Bestuzhev (surname)
Bestuzhev (Russian: Бecтужeв), or Bestuzheva (feminine; Бecтужeвa) is a Russian surname. The Bestuzhev noble family was from the medieval Novgorod Republic and descended from boyars.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1664-1742), Russian statesman
- Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1688-1760), Russian diplomat
- Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693-1766), Russian diplomat
- Alexander Fedoseyevich Bestuzhev (1761-1810), Russian writer and state councilor
- Alexander's sons (all members of the Decembrist revolt):
- Nikolay Bestuzhev (1791-1855), Russian writer and portrait painter
- Alexander Bestuzhev (1797-1837), Russian writer
- Mikhail Bestuzhev (writer) (1800-1871), Russian writer
- Pyotr Bestuzhev (officer) (1804-1840), Russian officer and memoirist
- Pavel Bestuzhev (1808-1846), Russian officer
- Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1801-1826), Russian officer
- Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1829-1897), Russian historian
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