The closest descendants of Genghis Khan and a number of his direct descendants are well known to many even from the school history course: the khans Baty, Tokhtamysh, Akhmat, Devlet-Girey. All of them at different times walked across Russia with fire and sword. The grandson of Khubilai, the great khan who also ruled China, is also known. We will not dwell on them.
It is much more interesting to discover that this or that famous person of later eras is Chinggisid.
Tamerlane, contrary to frequent misconceptions, was not a Genghisid at all from any side. Only one of his wives belonged to the family of Genghis Khan.
Simeon Bekbulatovich, "Tsar of Moscow and All Russia"
Simeon Bekbulatovich, erected in 1575 by Ivan the Terrible, as they believe - for fun, to the royal throne (and a year later deposed), was Genghisid, a descendant of Genghis Khan in a straight descending male line in the fourteenth generation and a descendant of Jochi in the twelfth generation, the great-grandson of Akhmat Khan - the last khan of the Golden Horde. Thus, if Jochi is considered the son of Genghis Khan, then Simeon Bekbulatovich continued the older line of the Genghisids.
Before baptism, Simeon was called Sain-Bulat and was the Tsar of Kasimov. The Kasimov kingdom was created under Vasily II the Dark in the middle of the 15th century for the vassal Tatar princes. At the same time, it performed the function of subordinating to Moscow the rebellious peoples of the Mordovians and Mishars. For a long time - almost until the very end of the 17th century - the Moscow tsars ruled over them indirectly.
Only Chinggisids became Kasimov kings. At first, the disgraced Kazan princes ruled the vassal khanate, then it was given to the representatives of the Crimean dynasty of Gireev. Sain-Bulat belonged to the third dynasty of the Kasimov kings, originating from Astrakhan, and was its fourth representative. He ruled Kasimov from 1567 to 1573, then, at the insistence of Ivan the Terrible, he was baptized to marry Princess Mstislavskaya. According to the unwritten constitution, only a Muslim could be the king of Kasimov, so Simeon had to resign.
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Historians are still perplexed about what was the meaning of the formal act of the abdication of Ivan the Terrible and the enthronement of Simeon Bekbulatovich. Be that as it may, Chinggisid apparently enjoyed considerable influence in the Moscow state and had many supporters among the nobility. After the death of Ivan the Terrible and especially his son Theodore and the suppression of the Rurik dynasty, Simeon Bekbulatovich could lay claim to the Moscow kingdom. Otherwise, under Theodore Ioannovich, they would not have taken an oath from all the boyars and noblemen not to want Simeon or his children to the throne, Boris Godunov would not have ordered to blind him, and Vasily Shuisky would not have exiled to Solovki. Chinggisid Simeon Bekbulatovich is undoubtedly a major figure in Russian history, but his true scale and true role are still largely a mystery.
Chokan Valikhanov, Kazakh educator
At present, the most numerous branch of the Chinggisids is the Kazakh Tore clan. A little more than a hundred years ago, more than 28 thousand Kazakhs belonged to it. It is curious that they are also Jochids, like Simeon Bekbulatovich.
Chokan Valikhanov (1835-1865) was the great-grandson of Abylai Khan (1711-1781), who, in the 40s of the 18th century, for the first time united the Kazakhs of all three zhuzes under his rule to repel the Dzungar invasion. Valikhanov was a representative of the Kazakh traditional elite, who sought to integrate into the ruling class of the Russian Empire in order to thereby bring the greatest benefit to their people. Valikhanov was educated in the Omsk Cadet Corps and became a career officer in the Russian Imperial Army. He studied the history and ethnography of the Kazakh people, did a lot to popularize this knowledge both in the educated environment of the Russian Empire and among the Kazakhs themselves. He was familiar with many outstanding Russian people of that era, in particular with F. M. Dostoevsky.
Valikhanov initially supported the Russian conquest of Central Asia, believing that the Empire brings peace and progress to the Turkic peoples. Valikhanov himself volunteered to be an interpreter at the headquarters of Colonel M. G. Chernyaeva. There is a version that at the same time he also received a special reconnaissance mission from the General Staff. However, the methods by which the conquest of Central Asia was carried out deeply outraged Valikhanov, and he resigned. The shock intensified the consumption he had picked up in St. Petersburg, and before he reached the age of thirty, the descendant of the famous khans died, bequeathing to the Kazakhs love for their people and striving for progress.
Nabokov
According to some reports, the famous Russian noble family of the Nabokovs goes back to one of the branches of the Crimean khans Gireys, who were also Chinggisids.
Prominent Russian English-speaking writer Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was only one of the famous offspring of this ancient family. Before the revolution in Russia, the Nabokov family was considered one of the most aristocratic. Like most aristocrats, the Nabokovs were carried away by liberal ideas.
The father of the writer (and two more Nabokovs - poets) - Vladimir Dmitrievich - was a prominent member of the Central Committee of the Cadet Party, a deputy of the 1st State Duma. After the February Revolution, he held the position of Administrator of the Provisional Government (in the lists of the "shadow cabinet" before the revolution he was listed as the future Minister of Justice, but after the revolution this position was given to AF Kerensky). In exile in 1922, he was shot by a Black Hundred. According to the generally accepted version, the terrorist wanted to kill the leader of the Russian liberals P. N. Milyukov, but Nabokov covered him with himself.
It often happens that oppositionists come from loyal families. Vladimir Dmitrievich's father, Dmitry Nikolaevich Nabokov, was the Minister of Justice of the Russian Empire from 1878 to 1885. Two brothers V. D. Nabokov - Dmitry and Sergei - also served in high positions in the tsarist administration.
Yaroslav Butakov
