Abamelik

[1][2] In 1873, Major-General Semyon Abamelik (1815–1888) was granted the right to assume the surname of his late father-in-law, Khristofor Yakimovich Lazarev (1789–1871), for himself and his descendants — the princes Abamelik-Lazarev (Абамелик-Лазаревы).

By 1906, both the Abamelik and Abamelik-Lazarev lines were registered in the governorates of Moscow, Podolsk, and Tula.

The Armenian composer Makar Yekmalyan dedicated his Nocturne for piano to Prince Semyon Abamelek-Lazarev.

On the Moika Embankment in St Petersburg there is a palace that once belonged to Abamelik-Lazarev family.

There is also Villa Abamelek in Rome, which nowadays, is the residence of the Russian ambassador to the Italian Republic.