House of Bakunin
Баку́нины
Noble family
Parent familyBáthory family
CountryRussia
Current regionTver
EtymologyFrom the Russian: Бакуня, romanized: Bakunya; meaning "chatterbox, phrase monger".[1]
Place of originTransylvania
Founded1492 (1492) (traditional)
1677 (1677) (documented)
FounderZenislav Bakunin (traditional)
Nikifor Bakunin (documented)
Estate(s)Pryamukhino

The Bakunin family (Russian: Баку́нины) is an old Russian noble family, claiming descent from the Hungarian House of Báthory.

History

The Bakunin family claims descent from Stephen Báthory, the Prince of Transylvania who campaigned against Ivan the Terrible for control over Livonia.[2] According to the family legend, the Bakunin dynasty was founded in 1492 by Zenislav Bakunin, one of the three brothers of the Báthory family who left Hungary to serve under Vasili III of Russia. Zenislav was subsequently baptised as Peter Bakunin and granted estates in Ryazan, where his family continued to serve the Russian Empire.[3] But the first documented ancestor of the Bakunins was a 17th-century Moscow clerk Nikifor Evdokimov, who became a noble in 1677, going by the nickname of "Bakunin".[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Бакулить". Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b c d e Leier 2009, p. 10.
  3. ^ Khmelevsky, A.N., ed. (22 October 1800). "Герб рода Бакуниных" [Bakunin coat of arms]. All-Russian Armorials of Noble Houses of the Russian Empire (in Russian). Vol. 5. p. 41 – via gerbovnik.ru.
  4. ^ "Бакунины". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. IIa. 1891. pp. 774–775 – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Carr 1975, pp. 3–4; Leier 2009, p. 10.
  6. ^ Carr 1975, pp. 3–4; Leier 2009, pp. 10–11.

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