Kurakin
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Kurakin was a Gediminid Russia
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n princely family and may refer to:
- Alexander Kurakin (senator) (1697-1749), a Russian diplomat and senator
- Alexander Borisovich KurakinAlexander KurakinPrince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin, sometimes spelled Kourakine was a Russian statesman and diplomat, a member of the State Council , ranked Actual Privy Counsellor 1st Class ....
(1752-1818), a Russian statesman and diplomat - Alexei Kurakin (1759-1829), a Russian statesman
- Boris KurakinBoris KurakinPrince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin was the first permanent Russian ambassador abroad, and one of the closest associates of Peter the Great...
(1676-1727), a Russian statesman and diplomat - Boris-Leontiy Kurakin (1733-1764), a Russian statesman
- Fyodor Kurakin (?-1656), a Russian voyevoda
- Fyodor Fyodorovich Kurakin (? - after 1683), a Russian boyarBoyarA boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....
- Grigory Kurakin (before 1606 - after 1679), a Russian boyar and voyevoda
- Ivan Kurakin (?-1632), one of the prominent figures during the Time of TroublesTime of TroublesThe Time of Troubles was a period of Russian history comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598, and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613. In 1601-1603, Russia suffered a famine that killed one-third...
- Stepan Kurakin (1754-1805), a Russian statesman