Karnovich

[1] They were included in the VI part of the genealogical book of the Yaroslav, Kursk, Chernigov and Tula provinces, as determined by the Governing Senate (dated October 11, 1860 and April 16, 1863).

Karnovich already owned 345 peasant households in Little Russia, when on March 13, 1762, Emperor Peter III granted him the palace and an estate in the Yaroslavl province, consisting of 3 bigger villages and 19 smaller ones.

[2] Evgeny Karnovich (1823–1885), Stepan's great-grandson distinguished himself as a noted Russian writer, historian, journalist and editor.

On the other hand, Stepan's great-great-granddaughter, Olga Karnovich (1865–1929), became famous Russian socialite and a morganatic second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.

In 1915, she was awarded with the hereditary title Princess Paley, in the Russian Empire, by her husband's nephew, Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.