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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:
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 ...
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.
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)
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 House of Stroganov or Strogonov (Russian: Стро́гановы, Стро́гоновы), French spelling: Stroganoff, was a Russian noble family of highly successful Russian merchants, industrialists, landowners, and statesmen. From the time of Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584) they were the richest businessmen in the Tsardom of Russia.
The Putyatin family traces its origins to the 9th century in Russia, securing a distinguished position within the annals of Russian nobility.The family's historical ties to the Russian elite are extensively documented, and their association with the imperial family attained particular prominence during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
The Ruthenian nobility (Ukrainian: Руська шляхта, romanized: Ruska shlyakhta; Belarusian: Руская шляхта, romanized: Ruskaja šlachta; Polish: szlachta ruska) originated in the territories of Kievan Rus' and Galicia–Volhynia, which were incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and later the Russian and Austrian Empires.