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Peeter Volkonski

Peeter Volkonski

Estonian musician and actor


Prince Peeter Volkonski (born 12 September 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.

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Biography

He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978.

In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's candidate in the Tartu constituency for Estonian parliamentary election.[1] He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament.[2]

Ancestry

Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince Mikhail Volkonsky [ru; fr] and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky,[3][4][5] thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty.[6]

His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother was the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who was a noted poet and author of children's literature.[6]

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References

  1. "Peeter Volkonski kandideerib riigikokku" (in Estonian). Postimees. 19 November 2014.
  2. "Detailne hääletamistulemus: Valimisringkond Nr 10" (in Estonian). Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon.
  3. "Князья Волконские (Princes Volkonsky)". Rurik Genealogia (in Russian). 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020.



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