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Bakunin family

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House of Bakunin
Бакунины
Noble family
Parent familyBáthory family
CountryRussia
Current regionTver
EtymologyFrom the Russian: Бакуня, romanizedBakunya; meaning "chatterbox, phrase monger".[1]
Place of originTransylvania
Founded1492 (1492) (traditional)
1677 (1677) (documented)
FounderZenislav Bakunin (traditional)
Nikifor Bakunin (documented)
Estate(s)Pryamukhino

The Bakunin family (Russian: Баку́нины) is an old Russian noble family, claiming descent from the Hungarian House of Báthory.

History

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The Bakunin family claims descent from Stephen Báthory, the Prince of Transylvania who campaigned against Ivan the Terrible for control over Livonia.[2] According to the family legend, the Bakunin dynasty was founded in 1492 by Zenislav Bakunin, one of the three brothers of the Báthory family who left Hungary to serve under Ivan III of Russia ("the Great").[3] Zenislav was subsequently baptised as Peter Bakunin and granted estates in Ryazan, where his family continued to serve the Russian Empire.[4] But the first documented ancestor of the Bakunins was a 17th-century Moscow clerk Nikifor Evdokimov, who became a noble in 1677, going by the nickname of "Bakunin".[5]

Family tree

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References

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  1. ^ "Бакулить". Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b c d e Leier 2009, p. 10.
  3. ^ Randolph, John (5 July 2018). The House in the Garden: The Bakunin Family and the Romance of Russian Idealism. Cornell University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-5017-3230-0. Family legend had it that the Bakunin name was brought from Transylvania by Zenislav Bakunin, who came with his two brothers to the court of Ivan the Great in 1492.
  4. ^ Khmelevsky, A.N., ed. (22 October 1800). "Герб рода Бакуниных" [Bakunin coat of arms]. All-Russian Armorials of Noble Houses of the Russian Empire (in Russian). Vol. 5. p. 41 – via gerbovnik.ru.
  5. ^ "Бакунины". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. IIa. 1891. pp. 774–775 – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ Carr 1975, pp. 3–4; Leier 2009, p. 10.
  7. ^ Carr 1975, pp. 3–4; Leier 2009, pp. 10–11.

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