Kvashnin-Samarin
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| Kvashnin-Samarin | |
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| Alternative name(s) | Samarin |
| Earliest mention | 1282 |
| Cities | Krasny, Staryi Merchyk, Russian Empire |
The Kvashnins-Samarin family is an ancient Russian noble family. Members of the family were written as Kvashnin-Samarin up until the 17th century, where some began to be written only as Samarin.[1] This family shares the same origin with noble families Kvashnin, Samarin, Razladin and Tushin.
The ancestor of the family, Nester Ryabets, arrived in Moscow (about 1300) from the land of Red Ruthenia, where it is mentioned (1282) among the boyars of the Leo I of Galicia. A squad of 1,700 people came with him. His son Rodion Nestorovich, a boyar under the Grand Duke Ivan Kalita, a famous warrior. Ivan Rodionovich, a famous boyar warrior.
The great-grandson of Ivan Rodionovich Kvashny, Stepan Rodionovich Samara, was the ancestor of the Samarins and Kvashnins-Samarins and is mentioned at the wedding of Princess Sofia Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan III of Russia to Prince Vasily Kholmsky (February 13, 1500).[1]