The family descends from Mirza Minchak Kasayevich, baptised Simeon, who left the Great Horde for Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich.

[1] Descendants of Uvar Simeonovich, the founder of the Uvarovs, were initially settled in Pskov, from where in the middle of the 16th century they were transferred to estates in Belev.

[2] The Minister of Public Education (1833–1848), Active Privy Councillor Sergey Semyonovich Uvarov, in recognition of his work and merits, was elevated with his descendants to the rank of count of the Russian Empire, for which a charter was granted (29 December 1850).

In addition, there is also the Uvarov family, dating back to the middle of the 17th century, included in the genealogical book of the nobility of the Simbirsk province.

Coat of arms of the Uvarov family, descendants of Minchak Kasayevich: in the middle of the escutcheon, divided into four parts, there is a smaller red shield, in which a golden cross pattée is depicted, and under it a silver moon with horns turned down towards a golden hexagonal star (inspired by the Polish coat of arms of Murdelio).

In the second and the third field the background is blue and a charge in the form of an armoured hand holding a sword emerging from a cloud is depicted (inspired by the Polish coat of arms of Malaya Pogonia).

The crest depicts a soaring black imperial eagle, on its chest is a red shield with a golden border and the monogram of Emperor Nicholas I.