Aleksey Mikhailovich Durnovo (Russian: Алексей Михайлович Дурново; 1792 – after 1841) was a Russian squire and landlord in Chernsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia. The son of a landowner in the village of Spasskoe Durnovo, he attended a boarding school at Moscow University at the same time as Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer Alexander Griboyedov (who enrolled as a student on December 22, 1803). He served in the military engineering corps, in the 2nd Pioneer Regiment, and retired in 1811 with the rank of lieutenant. He was a member of the militia during the war. He was well known as an amateur musician. In 1827 he married Maria Sergeyevna Durnovo (Griboyedova), the sister of Alexander Griboyedov. Later Aleksey Durnovo became an honorary trustee of the Tula Oblast Gymnasium.[1]

Aleksey's wife, Maria Durnovo, was a sister of Russian classical writer Alexander Griboyedov. Aleksey Durnovo was good friends with him as mentioned in several correspondences, such as a letter from Durnovo's wife to her brother A. Griboyedov on May 25, 1828.[2][3]

Family

Family tree

Natalia Voeykova
mother		Mikhail Durnovo
father
Maria Griboyedova
wife		Aleksey Durnovo
self		Mikhail Durnovo
brother
Alexander Durnovo
son

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Durnovo, Aleksey Mikhailovich" (in Russian).
  2. ↑ "The visit of Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov to the village of Spasskoe-Krivtsovo, Chernsky County" (in Russian). Department of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the MO. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Durnovo, Aleksey Mikhailovich" (in Russian).


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