Background
Peter M. Volkonsky was born in 1861 in Saint St. Petersburg. Wife - Princess Catherine Shahovskaya, daughter of General of Infantry Prince Shakhovsky Aleksei Ivanovich (1821–1890) and Sofia Alexandrovna Olsufyeva (1830–1882).
Peter M. Volkonsky was born in 1861 in Saint St. Petersburg. Wife - Princess Catherine Shahovskaya, daughter of General of Infantry Prince Shakhovsky Aleksei Ivanovich (1821–1890) and Sofia Alexandrovna Olsufyeva (1830–1882).
Father - Prince Michael South. Volkonsky
Mother - Serene Princess Elizabeth G. Volkonskaia (1838–1897)
Son - Prince Mikhail Petrovich Volkonsky. Volkonsky, each in its own way, and left a bright trace in the history of Russia. 1. Vladimir Volkonsky (1868–1953), was vice-chairman of the State Duma under Volkonskye chairmanship of Khomyakov and Rodzianko and later was a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, "survived" in office four ministers, Nicholas II, said each new minister, "Take care of Volkonsky.".
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Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937) - was a Russian theater worker, director, writer, Chamberlain, Privy Counsellor and a Catholic convert. 3. Prince, chamberlain, marshal of the nobility Balashov district of Tambov province. During World War I he worked at the front of one of the organizations the All-Russian Land Union.
Initiator of the Petrograd Society advocates the reunification of the Churches (1917–1918).
In 1931-1937he worked in the archives of the Catholic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. Died 11 September 1948 in Paris.