The House of Chernyshev (Chernyshyov) is an ancient Russian princely family, part the

Russian nobility The Russian nobility or ''dvoryanstvo'' () arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a total population of 138,200,000. Up until the February Revolution of 1917, the Russian noble estates staffed ...

, whose members once bore the title of

Knyaz A , also , ''knjaz'' or (), is a historical Slavs, Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times. It is usually translated into English language, English as 'prince', 'king' or 'duke', depending on specific historical c ...

in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

, granted to them by

Emperor Nicholas I Nicholas I, group=pron (Russian language, Russian: Николай I Павлович; – ) was Emperor of Russia, List of rulers of Partitioned Poland#Kings of the Kingdom of Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 18 ...

on 16 April 1841.https://russiannobility.org/princes-of-the-russian-empire/

Surname

Chernyshyov or Chernyshev () is also a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Chernyshyova or Chernysheva.

Notable people

Arkady Chernyshev Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev (; March 16, 1914 – April 17, 1992) was a Russian ice hockey, football and bandy player, who played in the Soviet Top Hockey League. As a coach, he led Dynamo Moscow and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team ...

(1914–1992), Soviet ice hockey and association football player *

Alexander Chernyshyov Prince Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshyov (; 1786, Moscow – 1857, Castellammare di Stabia), General of Cavalry (1827), was a Russian military leader, diplomat and statesman, whose career began in the Napoleonic Wars. After the Battle of Auster ...

(1786–1857), military leader of 1812 guerrilla warfare, diplomat and statesman (Russian Minister of War, 1827–1856) * Aleksandr Chernyshyov (1882–1940), Russian electrical engineer * Alexey Chernyshyov (born 1939), governor of Orenburg Oblast, Russia *

Avdotya Chernysheva Avdotya Ivanovna Chernysheva (; February 12, 1693 – June 17, 1747) (also Eudocia) was a Russian noble and lady in waiting. She was a royal mistress of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. She was the daughter of Prince Ivan Ivanovitch Rzyevskiy and D ...

(1693–1747), Russian noble and lady in waiting * Darya Petrovna Saltykova, née Chernyshyova (1739–1802), lady-in-waiting, socialite and noble * Dmitry Chernyshyov (born 1975), Russian swimmer *

Evgenia Chernyshyova Evgenia "Genya" Chernyshova (, sometimes romanized ''Chernisheva'') is a former pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With Dmitri Sukhanov, she won gold at the 1989 World Junior Championships, after taking silver a year earlier. They ...

, Russian figure skater * Feodosy Chernyshyov (1856–1914), Russian geologist and paleontologist *

Ivan Chernyshyov Count Ivan Grigoryevich Chernyshyov (1726 – 1797; ) was an Imperial Russian Field Marshal and General Admiral, prominent during the reign of Empress Catherine the Great. Life and career He started his career serving under his more illustrious ...

(1726–1797), Russian field marshal * Lyudmila Chernyshyova (born 1952), Russian volleyball player * Nadezhda Chernyshyova (born 1951), Russian rower * Natalya Golitsyna, née Chernyshyova (1741–1838), lady-in-waiting, socialite and noble * Olga Chernysheva (born 1962), Russian artist * Peter Tchernyshev (born 1971), Russian-American ice dancer * Piotr Grigoryevich Chernyshev (1712–1773), diplomat, statesman * Svetlana Chernyshyova (born 1984), Russian figure skater * Vladimir Chernyshyov (1951–2004), Russian volleyball player * Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov (1929–1968), Austrian princess *

Zakhar Chernyshyov Zakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshev (; 172231 August 1784) was a Russian noble, courtier to Catherine the Great, Imperial Russian Army officer, and Imperial Russian politician in the 18th century. After made a courtier to then-Princess Sophie of An ...

(1722–1784), Russian Minister of War

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