Tereshchenko family
The Tereshchenko Family | |
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Current region | Ukraine, Russia, France, Greece, United States |
Place of origin | Russian Empire |
Members | Artemy Tereshchenko Simon Tereshchenko Elizabeth Sarancheva Mikhail Tereshchenko Bogdan Khanenko Varvara Tereshchenko Princess Nadezhda Tereshchenko Ivan Tereshchenko |
Distinctions | Counts (European nobility) |
Members of the Tereshchenko family have achieved prominence in Ukraine and the world as businessmen, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and landowners, beginning in the 18th century. The family has Cossack roots and comes from the city of Hlukhiv (now Sumy region), the former residence of the Hetmans of Left-bank Ukraine.[1]
History[]
First guild merchant Artemy Tereshchenko was elevated to the hereditary nobility of the Russian Empire by a royal decree of May 12, 1870 for special merits and as a reward for charity. His three sons - , and Simon – helped run his business.
For over half a century, the Tereshchenko family - Nicola, Theodore, and their children - , Ivan, Varvara, , Nadezhda and others were engaged in charity activities, giving Ukraine numerous buildings, cultural and educational institutions, as well as art collections, now kept in museums of Kyiv, which were established by members of the family.[2]
In the beginning of the 20th century, one of the largest joint-stock sugar companies in the south-western region was a "Sugar and sugar refinery factories' association of Tereshchenko Brothers", founded in 1870 by Nicola, Theodore and Simon Tereshchenko with an initial capital of 3 million rubles. Over time, the family-owned company had an annual turnover of 12 million rubles and independent access to the European market. Some of the factories remained in the individual possession of each of the brothers.
Members[]
Members of the family include:
- Artemy Tereshchenko (1794–1873), Ukrainian entrepreneur, land-owner, establisher of sugar factories
- Nikola Tereshchenko (1819–1903), Ukrainian philanthropist, son of Artemiy
- Varvara Tereshchenko (1852-1922), philanthropist, married to Bogdan Khanenko (1848–1922), an art collector, a cofounder of the Kyiv Museum of Western and Oriental Art
- Ivan Tereshchenko (1854–1903), a painter, son of Nikola
- Mikhail Tereshchenko (1886–1956), a foreign minister in Russian Provisional Government, son of Ivan
- (1832-1896), whose collection served as the basis of the Kyiv Museum of Russian Art
- Fyodor Fyodorovich Tereshchenko (1888-1954), an aircraft constructor and author, son of Fyodor Artemyevich. He was married to Beatrix Countess Von Keyserlingk.
- Their daughter Nathalie (Natacha) Tereshchenko married Prince Alexandre Alexandrovitch Schirinky-Schikhmatoff and had three daughters: Kyra, Irina, and Xénia
- Fyodor Fyodorovich Tereshchenko (1888-1954), an aircraft constructor and author, son of Fyodor Artemyevich. He was married to Beatrix Countess Von Keyserlingk.
- Nikola Tereshchenko (1819–1903), Ukrainian philanthropist, son of Artemiy
Coat of arms[]
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References[]
- ^ http://www.wumag.kiev.ua/index2.php?param=pgs20081/32
- ^ http://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/culture/oleksandr-tereshchenko-founder-kyivs-educational-institutions
- ^ http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/21-march-poroshenko-gave-ukrainian-passport-to-michel-tereshchenko
- ^ "French idealist becomes unlikely Ukraine mayor".
- ^ a b "Ukrainian Heraldry". heraldry.at.ua.
Sources[]
- M-a-k.net: Tereshchenko family tree and history
- Oldkiev.info: Members of Tereshchenko dynasty
- Любовь Болотина, "Династия Терещенко", Удачный выбор, № 33, 01.04.2005.
- Михаил Кутузов, "Терещенки", Со-общение, 2005.
- Vitaliy Kovalynsky, "Aspiring the Common Good", Zerkalo Nedeli (The Mirror Weekly), March 1–7, 2003 — Russian, Ukrainian
- Терещенко дал деньги на киевскую консерваторию. 120 лет назад родился бизнесмен и меценат Михаил Терещенко, Газета по-украински, 24.3.06.
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