Alexandra Kurakina

Princess Alexandra Ivanovna Kurakina, née Panina (Russian: Александра Ивановна Куракина; February 14, 1711 – February 22, 1786) was the daughter of Lieutenant-General and Senator Ivan Panin, the sister of the famous counts Nikita and Peter Panin, the grandmother of Princes Alexander and Alexey Kurakin and poet Yury Neledinsky-Meletsky. Biography Origin Alexandra Ivanovna (according to some sources Agrafena) was the eldest child in the family. By father, Ivan Vasilyevich, belonged to the noble family of Panin. On the mother's side, Agrafena Vasilievna Everlakova, was related to the Naryshkins and Leontievs. Her grandfather, clerk Vasily Alekseevich Everlakov, was very close to Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich. In a number of sources of compilation nature, it is stated that Everlakov's wife was Tatyana Danilovna, the sister of the Most High Prince Alexander Menshikov; whereas in modern scientific works the relations of Menshikov with Everlakovs are not mentioned.