saint Petersburg City Duma (chairman from 190 ...

(1835–1919) – General Governor of

Moscow Military District The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military D ...

Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo (russian: Пётр Никола́евич Дурновó) (1845 in Moscow Governorate – in Petrograd) was an Imperial Russian lawyer, politician, and member of Russian nobility belonged to House of Durnovo. Kno ...

(1845–1915) – Minister of Interior of Russia *

Yelizaveta Petrovna Durnovo Yelizaveta is a Russian feminine given name, and is a cognate of Elizabeth. Notable people with the name include: *Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Mikhaylovna of Russia (1826–1845), the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia ...

(1855–1910) – Member of

Narodniki The Narodniks (russian: народники, ) were a politically conscious movement of the Russian intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism ...

movement *

Nikolay Nikolayevich Durnovo Nikolai Nikolayevich Durnovo (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Дурново́; – 27 October 1937) was a Russian linguist. He was sentenced to death and shot during the Great Purge. Biography Durnovo was born into the Durno ...

(1876–1937) – Linguist

Partial Family Tree

Known family members in Chart Template format

Known Architectural Legacy and Geographical Location

Dacha Durnovo Dacha Durnovo ''(russian: Дача Дурново)'' is the countryside manor of Bakunin family (XVIII c.) and Durnovo family (XIX c.). It is an architectural monument of classicism, located on 22 Sverdlovsk Embankment (previously Polyustrovsky Em ...

* Church of The Transfiguration (Village of Spasskaya-Durnovo) *See ''File:Moscow, Podkolokolny 16-5, medical school.jpg'' (Moscow Medical College #2) * Abashevo, Penza Oblast

Other Family Connections

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 ...

–

Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova) Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo () (russian: Мария Сергеевна Дурново (Грибоедова); 1792–1856) was an amateur Russian piano and harp player. She was a younger sister of Russian writer and poet Alexander Sergeyevich Gribo ...

sister of A.S. Griboyedov married to

Notes and references

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