DOLGORUKY FAMILY

Dolgoruky also spelled Dolgorukov, a Russian princely family whose origins are believed by some to go back to Yury Dolgoruky (10901157), a son of Vladimir II Monomakh of Kiev. The Dolgorukys produced well-known statesmen, military leaders, and men of letters. Yury Alekseyevich Dolgoruky (d. 1682) was a high-ranking nobleman and military commander who achieved a number of victories in the Russo-Polish War of 165457. In 1676 he was appointed guardian of the child tsar Fyodor Alekseyevich; he was killed during the Moscow Uprising of 1682. Yakov Fyodorovich Dolgoruky (16391720), a close associate of Peter I the Great, served in the military and was held prisoner in Sweden for 10 years. After returning to Russia (1711), he became a senator and was appointed president of the Auditing Collegium. Grigory Fyodorovich Dolgoruky (16561723) was ambassador to Poland (170121) and helped conclude a treaty of alliance with Poland (1701) and the Narva Alliance (1704). Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgoruky (q.v.) became a high-ranking military officer and served on the Supreme Privy Council. His distant cousin, the diplomat Vasily Lukich Dolgoruky (q.v.), also served on the Supreme Privy Council. Yury Vladimirovich Dolgoruky (17401830), a memoirist, served in the armies of the field in the Seven Years' War (175663) and in two of the Russo-Turkish Wars (176874 and 178791). Ivan Mikhaylovich Dolgoruky (17641823), vice-governor of Penza (179197) and governor of Vladimir (180212), wrote lyric poetry, comedies, and reminiscences that characterized the culture, the upbringing, and the education of children of the nobility.