Obolensky

The House of Obolensky (Russian: Оболенский, romanized: Obolenskiy) is an ancient Russian princely family, claiming descent from the Olgovichi branch of Rurik dynasty.

to derive from the town of Obolensk in the Upper Oka Principalities near Moscow.

[citation needed] Members of the family belonged to the Russian nobility and held the hereditary title of Knyaz in the Empire of Russia.

[1] The Obolensky coat of arms is composed of the emblems of Kiev and Chernigov.

[citation needed]The family of aristocrats mostly fled Russia in 1917 during the Russian Revolution.