Members of the Tereshchenko family have achieved prominence in Ukraine and the world as businessmen, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and landowners, beginning in the 18th century. The family has
Hlukhiv
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(now
Sumy
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region), the former residence of the
Hetman
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s of
Left-bank Ukraine
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.
History
First guild merchant
Artemy Tereshchenko
Artemy Yakovlevich Tereshchenko (russian: Арте́мий Я́ковлевич Тере́щенко; uk, Арте́м Я́кович Тере́щенко; 1794 – 1873) was the first entrepreneur in the Tereshchenko family and the founder of ...
was elevated to the hereditary
nobility
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of the
Russian Empire
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by a royal decree of May 12, 1870 for special merits and as a reward for charity. His three sons -
Nicola
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,
Theodore
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and
Simon
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– helped run his business.
For over half a century, the Tereshchenko family - Nicola, Theodore, and their children -
Alexander
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,
Ivan
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Theodore
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, Nadezhda and others were engaged in charity activities, giving Ukraine numerous buildings, cultural and educational institutions, as well as art collections, now kept in museums of
Kyiv
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, which were established by members of the family.
In the beginning of the 20th century, one of the largest
joint-stock
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sugar companies in the south-western region was a "Sugar and
sugar refinery
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factories' association of Tereshchenko Brothers", founded in 1870 by Nicola, Theodore and Simon Tereshchenko with an initial capital of 3 million rubles. Over time, the family-owned company had an annual turnover of 12 million rubles and independent access to the European market. Some of the factories remained in the individual possession of each of the brothers.
Members
Members of the family include:
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Artemy Tereshchenko
Artemy Yakovlevich Tereshchenko (russian: Арте́мий Я́ковлевич Тере́щенко; uk, Арте́м Я́кович Тере́щенко; 1794 – 1873) was the first entrepreneur in the Tereshchenko family and the founder of ...
(1794–1873), Ukrainian entrepreneur, land-owner, establisher of sugar factories
**Nikola Tereshchenko (1819–1903), Ukrainian philanthropist, son of Artemiy
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Varvara Tereshchenko
Varvara Nikolovna Khanenko (née: Tereshchenko) (russian: Варва́ра Никола́евна Хане́нко; uk, Варвара Ніколівна Ханенко) was the eldest daughter of the entrepreneur, sugar king, philanthropist and ...
(1852–1922), philanthropist, married to
Bogdan Khanenko
Bogdan Khanenko ( ua, Богдан Іванович Ханенко; 1848, Surazhsky Uyezd – 1917, Kiev) was a Ukrainian-born lawyer, sugar industrialist, and art collector. He is a member of a well known Ukrainian Khanenko family, which includes ...
(1848–1922), an art collector, a cofounder of the Kyiv
Museum of Western and Oriental Art
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Ivan Tereshchenko
Ivan Nikolaevich Tereshchenko (russian: Иван Никола́евич Тере́щенко; ukr, Іван Миколайович Терещенко; September 10, 1854–February 11, 1903) was a 19th-century Russian Imperial landowner, indust ...
(1854–1903), a painter, son of Nikola
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Mikhail Tereshchenko
Mikhail Ivanovich Tereshchenko (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Тере́щенко; uk, Михайло Іванович Терещенко; 18 March 1886 – 1 April 1956) was the foreign minister of Russia from 18 May 1917 to 7 N ...
(1886–1956), a foreign minister in
Russian Provisional Government
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, son of Ivan
***** Petro Tereshchenko (1919–2004), son of Mikhail Ivanovitch Tereshchenko, chemist.
****** Michel Tereshchenko, (b. 1954; Michel Terestchenko) French-born grandson of Mikhail ,son of Petro Mikhailovitch. He became a Ukrainian citizen in March 2015 after living in Ukraine for over a decade, and was elected mayor of
Hlukhiv
Hlukhiv ( uk, Глу́хів, ) or Glukhov (russian: Глухов, translit=Glukhov) is a small historic town on the Esman River. It is a city of regional significance in the Sumy region of Ukraine. Hlukhiv is administratively incorporated as ...
in October 2015.
***** Ivan Mikhailovitch Tereshenko (1931–1990), son of Mikhail Ivanovitch Tereshchenko.
****** Michel Tereshchenko, (b. 1956; Michel Terestchenko) French and English-born, grandson of Mikhail, son of Ivan Mikhailovitch Tereshenko, philosopher, university professor.
****** Ivan Tereshchenko, (b. 1958; Ivan Terestchenko) French and English-born, grandson of Mikhail, son of Ivan Mikhailovitch Tereshenko, photographer, plastician artist.
****** Alexandra Tereshchenko, French-born, granddaughter of Mikhail, daughter of Ivan Mikhailovitch Tereshenko (+)
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Fyodor Artemyevich Tereshchenko
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(1832–1896), whose collection served as the basis of the Kyiv Museum of Russian Art
***Fyodor Fyodorovich Tereshchenko (1888–1954), an aircraft constructor and author, son of Fyodor Artemyevich. He was married to Beatrix Countess Von Keyserlingk.
****Their daughter Nathalie (Natacha) Tereshchenko married Prince Alexandre Alexandrovitch Schirinky-Schikhmatoff and had three daughters: Kyra, Irina, and Xénia