House of Stasov
The House of Stasov is one of the oldest noble families in Russia founded by the 1st Duke Stasov Dmitri Vasilevich, in 14th century.
Notable people
- The architect was Duke Vasily Petrovich Stasov,
- * His daughter, Duchess Nadezhda Vasilievna Stasova, was a philanthropist and women's rights activist. She organized week-end schools for workers and daycares for workers’ children. She also helped found the Bestuzhev Courses, which made higher education available to Russian women for the first time.
- * His son, Count Dmitry Vasilievich Stasov, was a notable advocate who took part in the foundation of the Russian Music Society.
- ** Dmitri's daughter, Elena Dmitryevna Stasova, joined the Communist movement in 1898. As a leader of the Bolshevik Party in St. Petersburg she was exiled to Siberia in 1913–16. After the Russian [Revolution of 1917] Stasova was a secretary of the Bolshevik party and from 1921–1926 a Comintern representative to the Communist Party of Germany.
- **Dmitri's daughter, Varvara Komarova-Stasova, was a writer and musicologist, who published under the pen name Vladimir Karenin.
- * His son Duke Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov, was one of the most respected Russian critic during his lifetime.