Balakirev

Versions:

1. The surname Balakirev could go back to the nickname Balakir, which was used to call a well-fed strong man or a potter profession holder. This nickname gained this meaning from the word "balakir", that is, "clay pot."
2. They could call a balakir a talker, an amateur talker. It is known that in some dialects the words "balaka" with the meaning "talker, talker, joker" and "balls" - "tales, jokes" are preserved today.
3. "Bala Kire" - translated from Tatar - a stubborn child.

The first two versions are supported by the fact that some representatives of the genus were called the Bolakirevs, which depended on the region where they lived.

I knee. Tikhon Balakirev is mentioned in Lithuania during the army of Mansur Kiyat Mamai, together with the Glinsky ^[4]

II knee. His son Nester Balakirev was the governor of Dmitry Donskoy . He died in the Battle of Kulikovo Field on September 8, 1380.

III knee. His son Kondrat was noted at the nobles of Ivan III

IV knee. His son Andrei served at court and in the army of Ivan III , was captured by the Crimean Tatars.

V knee. His son Ivan Balakirev was mentioned in 1544, was governor of the Kazan campaign , had the Ertaul regiment in his subordination, after the campaign he was sent with an army under the city of Borznyu. "He died on the battlefield in the parish of the Crimean people"

Ivan Andreevich Balakirev had 5 sons:

1. Clementius is mentioned in 1578 as a boyar and landowner in the city of Kolomna ;

2. Prokofiy had an estate in Sukhotino, on the Sushka river in the Ryazan province , died in 1608;

3. Vasily - Moscow boyar ;

4. Maxim - Vladimir landowner ;

5. Simon - Moscow boyar ;

The first representatives of the genus:

• Balakirev, Ivan Andreevich - (? -1546) Governor Ivan the Terrible

The branch of Klimentivechi, later known as Belgorod:

• Balakirev Timofey Klimentevich - received the estate between the cities of Saltov and Kharkov in 1665
• Balakirev Grigory Timofeevich - captain-lieutenant of the Reytarsky camp, in 1701 he was "awarded with eternal Glory and estate from Emperor Peter I " and received the noble title
• Balakirev Nikita - Cornet , a descendant of Grigory Timofeevich, approved the coat of arms of the Belgorod branch of the clan
• Balakirev, Ivan Nikitich (1794-1846) - Major General of the retinue of His Imperial Majesty, a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812, the Battle of Borodino and the Overseas Campaign , a freemason .
• Balakirev Nikolay Nikolaevich - captain of the 77th Tenginsky infantry of His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich regiment, participant in the First World War , Civil War

Branch Vasilyevich, later known as Moscow:

• Balakirev Vasily Ivanovich - Moscow Boyar

• Balakirev Ivan Efimovich - steward of Peter I in 1692
• Balakirev Rodion Efimovich - steward of Peter I in 1692

The Maksimovich branch, later known as Kostroma :

• Balakirev Ivan Maksimovich (died in 1646) - the founder of the Kostroma branch, landowner
• Balakirev, Ivan Alexandrovich (1699 - 1763) - trusted servant of Peter I and Catherine I, who suffered because of her during the Mons trial
• Balakirev Ivan Ivanovich - second-major who served in the court office, under the command of the Chief Oscar-Hofmeister Count Semyon Andreevich Saltykov
• Balakirev Grigory Prokofievich Menshoy - since 1692, solicitor , Vladimir landowner .
• Balakirev Grigory Prokofievich Bolshoi - a steward in 1689-1692

Branch of Simonovich, later divided into Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod:

• Balakirev Andrey Simonovich - received the estate for the Moscow siege seat of 1618

• Balakirev Stepan Vasilievich (born in 1796) - Second major , great-grandfather of the composer Miliy Alekseevich, was engaged in genealogical research of the genus
• Balakirev Konstantin Stepanovich - lieutenant of naval artillery
• Balakirev Alexander Konstantinovich - titular adviser, bailiff of the Nizhny Novgorod Salt reserves, treasurer
• Balakirev Vladimir Konstantinovich - titular adviser , assistant to the bailiff of the Nizhny Novgorod Salt Reserves, cavalier of the Order of St. Anna of the 4th degree
• Balakirev Alexey Konstantinovich (1809-1869) - titular adviser
• Balakirev, Miliy Alekseevich (1837-1910) - composer , head of the Mighty Handful
• Balakirev Dmitry Alekseevich - college assessor , Nizhny Novgorod landowner , brother of Miliy Alekseevich
• Balakirev Pavel Vasilievich (born in 1851) - ensign , was the prototype of Apollo in Ostrovsky's play " Wolves and Sheeps ".

Representatives of a genus of unknown origin:

• Balakirev Pronka - a close guard of the Ivan the Terrible , mentioned in 1557
• Maxim Balakirev - a messenger who delivered a letter from Yaroslavl to Vologda about a nationwide alliance against the Poles and about the speedy sending of military men to liberate Moscow in February 1611
• Balakirev Fedor Ivanovich - a boyar son, first mentioned in 1621, then in 1636 as a newcomer to Kursk. March 10, 1636 marked the estate in Kursk and salary.
• Balakirev Grigory Fedorovich - solicitor at the hook in 7191, a steward in 1686-1692 ^[5] .
• Balakirev Ivan Andreevich (born 1726) - navigator , navigator , member of the Krenitsyn-Levashov expedition
• Balakirev Ivan Vasilievich - served in the Finnish Corps in 1715-1719, the estate of Balakirevo village (the village is named after him)
• Balakirev Yakov Dmitrievich - Knight of the Order of St. Vladimir 4th class (09.28.1842)

The coat of arms of the Belgorod branch of the clan (descendants of the cornet of Balakirev Nikita) - approved in 1801.

The shield is divided into four parts. In the middle of this shield, a golden stripe with two black eagle wings is depicted diagonally to the upper left corner along the green field. In the first part, there are two golden stirrups in the red field, a golden hexagonal star under them in the black field and two golden stripes perpendicular to its sides. In the fourth part, in the black field in the upper half, the same two stripes and a star are indicated, and at the bottom in the red field is a lying silver dog. The shield is crowned with a noble helmet and crown. The bastard on the shield is green, lined with gold.

Coat of arms of the Moscow branch of the clan (descendants of Andrei Simonovich).

In the upper half of the shield, in green and black fields, there is a bent arm, in armor and with a sword. In the lower silver half, like rafters, two city red walls are indicated and a horseshoe below, with its spikes facing down. The shield is crowned with a noble helmet and a noble crown with ostrich feathers. The bastard on the shield is red and black, lined with silver.

• Balakirev // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Generated painting by Stepan Vasilyevich Balakirev, presented to the Senate of Heroldmeister affairs.
• The descendant of Grigory Timofeevich Cornet Nikita Balakirev was granted a diploma in confirmation of his origin from noble ancestors from Emperor Paul I; the diploma is not signed and deposited in Heraldia on the basis of resolution of 02/18/1801. RGADA , f.286, LP.2, d.112
• 18th century boyar lists
• Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogy book . - SPb. : Type. 3 Sep. Own. E.I.V. Chancellery, 1857. - T. 4. - P. 260.