The House of Chernyshev (Chernyshyov) is an ancient Russian princely family, part the Russian nobility, whose members once bore the title of Knyaz in the Russian Empire, granted to them by Emperor Nicholas I on 16 April 1841.[1]

Coat of arms of Princes Chernyshev

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Chernyshyov or Chernyshev (Russian: Чернышёв) is also a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Chernyshyova or Chernysheva.

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