Turchaninov family

Alexander Turchaninov ({{langx|ru|Александр Александрович Турчанинов|links=no}}) was the son of a Turkish officer. As a boy, he was taken prisoner, baptised, and brought to the court. Alexander served as a valet at court beginning in 1754.{{cite web | url=http://gerbovnik.ru/arms/105 | title=Герб Турчанинова }} On 22 January 1762, by the decree of the Emperor Peter III, Alexander Turchaninov was granted the rank of Colonel. He was also ennobled. On 19 December 1796 Paul I confirmed the title and extended it to Alexander Turchaninov's heirs. Both his sons, Peter and Pavel, served as Rittmeisters in the 3rd Hussar Regiment of theImperial Russian Army. His daughter, Anna (1774–1848) was a poet.{{cite book|title=Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary|volume=82|date=1890–1907|location=Saint Petersburg|language=Russian |chapter= Турчанинова, Анна Александровна}} Her poetry collection Otryvki iz sochinenij ({{langx|ru|Отрывки из сочинений|links=no}}, lit. "Fragments From Works") was published in Saint Petersburg in 1803. Lettres philosophiques de Mr. Fontaine et de m-lle Tourtchaniniff was published in Paris in 1817.{{cite web|url=http://www.rulex.ru/01190425.htm|title=Турчанинова Анна Александровна|publisher=The Russian Biographic Dictionary|language=Russian|accessdate=24 December 2015}}

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Another Turchaninov line originated in the 17th century. The founder of the dynasty was Philip Turchaninov, whose origin is unknown. One theory claims he was a Turkish prisoner brought to Russia during the Russo-Turkish War of 1676–1681.{{cite book |editor=Irina Mudrova|title= Русские предприниматели. Двигатели прогресса|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3yaBCgAAQBAJ&q=%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2 |year=2015|publisher=Litres|language=Russian|isbn=9785457875951|chapter=Turchaninov Alexei Fedorovich}} His son Mikhail married Anna Rostovshikova, the daughter of a Solikamsk manufacturer. Mikhail initially worked in salt production, the main industry in Solikamsk, but later switched to copper mining. In 1731 he managed to build his own factory, the Troitsky Copper Smelting Plant.

The family's rise to prominence is tied to Alexei Turchaninov, a prosperous businessman in the Urals. Originally a salesman, he married Mikhail's daughter and inherited the factory. He was made a nobleman by Catherine the Great in 1783. He had eight children with his second wife, Filatseta Stepanovna, most notably:

• Natalya (1773–1834), married Nikolay Koltovsky in 1789. Had two sons, Pavel and Vladimir, from liaison with Dmitry Tatishchev. Their successors ran the plants till 1912.
• Yelizaveta (1774–1827), married Alexey Titov.
• Nadezhda (1778–1850), married Mark Ivelich, Russian diplomat and lieutenant general of Serbian descent, in 1798. He later became a member of the Governing Senate. One of their sons Nicholai Ivelich (1797–1875) became a count.

• Alexei Turchaninov (1704/1705–1787)
• Pavel Solomirsky (1801–1861)
• Dmitry Solomirsky, his son
• Alexander Turchaninov (1838–1907), Russian lawyer.

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The Turchaninovs was a noble family of Don Cossacks origin from stanitsa Aksayskaya and Starocherkasskaya.

; Notable family members:

• Vasily Nikolaevich Turchaninov{{cite book|title=Bratishka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w00qAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA|volume=100-105|year=2006}}
• Ivan Turchaninov (1821–1901) came from it. He was later known as John Basil Turchin, a Union army brigadier general in the American Civil War.

• Pavel Turchaninov (1776–1839), Russian lieutenant general during Napoleonic wars.
• Andrey Turchaninov (1779–1830), his younger brother, the lieutenant general during Napoleonic wars.

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• [http://www.vgd.ru/STORY/don.htm Shumkov, A.A., Ryklis, I.G. List of noble families of the Don Cossacks in alphabetical order]. VIRD Publ House, Sankt-Peterburg. 2000, {{in lang|ru}}

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