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Statesman, collector, archaeologist. Born in St Petersburg (1794) in the family of Baron Grigory Stroganov (1770–1857) and Princess Anna Troubetzkaya (1765–1824). Played a pivotal role in the develop...
Statesman, collector of coins, archaeologist. Great-grandson of Fieldmarshal Mikhail Kutuzov. Born in the family of Count Ivan Matveyevich Tolstoy and Elizaveta Tulinova (1858). Honorary member of th...
Mother of Count Ivan Ivanovich Tolstoy. Born Elizaveta Tulinova in the family of Vasily Tulinov (1826). Married Count Ivan Tolstoy. Died and buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in St Petersburg (1870)...
Courtier, statesman. Grandson of Fieldmarshal Mikhail Kutuzov, father of Count Ivan Ivanovich Tolstoy. Born (1806) in the family of Matvei Tolstoy (1772–1815) and Praskovia Golenischeva-Kutuzova (177...
Diplomat, statesman. Born in the village of Dikanka in the Ukraine (1768) in the family of Pavel Kochubey (1738–1786) and Ulyana Bezborodko (1742–1776). Served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Worked ...
Courtier, collector, patron. Father of Count Pavel Stroganov, grandfather of Count Alexander Pavlovich Stroganov and Princess Elizaveta Saltykova. Born in Moscow in the family of Baron Sergei Strogan...