The Pushkin family became forever famous thanks to one of its brightest representatives. But few people know that this family is closely connected with the heroic past of the Russian state since the time of Alexander Nevsky.
This ancient noble family had a coat of arms that many could see without guessing who it belongs to. What was the coat of arms of Pushkin, as well as the genus to which it belonged?
Pushkin family
The history of the family is closely intertwined with the strengthening of the Russian state. For many years, representatives of this family faithfully served the state.
The Pushkins belong to an old noble family. This is confirmed by the fact that there is a separate coat of arms of the Pushkin family. But before describing it, it is worth knowing a little more about the genus itself.
The family takes its origin from a certain Ratsha. He supposedly lived in the twelfth century, came to Russia from another kingdom. He served under the Grand DukeKiev. Another ancestor is called Gavrila Aleksich, who was a Novgorod prince and served under Alexander Nevsky.
The ancestor of the family is Grigory Alexandrovich, who lived in the fourteenth century. During the service, about which nothing is known, he received the nickname Cannon. From him came the surname Pushkin. The genus soon split into separate branches, some of which became seedy. Almost nothing is known about the representatives of the separated branches, but more information has been preserved about the Pushkins. Who were they in the Russian state?
Outstanding representatives of the Pushkins
Many of the noble family held various positions at one time. They glorified the coat of arms of the Pushkins, a photo of which can be found in the part of the General Armorial of the All-Russian Empire.
List of positions held by the Pushkins most often:
- messengers;
- voivodes;
- governors;
- stallers;
- devious;
- boyars;
- diplomats;
- governors;
- officers.
Pushkin Evstafiy Mikhailovich, being an ambassador to Ivan the Terrible, receives a fiefdom, which by the seventeenth century the family could inherit. She became the village of Boldino, as well as the neighboring village of Kistenevo.
One of the first known representatives of the family was Pushkin Ivan Mikhailovich, who lived in the late sixteenth - early seventeenth century. He was a thoughtful nobleman, devious and a diplomat.
One of the last descendants of the family was Alexander Alexandrovich Pushkin, who lived from 1833 to 1914. He became famous inmilitary affairs, as a general of the cavalry. In addition, he was the eldest son of the famous poet and playwright Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
Great poet
The coat of arms of Pushkin would hardly have been so famous without the brightest representative of the family. It is known that Alexander Sergeevich was interested in his own pedigree. He studied her both on her mother's side and on her father's side.
So in Boldino the writer made notes, which he gave the name "The experience of reflecting some non-literary accusations." He also wrote about his ancestors in the famous poem "My family tree".
The poet had four children. In the male line, only the son Alexander left offspring. The last direct descendant of the writer in the male line is Pushkin Alexander Alexandrovich. He was born in 1942 and still lives in Belgium. He is a philanthropist and public figure. In 2005, he received Russian citizenship, remaining a Belgian citizen. Lives with his wife Maria-Madeleine Pushkina-Durnova, they have no children.
Despite this, many descendants of an old family live in the world. All of them know and honor the history of their family, part of which is the family coat of arms.
Description of coat of arms
Researchers cannot say exactly who created the coat of arms of the Pushkin family, as well as when exactly it appeared. It consists of several elements. Each of them has its own meaning. From his beauty and we alth, it becomes obvious that the family was in a good financial position andoccupied a high status in society.
The main part is a shield divided by a horizontal stripe. On its top is a princely cap of scarlet velvet, lying on a purple pillow. All this is placed against the backdrop of an ermine field.
The lower part of the shield is divided into two halves. On the right side, on a blue field, there is a hand in silver armor. She is holding a sword pointing upwards. On the left side, which is trimmed with gold, there is an eagle, which spread its wings halfway. The bird holds a sword and orb in its claws.
Above the shield is a noble helmet with three ostrich feathers. On the helmet is a noble crown. Around the helmet is a mantle, consisting of blue and gold leaves intertwined with each other. In some places, the leaves and curls are complemented by silver.
What can be learned from the coat of arms
In the old days, Pushkin's coat of arms was a symbol of noble origin. Today it is also a source of valuable information about the origin of the genus.
What Pushkin's coat of arms can tell about:
- The prince's cap means that the Ratsha mentioned above arrived in Russia and fought under the victorious banner of Alexander Nevsky.
- The Armored Arm was a long-standing emblem adopted by the descendants of the Ratsha in memory of their ancestor coming from Slavonia.
- The eagle was the family crest of Ratsha's ancestors.
