Verkhovskys ( Polish: Wierchowski ) is a Russian noble family who, since the end of the 17th century, owned estates in the Galich district and recorded in the VI part of the genealogy book of the Kostroma province . Another spelling of the name is Verakhovsky . In the Galich district, servants vowed forever from generation to generation to serve the Verkhovskys. The names of the servants of our generation that should serve the family of Verkhovskys:
| Verkhovskys | |
|---|---|
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| Coat of arms description: see text | |
| Volume and sheet of the Common Stamp | IX, 27 |
| Provinces in the Republic of Kazakhstan of which the genus is introduced | Kostroma, Smolensk |
| Part of the genealogy book | VI |
| Nationality | |
 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | |
 Kingdom of Russia | |
 Russian empire | |
Leonid Malashenko, Ira Koreshkova, Tanya Sergeeva, Kristina Kozlova, Ivan Smirnov.
Content
Branches of the genus
In “ Herbovnik ” there are two surnames of the Verkhovsky family. The ancestor of the first was Andrei Matveevich Verkhovsky , who owned the village of Bogoslovsky, on the Shag River, in the Galitsky district of the Paritsky volost. “... were granted from the Sovereigns in 1578 and other years by estates” (“Herbovnik”, VII, 30) [1] .
Another branch comes from Mikhail Savelyevich Verkhovsky [2] , who died in 1620 . Mikhail Savelyevich and his sons, Gregory , Ivan , Vasily , Cyril and Stepan , “in 1609 and other years, according to the Bit Archive, they were written among the noblemen and children of the boyars in the city with a local salary” (“Herbovnik”, IX, 27) [3] . Owned estates in the Galician district.
There is also an old noble family, leading back to Adam Verkhovsky , granted by estates in the Smolensk county by King of Poland Władysław IV in 1641 . This genus is recorded in the VI part of the genealogy of the Smolensk province [4] . Zakhary Vasilievich (Bogdanovich) Verkhovsky, known as the Monk Elder Zosima , came from this genus; as well as Alexander Ivanovich Verkhovsky and Yuri and Lydia Nikandrovich Verkhovsky.
Emblem Description
The shield is divided into four parts, of which the first in the green field shows a golden cross and below it a horseshoe with spikes down and two golden arrows crosswise through it (amend. Polish coat of arms Sushinsky ). In the second in the red field, gold is indicated by scales and under them a compass; In the third in the red field, a silver saber and a gun. In the fourth part, in a green field, two silver pistols are placed crosswise.
The shield is crowned with a noble helmet and crown. Crest : three ostrich feathers. The mark on the shield is green and red, lined with gold and silver. Shield holders: two lions. The coat of arms of the Verekhovskys (Verkhovskys) clan is included in Part 9 of the General Tombstone of the noble clans of the All-Russian Empire, p. 27.
Famous Representatives
- Verkhovskaya Soviet Leontyevich - Moscow nobleman in 1678
- Verkhovskoy Pavel Alexandrovich - steward in 1686-1692
- Verkhovskaya Mikhail Sovetovich - solicitor in 1692 [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Coat of arms of the clan Verekhovsky (Verkhovsky)
- ↑ Kind of Kostroma noblemen Verkhovsky
- ↑ Coat of arms of the clan Verekhovsky (Verkhovsky)
- ↑ V.E. Rudakov . Verkhovskie // New Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 48 volumes (29 volumes were published). - SPb. , Pg. , 1911-1916.
- ↑ Alphabetical index of surnames and persons mentioned in the Boyars books, stored in the I-th branch of the Moscow archive of the Ministry of Justice, with the designation of the official activities of each person and years of status in the posts held. M., Tipogr: S. Selivanovsky. 1853 Verkhovskys. p. 65.
Literature
- Verkhovskie // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogy book . - SPb. : Type. 3 Sep. Own. E.I.V. Chancellery, 1857. - T. 4. - S. 331.