{{Short description|Russian noble family}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=December 2024}} {{original research|date=December 2024}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ru|otherarticle=Дурново|date=August 2025}} }} {{Infobox noble house | surname = Durnovo | coat of arms = 220px | country = Russia | founder = Vasily Yuryevich Tolstoy (Durnoy) | founding year = Mid 15th century }} [[File:Maria_Nikitichna_Durnovo_(Demidova)%27s_grave_in_Blagoveschenskaya_church_02_by_shakko.JPG|thumb|300px|Arms of alliance of the Durnovo and Demidov families on the tomb of Maria Nikitichna Durnovo (1776–1847), Annunciation Church, Alexander Nevsky Lavra]] The '''Durnovo''' ({{langx|ru|Дурново}}) (known variant 'Durnovy' [plural], 'Durnov'[m] ,'Durnova' [f] ({{langx|ru|'Дурновы'; 'Дурнов', 'Дурнова'}})) is a prominent family of Russian nobility. Durnovo is one of two Russian noble families, of which the most famous is the branch of the Tolstoy family ({{langx|ru|Толстой}}).
== History == In the mid 15th century The Velvet Book lists founder Mikula F. Durnovo ({{langx|ru|Микула Фёдорович Дурново}}) grandson of Vasily Yurevich Tolstoy ({{langx|ru|Василий Юрьевич Толстой}}), nicknamed as Durnoy ({{langx|ru|Дурной}}) [Could be translated as: A Fool, Spoiled, Bad, Joker]) as a founder of the family. His brothers Daniel ({{langx|ru|Данила}}) and Basil ({{langx|ru|Василий}}) founded families of Danilov ({{langx|ru|Даниловы}}) and Vasilchikov ({{langx|ru|Васильчиковы}}). Durnovo listed in the sixth part of the Sovereign's Pedigree Book of Vologda, Kaluga, Kostroma, Moscow, Orёl, and St. Petersburg, Tambov, Tula and Tver provinces.
The family is registered in the sixth part of the Sovereign's Pedigree Book (the nobility of the Russian Empire) for several provinces, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tula, and Vologda.<ref name="BEED">{{cite encyclopedia |year=1906 |title=Дурново, дворянский род |encyclopedia=Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary |location=Saint Petersburg |url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%95/%D0%94%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE,_%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4 |language=ru}}</ref>
== Coat of arms == Durnovo's coat of arms is practically identical to the "parent" coat of arms of Tolstoy family
==Notable Family Members== {{commons category|House of Durnovo}}
* <ref name="BEED" />Nikolay Dmitriyevich Durnovo (1725–1816) – General of Infantry
*Dmitry Nikolayevich Durnovo (1769–1834) – Russian politician *Maria Nikitichna Durnovo (Demidova) (1776–1847) – wife of Dmitry Nikolaevich Durnovo *Alexey Mikhailovich Durnovo (1792–1849) – Count, Tula Oblast *Pavel Dmitrievich Durnovo (1804–1864) – Politician and courtier *Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo (1834–1903) – Politician, Prime minister of Russia (1895–1903) *Pyotr Pavlovich Durnovo (1835–1919) – General Governor of Moscow Military District *Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo (1845–1915) – Minister of Interior of Russia *Yelizaveta Petrovna Durnovo(1855–1910) – Member of Narodniki movement *Nikolay Nikolayevich Durnovo (1876–1937) – Linguist
==Partial Family Tree== Known family members in Chart Template format<ref>{{cite web|language=Russian|title=Durnovo-Family Tree|url=http://www.rgfond.ru/rod/41269}}</ref> {{tree chart/start}} {{tree chart|border=1 | | | | |XY01|XY01=Vasiliy|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff}} {{tree chart|border=1 | | | | | |)|-|-|-|.|}} {{tree chart|border=1 | | | | |XY01| |XY02| | | |XY01=Astafiy|XY02=Pavel|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff}} {{tree chart|border=1 | |,|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| }} {{tree chart|border=1 |XY01| |XX01|-|XY02| |XY03| |XY04| |XY05|XY01=Danil|XX01=Stepanida Velyaminova|XY02=Jakov|XY03=Ignatiy|XY04=Ivan|XY05=Dmitry|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX01=background-color:#fcdfff|boxstyle_XY05=background-color:#c2dfff;}} {{tree chart|border=1 | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|(|}} {{tree chart|border=1 |XY01| | | | | | | | | |XY02| |XX03|v|XY03|XY01=Aleksey|XX03=Tatiana Demidova||XY02=Sergey|XY03=Nikolay<br />50px|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XY03=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX03=background-color:#fcdfff;}} {{tree chart|border=1 | |`|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |`|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.|}} {{tree chart|border=1 |XX01|v|XY01| |XY02| |XY03| |XY04| |XX05|v|XY05| |XY06|XX01=Natalia Voeykova|XY01=Mikhail|XY02=Pyotr|XY03=Ivan|XY04=Daniil|XY05=Dmitry<br />50px|XX05=Maria Demidova<br />50px|XY06=Ivan<br />50px|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX01=background-color:#fcdfff;|boxstyle_XY05=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX05=background-color:#fcdfff;}} {{tree chart|border=1 | | | |`|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|^|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|.|}} {{tree chart|border=1 |XX01|v|XY01| |XY02| |XY07|v|XX07| |XY05| |XY06| |XY03| |XX04|XX01=Maria Griboyedova<br />(b.1792; d.1856)|XY01=Aleksey<br />(b.1792; d.1841)|XY02=Mikhail|XY03=Nikolay<br />50px|XX04=Alexandra|XY05=Nikita|XY06=Sergey|XY07=Pavel<br />50px|XX07=Alexandra Volkonskaya<br />50px|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX01=background-color:#fcdfff;|boxstyle_XY07=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX07=background-color:#fcdfff;}} {{tree chart|border=1 | |,|-|'| | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.|}} {{tree chart|border=1 |XY01| | | | | |XX02|v|XY02| |XY03|XY01=Alexander|XX02=Maria Kobuchey|XY02=Pyotr<br />50px|XY03=Nikolay|boxstyle_XY01=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XY02=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX02=background-color:#fcdfff;}} {{tree chart|border=1 | |!| | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.|}} {{tree chart|border=1 |XY01| |XX02|-|XY02| |XX03|-|ZY03|XY01=Alexander<br />50px|XX02=Sofia<br/>50px|XY02=Pavel<br />50px|XX03=Olexandra<br />50px|ZY03=Pavel Skoropadskiy<br />50px|boxstyle_XY02=background-color:#c2dfff;|boxstyle_XX03=background-color:#fcdfff;}} {{tree chart/end}}
==Known Architectural Legacy and Geographical Location== right|thumb|Dacha Durnovo (St. Petersburg) *Dacha Durnovo *Church of The Transfiguration (Village of Spasskaya-Durnovo) *See ''File:Moscow, Podkolokolny 16-5, medical school.jpg'' (Moscow Medical College #2) *Abashevo, Penza Oblast
==Other Family Connections== *Alexander Griboyedov – Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova) sister of A.S. Griboyedov married to Alexey Mikhailovich Durnovo<ref>{{cite web|language=Russian|url=http://xn----7sbqf7apc8c7bya.xn--p1ai/history/czerny/9899-istoriya-sela-spasskoe-na-zushe.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819232945/http://xn----7sbqf7apc8c7bya.xn--p1ai/history/czerny/9899-istoriya-sela-spasskoe-na-zushe.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2016|title=The history of the village Spassky on Zusha|work=Заря-Чернь.РФ - общественно-политическая газета Чернского района Тульской области. |year=2015}}</ref>
==Notes and references== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== * {{cite Efron|Дурново, дворянский род}}
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