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Kochubey
Kochubey ( uk, Кочубей) is a Ukrainian surname of Crimean Tatar descent. Notable people with the surname include: *Vasyl Kochubey (1640–1708), Ukrainian nobleman *Viktor Kochubey (1768–1834), Russian statesman of Ukrainian descent {{Surname Ukrainian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Kochubey
Prince Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (); ( – ) was a Russian statesman and close aide of Alexander I of Russia. Of Ukrainians, Ukrainian origin, he was a great-grandson of Vasily Kochubey. He took part in the Privy Committee that outlined Government reform of Alexander I. He served in London and Paris embassies as counsel, then as Ambassador to Turkey. In 1798 he was appointed to the board of College of Foreign Affairs and was made Count next year, but then Paul I of Russia exiled him. At the start of the reign of Alexander I, he joined the liberal Privy Committee that outlined Government reform of Alexander I. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1801–1802 and also Minister of the Interior until 1812, then in 1819–1825. Since 1827 he was the President of the State Council of Imperial Russia, State Council and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. In 1834, he was granted the rank of Chancellor of the Russian Empire. Biography Early years Kochubey was born in Poltava O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasyl Kochubey
Vasily Leontiyevich Kochubey (russian: Василий Леонтьевич Кочубей, uk, Василь Леонтiйович Кочубей) (c. 1640 – 15 July 1708) was a Cossack-born Russian state figure of Crimean Tatar descent. He was executed by Hetman Ivan Mazepa. His great-grandson was the eminent Imperial Statesman Viktor Kochubey. The family name is also spelled Kotchoubey (French) and Kotschoubey (German, Almanach de Gotha). Biography :: The grandson of the Crimean Tatar Kuchuk-bey, who left to Ukraine in the middle of XVII century and was baptized Andrey. :: Until 1675 he was a military chancellor of Hetmans I. Briukhovetskyi and P. Doroshenko :: 1675 – P.Doroshenko'sEnvoy to Turkey. :: 1676 – Envoy of Archbishop Lazar Baranovych to Moscow, :: 1676 – 1681 – a military chancellor under I. Samoilovych. :: 1681 – 1687 – he was a regent of the General Military Chancellery (1681 ) und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Surname
By the 18th century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words. Surnames were developed for official documents or business record keeping to differentiate the parties who might have the same first name. By the 15th century, surnames were used by the upper class, nobles and large land owners. In cities and towns, surnames became necessary in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1632, Orthodox Metropolitan Petro Mohyla ordered priests to include a surname in all records of birth, marriage and death. After the partitions of Poland (1772–1795), Western Ukraine came under the Austrian Empire, where peasants needed surnames for taxation purposes and military service and churches were required to keep records of all births, deaths and marriages. The surnames with the suffix -enko are the most known and common Ukrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |