Turchaninov family

[2] Alexander Turchaninov (Russian: Александр Александрович Турчанинов) was the son of the Turkish officer.

[3] On 22 January 1762 Alexander Turchaninov by the decree of the Emperor Peter III was granted the rank of Colonel.

His children Peter and Pavel served in the Imperial Russian Army as Rittmeister of the 3rd Hussar Regiment, his daughter Anna (1774–1848) was a poet.

The collection of her poetry Otryvki iz sochinenij (Russian: Отрывки из сочинений, lit.

From his second wife Filatseta Stepanovna,[6] he had 8 children, most notably: The Turchaninovs was a noble family of Don Cossacks origin from stanitsa Aksayskaya and Starocherkasskaya.