Peeter Volkonski
{{Short description|Estonian musician and actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image= Peeter Volkonski.jpg
| name = Prince Peeter Volkonski
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Peeter Volkonski
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place =Tallinn, Estonia
| death_date =
| origin =
| instrument = Vocals
| occupation = Musician, writer, actor
| years_active = 1980–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Propeller, ROSTA Aknad
Hõim
| website = http://volk.ee/ (inactive)
}}
Prince Peeter Volkonski (born 12 September 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.
Biography
He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978.
In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's candidate in the Tartu constituency for Estonian parliamentary election.{{cite web |url=http://www.postimees.ee/2997153/peeter-volkonski-kandideerib-riigikokku |publisher=Postimees |date=19 November 2014 |title=Peeter Volkonski kandideerib riigikokku |language=Estonian}} He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament.{{cite web |url=http://rk2015.vvk.ee/detailed-10.html |publisher=Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon |title=Detailne hääletamistulemus: Valimisringkond Nr 10 |language=Estonian}}
Ancestry
Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince {{ill|Mikhail Volkonsky (opera singer)|lt=Mikhail Volkonsky|ru|Волконский, Михаил Петрович|fr|Michel Volkonski}} and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky,[http://www.day.kiev.ua/216594 DEN,THE DAY WEEKLY DIGEST №52, Tuesday, 4. 2011 "Ihor BLAZHKOV: New music is a continuation of the road paved by classics. Famous Ukrainian conductor marks his 75th anniversary and prepares concerts in Kyiv and Lviv"][http://vp1992-2001.president.ee/eng/k6ned/K6ne.asp?ID=4320 "The President of the Republic at the Palamuse Song Festival Stage on June 2, 2001. Estonia Remembers."][http://www.evri.com/person/peeter-volkonski-0x15e56a Latest on: Peeter Volkonski] thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty.
His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother was the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who was a noted poet and author of children's literature.{{cite web |url=http://rurik.genealogia.ru/pages/Volkon.htm|title=Князья Волконские (Princes Volkonsky)|date=2017|work=Rurik Genealogia|accessdate=9 September 2020|language=ru}}
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|1= 1. Peeter, Prince Volkonski
|2= 2. Andrei, Prince Volkonsky
|3= 3. Helvi Jürisson
|4= 4. Mikhail, Prince Volkonsky
|5= 5. Kira Petkevich
|6= 6. Nikolai Jürisson
|7= 7. Emilie Jürisson
|8= 8. Piotr, Prince Volkonsky
|9= 9. Elisabeth, Princess Shakhovskaya
|10= 10. Georgi Petkevich
|11= 11. Vera Goremykina
|12= 12. Johan Jürisson
|13= 13. Pauline Jürisson
|14= 14. Märt Kott
|15= 15. Charlotte Kott
|16= 16. Mikhail, Prince Volkonsky
|17= 17. HSH Elisabeth, Princessa Volkonskaya
|18= 18. Andrei, Prince Shakhovsky
|19= 19. Sofia, Countessa Olsufieva
|20= 20. Boleslav Petkevich
|21= 21.
|22= 22. Ignat Goremykin
|23= 23. Vera Nikolaevna N.
|24= 24.
|25= 25.
|26= 26.
|27= 27.
|28= 28.
|29= 29.
|30= 30.
|31= 31.
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Decorations
- 2001 Fifth Class Order of the White Star of the Republic of Estonia.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.volk.ee}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0901508|name=Peeter Volkonski}}
- {{Facebook|peeter.volkonski}}
- Potpourri Volkonski/Propeller https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131601/http://www.volk.ee/24345.mp3
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Category:Nobility from the Russian Empire
Category:Estonian people of Russian descent
Category:Estonian rock singers
Category:20th-century Estonian male singers
Category:Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
Category:21st-century Estonian male singers
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
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