Turchaninov is a Russian surname. It originated from the archaic word ''turchanin'' (), meaning "
Turk".
It which may refer to:
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Turchaninov family, a noble family 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 ...
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Alexei Turchaninov
Alexei Fedorovich Turchaninov (; born Alexei Fedorovich Vasilyev; 1704/1705 – March 21, 1787) was a business magnate in the Russian Empire, grandfather of Pavel Solomirsky, Pavel and Dmitry Solomirsky, the member of the wealthy Turchanino ...
(1704/1705–1787)
* Pyotr Ivanovitch Turchaninov (born 1746–c. 1823),
Secretary of State on military questions of
Catherine I of Russia
Catherine I Alekseyevna Mikhailova (born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; – ) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.
Life as a servant
Onl ...
. He had two sons:
** Pavel Turchaninov (1776—1839), Russian
lieutenant general
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
during the
Napoleonic Wars
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** Andrey Turchaninov (1779–1830), his younger brother, the lieutenant general.
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Nikolai Turczaninow
Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow (; 1796 – ) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who first identified several genera and many species of plants.
Education and career
Born in 1796, Turczaninow attended high school in Kharkov. In 181 ...
or Turchaninov (1796-1863), botanist
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Lev Chernyi, born Pavel Dimitrievich Turchaninov (c. 1878–1921), Russian anarchist, activist and poet, and a leading figure of the Third Russian Revolution
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Ivan Turchaninov (1821-1901), Union Army general in the American Civil War
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Russian-language surnames