Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (19 September 1759 – 30 December 1829) was a Russian statesman, Active Privy Councillor of the 1st class (1826), who held a number of top positions in the reign of Paul I and Alexander I.
Upon the establishment of the Collegium of Economy on May 12, 1763, Prince Kurakin was appointed its president. This was a very important appointment: the Collegium of Savings was to collect over one and a half million revenues, that is…
The Kurakin's Dacha had the unofficial name "Embassy Dacha". In Uritsk, a large pond was known, which was left over from the Embassy Dacha, in which the locals loved to swim.
Princess Alexandra Ivanovna Kurakina, née Panina (Russian: Александра Ивановна Куракина; February 14, 1711 – February 22, 1786) was the daughter of Lieutenant-General and Senator Ivan Panin, the sister of the famous counts Nikita and Peter…
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Julia Kurakina, rusky: Юлия Куракина (1814 – 1881) byla ruská šlechtična a členka carského dvora. V letech 1866-81 sloužila jako Ober-Hofmeisterin (dáma pro róbu) a hlavní dvorní dáma carevny Marie Sofie Dánské.