Russian noble families

The Rurik dynasty, also known as the Rurikid or Riurikid dynasty, as well as simply Rurikids or Riurikids, was a noble lineage founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself at Novgorod in the year 862. The Rurikids were the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' and its principalities following its disintegration.

family of successful Russian merchants and statesmen from the 15th century onward

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thumb|262px|Original arms of the Demidov family The Demidov family (Russian: Деми́довы), also known as Demidoff or Dimidov, is a prominent Russian noble family that rose to immense wealth and influence during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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The House of Shuysky (Shuisky; ) was a Russian family of boyars and tsars, a cadet branch of the Rurikids.

thumb|Abashidze family coat of arms. thumb|Abashidze-Gorlenko family coat of arms. The House of Abashidze () is a Georgian noble family and a former Georgian princely house. Appearing in the 15th century, they achieved prominence in the Kingdom of Imereti in western Georgia in the late 17th century and branched out in the eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli as well as the then-Ottoman-held southwestern region of Adjara. After the Russian annexation of Georgian polities, the family was confirmed as Knyaz Abashidze () by the Tsar’s decree of 1825.

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thumb|Coat of Arms of the Panin family

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thumb|180px|right|Original arms of the family thumb|180px|Comital arms of the family thumb|right|180px|Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen

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thumb|Coat of arms of Princes Cantemir The House of Cantemirești or House of Cantemir was a Moldavian ruling boyar family.

thumb|Original arms of the Ungern-Sternberg family thumb|The comital arms The Ungern-Sternberg family or von Ungern-Sternberg is an old and influential Baltic-German nobility, with branches belonging to the German, Finnish, Swedish and Russian nobility.

thumb|The ancestral coat of arms of Barons Igelström The Igelström family is a Swedish noble family from Nylödöse, which also belonged to the Russian and German nobility.

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The House of Sheremetev () was one of the wealthiest and most influential Russian noble families, descending from Feodor Koshka.

thumb|right|200px|Coat of arms of the Gorchakov family

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The House of Anchabadze (Abkhazian:Ачба, ), is a Georgian and Abkhazian family, and the oldest surviving noble house originating in Abkhazia.

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thumb|right|200px|Coat of arms of the Princes Volkonsky The House of Volkonsky, also spelled Volkonski or Wolkonsky and later times Wlodkowski is an ancient Russian princely family, part of the Russian nobility.

thumb|Coat of arms of the Princes Andronikov (Andronikashvili) in the Russian Empire (1826) The House of Andronikashvili (), sometimes known as Endronikashvili (ენდრონიკაშვილები), was a countly family in Georgia who claimed descent from emperor Andronicos I of the Eastern Roman Empire and played a prominent role in political, military and religious life of Georgia. After the Russian annexation of Georgia (1801), the Andronikashvili were confirmed in the dignity of knyaz Andronikov () in 1826.

thumb|The Repnin coat of arms is composed of the emblems of [[Kiev and Chernigov.]] The House of Repnin (), is an ancient Russian princely family, claiming descent from the Olgovichi branch of Rurik dynasty. They held the hereditary title of Knyaz in the Empire of Russia.

thumb|right|Ancestral coat of arms of Campenhausen family

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thumb|Princely arms of the Obolensky family

thumb|right|Arms of the Bobrinsky family The Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (Бобринские) are a Russian noble family descending from Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813), who was Catherine the Great's illegitimate son by Count Grigory Orlov.

The House of Chavchavadze () is a Georgian noble family, formerly a princely one (tavadi), later incorporated into the Russian nobility, also with the title of Prince.

thumb|197x197px|Coat of arms of Princes Tserreteli The House of Tsereteli (), also known as Tsertelev (Russian), is a noble family in Georgia (and partly, a Russian noble family) which gave origin to several notable writers, politicians, scholars, and artists.

thumb|Coat of arms of the Kireyev family

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The House of Mstislavsky (, ; , ) was a Russian princely family () of Gediminid origin who prior to their move to Russia ruled the Principality of Mstislavl. In the following, the Mstislavsky family produced some notable military commanders such as Ivan Mstislavsky who fought in the Livonian War. His son, Fedor Mstislavsky was one of the Russian magnates during the Time of Troubles and the leader of the Seven Boyars who temporarily ruled the country.

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thumb|Coat of Arms - Princes Melikishvilithumb|Prince of Lori, Count Loris-Melikov by I. AIVAZOVSKYthumb|Tomb of Prince Ivan Aleksandrovich Melikov inside the Holy Virgin church of Akhtala monastery.thumb|

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The House of Bagration-Davitishvili () is a Georgian noble family, a cadet branch of the Kakhetian line of the royal Bagration dynasty. In turn, Kakhetian line descends from George VIII, last king of the united Georgian kingdom and first king of Kakheti.

thumb|Insignia that is currently used by the family. Gruzinsky (; ) was a title and later the name of two different princely lines of the Bagrationi dynasty of Georgia, both of which received it as subjects of the Russian Empire. The name "Gruzinsky" (also spelled Gruzinski or Gruzinskii) derives from the Russian language, originally and literally meaning "of Georgia". Of the two lines, the younger one is the only line that still exists.

thumb|The Amilakhvari family coat of arms The House of Amilakhvari () was a noble house of Georgia which rose to prominence in the fifteenth century and held a large fiefdom in central Georgia until the Imperial Russian annexation of the country in 1801. They were hereditary marshals (amilakhvar/amilakhor) of Georgia from c. 1433, from which the family takes its name. Subsequently, the family was received among the princes (knyaz) of the Empire under the name of Amilakhvarov (, 1825) and Amilakhvari (Амилахвари, 1850). Till the 17th century their family residence was in Skhvilo castle, when th

thumb|Coat of arms of Princes Tumanishvili The House of Tumanishvili () or House of Tumanian (), later Russianized as Toumanov or Toumanoff () is an Armeno-Georgian Princes Batounishvili family.

thumb|Coat of arms of the Princes Vorontsov in the Empire of Russia (1845) thumb|Coat of arms of the Counts Vorontsov-Dashkov (1895) The House of Vorontsov (), also Woroncow and de Woroncow-Wojtkowicz, is the name of a Russian noble family whose members attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and became Princes of the Russian Empire on 6 April 1845, with the style of Serene Highness. Most likely, the Vorontsovs represent a collateral branch of the great Velyaminov family of Muscovite boyars, which claimed male-line descent from a Varangian nobleman named Šimon. The Vely

The House of Shakhovskoy is the name of a noble family of the Russian Empire which claims descent from Konstantin Glebovich "Shah", a voivode of Nizhny Novgorod in 1481. Most members of the family fled the Russian Empire in 1917 during the Russian Revolution.

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right|thumb|250px |Coat of Arms of the Princes Sviatopolk-Mirsky right|thumb|250px|Nikolai Sviatopolk-Mirsky and his descendants used a variation of the [[Białynia coat of arms]] The House of Sviatopolk-Mirsky (, , , also transliterated using Swiatopolk or Mirskii) is a family of nobility in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Russian Empire, and Poland that originated from present-day northwestern Belarus.

thumb|right|225px|Coat of arms of Counts von Adlerberg The Adlerberg family is a prominent Swedish Batlic noble family which originated from Sillerud in Värmland. Members of the family held significant positions within the Russian Empire, Sweden and Bavaria.

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The House of Knabenau or von Knabenau (also known as Barons von Knabenau) is an ancient Baltic-German noble family of German origin, settling in Courland in mid 17th c. right|200px|thumb|coat of arms of the Barons von Knabenau

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