The House of Somov ( Сомовы, Somoff, Somow) is a Russian noble family descended from the

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s of the 14th century. This family descend from Prince (

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) Oslan - Chelebey, who left the

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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 Arsenyev (russian: Арсе́ньев) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located about northeast of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its ...

. (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 Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (russian: Михаил Михайлович Сомов; , in Moscow – 30 December 1973, in Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954). Somov graduated from the Moscow ...

(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 knowled ...

(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

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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

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

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

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

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family, Apraxine family (

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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

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(?-1783) ( Долгоруковы) (

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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 Bennigs ...

. 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

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Musketeer Regiment (1806-1807) fought against French Army in Eastern Prussia. At the Battle of Eylau, he commanded a brigade of

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and

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

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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

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

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(1802-1876).

Afanasy Nikoaievich Somov

Afanasy Nikoaievich Somov Afanasy (russian: Афана́сий) is the Russian form of Athanasios, a Greek name meaning "immortal". It may refer to: People: * Afanasy Bagration, Prince Adarnase of Kartli (1707–1784), Georgian prince royal and Russian Empire general * Af ...

(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

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(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

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(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 (

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) 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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, Orel,

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and

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

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 Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 ...

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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