Volkonsky Explained

The House of Volkonsky, also spelled Volkonski or Wolkonsky and later times Wlodkowski after migration to Poland [citation needed], is an ancient Russian noble family, belonging to the Rurikids. It was named after the Volkona river south of Moscow.^[1] The family held the title of Prince in the Russian Empire.^[2]

Known Members

• Alexander Volkonsky (1866–1934), Russian diplomat
• Alexey Volkonsky (born 1978), Russian canoer
• Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008), Russian composer
• Maria Mikhailovich Volkonskaya (1863–1943), Russian aristocrat
• Maria Volkonsky (1805–1863), Russian aristocrat
• Nikita Volkonsky (1781–1844), Russian general
• Peeter Volkonski (born 1954), Estonian musician
• Peter Volkonsky (1861–1948), Russian aristocrat
• Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1776–1852), Russian general
• Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937), Russian theatre director
• Sergei Volkonsky (1788–1865), Russian general
• Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862), Russian writer
• Alexander Volkonsky (1985-Present), Russian musician/painter
• Oleg Volkonsky (1948-2023), Russian Painter/writer

Notes and References

1. Ziegler, Dominic. Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires. New York: Penguin Press. 2015. p. 139.
2. Web site: Princes of the Russian Empire .