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Peter the Great (1672–1725) reformed the Russian nobility. Nobility was transferred by inheritance or was bestowed by a fount of honour, i.e. the sovereign of the Russian Empire, and was typically ranked as per below, with those of the highest noble prestige ranked first. Ancient nobility (descendants from Middle Ages) Titled nobility:
Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his immediate family were executed in 1918, but there are still living descendants of other members of the imperial house. The house consisted of boyars in Russia (the highest rank in the Russian nobility at the time) under the reigning Rurik dynasty, which became extinct upon the death of Feodor I in
The Hitler family comprises the relatives and ancestors of Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party, who was the dictator of Germany, holding the title Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state as Führer und Reichskanzler from 1934 to 1945.
A survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center on 11 July 2018 revealed that 57% of Russians "believe that the execution of the Royal family is a heinous unjustified crime", while 29% said "the last Russian emperor paid too high a price for his mistakes". Among those aged between 18 and 24, 46% believe that Nicholas II had to ...
Princes Sidamonovy (Sidamon-Eristovy Sidamonidze) (Georgian nobility) Noble family Skarzynski(Belarusian-Russian nobles) [1] [2] Princes Skryabin (non-titled descendants of Smolensk Rurikids; a branch of the Travin noble family) Princes Solagovy (Solagashvili) (Georgian nobility) Princes Sontsovy-Zasyekins (Rurikids, a branch of the Zasyekin ...
Gagarin family; Gamontov (Russian nobility) Gantimurov family; Garakanidze; Garsevanishvili; List of Georgian princely families; House of Golitsyn; Gorchakov; Grabbe family; Greig (Russian nobility) Gruzinsky; Gugunava; Guramishvili; Gurgenidze (noble family)
The Circassian genocide, [10] [11] or Tsitsekun, [a] [b] was the systematic mass killing, ethnic cleansing, and forced displacement of between 95% and 97% [c] [d] of the Circassian people during the final stages of the Russian invasion of Circassia in the 19th century.
A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans.