Muravyov
The Muravyov family is an old Russian noble family, known since the 12th century.[1] They share their ancestry with the Pushkin family, descending from two brothers, living in Novgorod in the 15th century.[2] Members of the family held the title of Count in the Russian Empire, awarded to them on 26 August 1852 by Nicholas I of Russia and on 17 April 1865 by Alexander II of Russia for Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky.[3]
Muravyov (Russian: Муравьёв, from муравей meaning "ant"), or Muravyova (feminine form; Муравьёва), also transliterated as Muraviev, Muravyev or Murav'ev, is also a Russian-language surname.
Notable people
[edit]- Alexey Muravyov (1900–1941), Soviet army officer
- Dimitry Muravyev (born 1979), Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
- Irina Muravyova (born 1949), Soviet actress
- Konstantin Muraviev (1893–1965), Bulgarian politician
- Matvey Muravyev (1784–1836), Russian explorer
- Mikhail Muravyov (disambiguation) – several people
- Nadezhda Muravyeva (born 1980), Russian handball player
- Nikita Muravyov (1795–1843), a member of the Decembrist movement
- Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809–1881), a Russian statesman and diplomat
- Nikolay Muraviev (1850–1908) Russian statesman
- Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky (1794–1866), Russian military leader and statesman
- Olena Muravyova (1867–1939), Ukrainian opera singer
- Vladimir Muravyov (athlete) (born 1959), former Soviet track and field athlete
- Vladimir Muravyov (translator) (1939–2001), Russian translator and literary critic
- Vyacheslav Muravyev (born 1982), Kazakhstani sprinter
See also
[edit]- Muraviev Amurski-class cruiser, pair of light cruisers Russian empire ordered in 1912 from a Danzig shipyard, seized in 1914 for the German Kriegsmarine
- Muravyov-Apostol (disambiguation), several people
- 6538 Muraviov, an asteroid
- Mažeikiai, Lithuania, was formerly named Muravyov
References
[edit]- ^ https://rusneb.ru/catalog/000202_000043_2146/
- ^ Н.К. Телетова [N.K. Teletova] (2007).
- ^ https://russiannobility.org/counts-of-the-russian-empire/
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