The House of Glinski (Polish: Gliński) was an ancient
Russian princely family, part of 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 ...
, originted in the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 Partitions of Poland, ...
, whose ancestors were members of the
Lipka Tatar
The Lipka Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group and minority in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of the 14th century.
The first Tatar settlers tried to preserve their Pagan tradi ...
clan who claimed descent from the Mongol ruler
Mamai
Mamai (Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet, Mongolian Cyrillic: Мамай, ; 1325?–1380/1381) was a powerful Turco-Mongol tradition, Turko-Mongol military commander in Beylerbey rank of the Golden Horde from Kiyat clan. Contrary to popular misconcep ...
.
['' Трепавлов В. В.'' Предки «Мамая-царя». Киятские беки в «Подлинном родослове Глинских князей» // Тюркологический сборник 2006. — М.: Восточная литература, 2007. — С. 319—341.]
Surname
Glinski, Glinskii, Glinsky, or Glinskiy (, , ), is also a
family name
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. Feminine form: Russian: Glinskaya (Глинская), Polish: Glińska.
Notable people
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Anna Glinskaya (died 1553), Russian noble, mother of
Elena Glinskaya
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Elena Glinskaya (c. 1510–1538), Russian regent, daughter of
Anna Glinskaya
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Michael Glinski (died 1534), uncle of Tsar Ivan the Terrible
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Mikhail Iosifovich Glinsky (1901–1991), Soviet Union general
*
Frank J. Glinski (1909–1983), New York politician
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Wieńczysław Gliński (1921–2008), Polish actor
*
Juozas Glinskis (born 1933), Lithuanian playwright
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Albert Glinsky (born 1952), United States composer & author
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Piotr Gliński
Piotr Tadeusz Gliński (; born 20 April 1954) is a Polish sociologist, professor, university lecturer and politician. He served as president of the Polish Sociological Association from 2005 to 2011. He was the nominee of Law and Justice (Poland), ...
(born 1954), Polish sociologist
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Robert Gliński (born 1952), Polish film director
*
Vladislav Glinskiy (born 2000), Belarusian footballer
*Władysław Gliński, the inventor of
Gliński's hexagonal chess
See also
*
Gliński coat of arms
Gliński is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''szlachta'' families in the time of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
History
Blazon
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
* Michał Gliński
See also
* ...
*
Hlynsk, Romny Raion
References
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