Bestuzhev (surname)
Bestuzhev, or Bestuzheva is a Russian surname. The Bestuzhev noble family was from the medieval Novgorod Republic and descended from boyars.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Russian statesman
- Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Russian diplomat
- Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Russian diplomat
- Alexander Fedoseyevich Bestuzhev, Russian writer and state councilor
- Alexander's sons :
- *Nikolay Bestuzhev, Russian writer and portrait painter
- *Alexander Bestuzhev, Russian writer
- *Mikhail Bestuzhev , Russian writer
- *Pyotr Bestuzhev , Russian officer and memoirist
- *Pavel Bestuzhev, Russian officer
- Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Russian officer
- Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Russian historian
