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The Uvarov family is an old Russian noble family of counts and nobility of the Russian Empire.

Origins of the family

The family descends from Mirza Minchak Kasayevich, baptised Simeon, who left the Great Horde for Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich. He had children named Davyd, Zloba, Orkan, later renamed Orinka, and Uvar. They were the forefathers of the Davydov-Minchaks, the Zlobins, the Orinkins, and the Uvarovs. Descendants of Uvar Simeonovich, the founder of the Uvarovs, were initially settled in Pskov, from where in the middle of the 16th century they were transferred to estates in Belev.

Fedot Alfimovich Uvarov was a voivode in Aleksin under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. Alexander Artamonovich (1846), aide-de-camp of Empress Catherine II and associate of Suvorov, distinguished himself during the capture of Izmail. This Uvarov family is included in parts V and VI of the genealogical book of the Tula and Moscow provinces.

Another branch, or perhaps another family of Uvarovs, comes from Alexander Uvarov, who lived in the early 16th century, and whose descendants served in Kashira. From this branch, Fyodor Petrovich Uvarov (1769-1824) was an adjutant general, commander of the guards corps, and a member of the State Council. His cousin Sergei Apollonovich Uvarov (1847-1900) was the Volyn provincial marshal of the nobility. The latter's sons Vladimir (1881-1959) and Sergei (1885-1932) were district marshals of the nobility in the provinces of the Southwestern Krai.

Counts Uvarovs

Comital title was granted to one branch of the family on 1 July 1846 by a personal decree of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. The Minister of Public Education (1833–1848), Active Privy Councillor Sergey Semyonovich Uvarov, in recognition of his work and merits, was elevated with his descendants to the rank of count of the Russian Empire, for which a charter was granted (29 December 1850).

Notable representatives of the count family

• Fyodor Semyonovich Uvarov (1786-1845) — major general, participant in the Patriotic War of 1812.
• Alexey Sergeyevich Uvarov (1828-1884) — Russian archaeologist, count.
• Praskovya Sergeyevna Uvarova (1840-1924) — Russian scientist, historian, archaeologist. Wife of archaeologist Alexey Uvarov.
• Alexey Alekseyevich Uvarov (1859-1913) — public figure and politician, member of the III State Duma from the Saratov Governorate.

Historical records

On 12 October 1686 documentation for the inclusion of the Uvarov family in the Velvet Book was submitted. It included a genealogical numbering system (ahnentafel) of the Uvarovs and the deed of obedience from 1612, given to the strelets sotnyk (firearm troops centurion) Yermolay Vladimirovich Uvarov for the village of Serkovskoye in the Podgorodsky stan of the Aleksinsky district.

This branch is included in Part VI of the genealogical books of the nobility of the Tula, Kharkov and Tver provinces.

In addition, there is also the Uvarov family, dating back to the middle of the 17th century, included in the genealogical book of the nobility of the Simbirsk province.

Another family is the descendants of Ivan Timofeyevich Uvarov, a grenadier of the Life Company, who was granted nobility on 25 November 1751.

Description of coats of arms

Coat of Arms. Part V. No. 33.

Coat of arms of the Uvarov family, descendants of Minchak Kasayevich: in the middle of the escutcheon, divided into four parts, there is a smaller red shield, in which a golden cross pattée is depicted, and under it a silver moon with horns turned down towards a golden hexagonal star (inspired by the Polish coat of arms of Murdelio). In the first and the fourth field there is a black rafter against a silver background. In the second and the third field the background is blue and a charge in the form of an armoured hand holding a sword emerging from a cloud is depicted (inspired by the Polish coat of arms of Malaya Pogonia). The shield is surmounted by a noble helm and a coronet with three ostrich feathers. The mantling of the shield is blue, lined with silver. Shield supporters are two black single-headed eagles.

Coat of Arms. Part XI. No. 16.

Coat of arms of the Counts Uvarovs: the escutcheon is divided into four parts. In the middle of it there is a smaller shield. In the first and fourth field, against a silver background, there is a black rafter. In the second and third field, against a blue background, there is a hand in silver armour emerging from silver clouds holding a silver curved sword with a gold hilt. In the smaller shield, against a red background, there is a silver crescent with horns pointing downwards, under it a golden six-pointed star, above it a silver cross pattée. Above the shield is the count's coronet and the count's crowned helm. The crest depicts a soaring black imperial eagle, on its chest is a red shield with a golden border and the monogram of Emperor Nicholas I. The mantling is red and silver. Shield supporters are two black eagles with red eyes, red tongues, and golden beaks and paws. Motto: “ORTHODOXY, AUTOCRACY, NATIONALITY” (Russian: ПРАВОСЛАВИЕ, САМОДЕРЖАВИЕ, НАРОДНОСТЬ) in black letters on a silver ribbon.

Notable people

• Aleksandr Uvarov (ice hockey) (1922–1994), Soviet ice hockey player
• Aleksandr Uvarov (footballer) (b. 1960), Soviet and Israeli footballer
• Aleksey Uvarov (Count Aleksey Sergeyevich Uvarov) (1825–1884), Russian archaeologist
• Boris Uvarov (1889–1970), Russian-British entomologist
• Olga Uvarov (Dame Olga Nikolaevna Uvarov) (1910–2001), the first woman president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
• Sergey Uvarov (Count Sergey Semionovich Uvarov) (1786–1855), Russian classical scholar and statesman
• V. Uvarov, Soviet set decorator

References

1. Уваровы // Родословные росписи конца XVII века / Сост.: А. В. Антонов; Росc. гос. арх. древн. актов, Археогр. центр. — М., 1996. — Вып. 6. — С. 316. — ISBN 5-011-86169-1.
2. https://russiannobility.org/counts-of-the-russian-empire/
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5. Общий Гербовник Дворянских Родов : Части I–X / Сост.: П. А. Дружинин. — М. : Трутень, 2009. — С. 607. — ISBN 978-5-904007-02-7.
6. Дворянские гербы России : опыт учёта и описание XI–XXI частей “Общего Гербовника дворянских родов Всероссийской империи” / Сост.: И. В. Борисов. — М. : ООО Старая Басманная, тип. Форгрейфер, 2011. — С. 18. — ISBN 978-5-904043-45-2.

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