en.unionpedia.org

Elena Kurakina, the Glossary

Elena Stepanovna Kurakina (née Apraksina) (September 5, 1735 – October 29, 1768) was the daughter of Field Marshal Stepan Apraksin, the wife of Senator Boris–Leonty Kurakin, one of the favorites of Emperor Peter III.^[1]

19 relations: Active Privy Councillor, 1st class, Alexander Kurakin, Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Alexey Kurakin, Boris Kurakin (1733), Catherine the Great, Elizaveta Vorontsova, Grigory Orlov, Hofmeister (office), Ivan Martos, Lev Naryshkin (1733), Mikhail Shcherbatov, Nikita Panin, Peter III of Russia, Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov, Petr Ivanovich Panin, Pietro Rotari, Russian Empire, Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin.

Active Privy Councillor, 1st class

Active Privy Councillor, 1st class (действительный тайный советник первого класса, deystvitelnyi taynyi sovetnik pervogo klassa) was the civil position (class) in the Russian Empire, according to the Table of Ranks introduced by Peter the Great in 1722.

See Elena Kurakina and Active Privy Councillor, 1st class

Alexander Kurakin

Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin, sometimes spelled Kourakine (18 January 1752 – Weimar, 6 / 24 June 1818) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, a member of the State Council (from 1810), who was ranked Active Privy Counsellor 1st Class (see Table of Ranks). Elena Kurakina and Alexander Kurakin are Nobility from the Russian Empire.

See Elena Kurakina and Alexander Kurakin

Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, in the belief that this was the site of the Neva Battle in 1240 when Alexander Nevsky, a prince, defeated the Swedes.

See Elena Kurakina and Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Alexey Kurakin

Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (19 September 1759 – 30 December 1829) was a Russian statesman, Active Privy Councillor of the 1st class (1826), who held a number of top positions in the reign of Paul I and Alexander I. The direct ancestor of all subsequent Kurakin princes.

See Elena Kurakina and Alexey Kurakin

Boris Kurakin (1733)

Prince Boris–Leonty Alexandrovich Kurakin (1733 – 1764) was a Russian statesman, clerk, senator.

See Elena Kurakina and Boris Kurakin (1733)

Catherine the Great

Catherine II (born Princess Sophie Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. Elena Kurakina and Catherine the Great are 18th-century women from the Russian Empire.

See Elena Kurakina and Catherine the Great

Elizaveta Vorontsova

Countess Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova (Елизавета Романовна Воронцова; 13 August 1739 – 2 February 1792) was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. Elena Kurakina and Elizaveta Vorontsova are 18th-century women from the Russian Empire.

See Elena Kurakina and Elizaveta Vorontsova

Grigory Orlov

Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief.

See Elena Kurakina and Grigory Orlov

Hofmeister (office)

In medieval Europe, within the Holy Roman Empire, a Hofmeister (literally "court-master" or "house-master" in German; Magister, Praefectus curiae; hofmester, hovmester, hovmästare, hofmistr, ochmistrz; précepteur; precettore / istitutore) was an official who acted as an aide to royalty or to a senior nobleman or cleric.

See Elena Kurakina and Hofmeister (office)

Ivan Martos

Ivan Petrovich Martos (Иван Петрович Мартос; Іван Петрович Мартос; 1754 – 5 April 1835) was a Russian sculptor and art teacher of Ukrainian origin who helped awaken Russian interest in Neoclassical sculpture.

See Elena Kurakina and Ivan Martos

Lev Naryshkin (1733)

Lev Aleksandrovich Naryshkin (March 9, 1733, Sankt–Peterburg – December 21, 1799, Sankt–Peterburg) was an Ober–Shtalmeyster from the Naryshkin Family, a famous court joker and rake of the times of Pyotr III and Ekaterina II.

See Elena Kurakina and Lev Naryshkin (1733)

Mikhail Shcherbatov

Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Щерба́тов; 22 July 1733 – 12 December 1790) was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on the par with Mikhail Lomonosov and Nikolay Novikov.

See Elena Kurakina and Mikhail Shcherbatov

Nikita Panin

Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (Никита Иванович Панин) was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great for the first 18 years of her reign (1762–1780). Elena Kurakina and Nikita Panin are Nobility from the Russian Empire.

See Elena Kurakina and Nikita Panin

Peter III of Russia

Peter III Fyodorovich (Pyotr III Fyodorovich) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great).

See Elena Kurakina and Peter III of Russia

Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov

Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (Pëtr Ivanovič Šuvalov; 1711 –) was a Russian statesman and Field Marshal who, together with his brother Aleksandr Shuvalov, paved the way for the elevation of the Shuvalov family to the highest offices of the Russian Empire.

See Elena Kurakina and Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov

Petr Ivanovich Panin

General Count Pyotr (Petr) Ivanovich Panin (1721 – April 26, 1789), younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin, fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War and in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, capturing Bender on September 26, 1770. Elena Kurakina and Petr Ivanovich Panin are Nobility from the Russian Empire.

See Elena Kurakina and Petr Ivanovich Panin

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Kurakina

Elena Kurakina, the Glossary

Table of Contents

References