Aleksey Mikhailovich
Durnovo (; 1792 – after 1841) was a Russian
squire
In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Boys served a knight as an attendant, doing simple but important tasks such as saddling a horse or caring for the knight's weapons and armour.
Terminology
''Squire'' ...
and landlord in
Chernsky District
Chernsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernsky Municipal District.Law #546-ZTO It is located in the southwest of the ...
of
Tula Oblast
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,
Russia
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. The son of a landowner in the village of
Spasskoe Durnovo, he attended a boarding school at
Moscow University
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at the same time as Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer
Alexander Griboyedov
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (; 15 January 179511 February 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy '' Woe from Wit''. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and ...
(who enrolled as a student on December 22, 1803). He served in the military engineering corps, in the 2nd Pioneer Regiment, and retired in 1811 with the rank of lieutenant. He was a member of the militia during the war. He was well known as an amateur musician. In 1827 he married
Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova)
Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo () (; 1792–1856) was an amateur Russian piano and harp player. She was a younger sister of Russian writer and poet Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov. In 1827 she married squire and military officer Aleksey Mikhailovic ...
, the sister of Alexander Griboyedov. Later Aleksey Durnovo became an honorary trustee of the Tula Oblast Gymnasium.
Aleksey's wife,
Maria Durnovo, was a sister of Russian classical writer
Alexander Griboyedov
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (; 15 January 179511 February 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy '' Woe from Wit''. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and ...
. Aleksey Durnovo was good friends with him as mentioned in several correspondences, such as a letter from Durnovo's wife to her brother A. Griboyedov on May 25, 1828.
Family
* Father –
Mikhail Alekseevich Durnovo
* Mother –
Natalia Fedorovna Voeykova
* Wife –
Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova)
Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo () (; 1792–1856) was an amateur Russian piano and harp player. She was a younger sister of Russian writer and poet Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov. In 1827 she married squire and military officer Aleksey Mikhailovic ...
''(Sister of Alexander Griboyedov)''
* Son –
Alexander Alekseevich Durnovo ''(godson of
Alexander Griboyedov
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (; 15 January 179511 February 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy '' Woe from Wit''. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and ...
)''
Family tree
See also
*
Church of the Transfiguration (Spassky)
References
House of Durnovo
Districts of Tula Oblast
1792 births
Year of death missing
19th-century landowners from the Russian Empire
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