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Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service).

Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher).

Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher).

The dedication of this 1854 printing of Mukhin's original 1817 map reads: "To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the allied armies of France and England, this military topographical map of the Krima Peninsula : constructed and founded on…

Natal’ia Kirilovna Zagriazhskaia, the eldest daughter of the famous (former) Hetman of Ukraine K. G. Razumovskii, had owned Mukhalatka and passed it to her daughter, Kochubei's wife.

Temir Bey Biiarslan's petition for noble status is in DAARK Fond 49. While I worked extensively with the fond, this is one of the files I did not happen to read. Alas.

Lev Aleksandrovich Naryshkin, a general and wealthy cousin of Mikhail Vorontsov, built the estate of Miskhor in the 1830s, gracing it with a park of cypress and cedars and a house known as “Little Alupka” in a nod to his kinsman. Naryshkin acquired…