Alexey Kurakin

Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin
Portrait of Prince Alexei Kurakin. Painting by Ludwig Guttenbrunn. Hermitage Museum.
BornАлексей Борисович Куракин
(1759-09-19)19 September 1759
Died30 December 1829(1829-12-30) (aged 70)
Kurakino, Maloarkhangelsky District, Oryol Governorate
Noble familyKurakin
SpouseNatalia Ivanovna Golovina
IssueBoris Alekseevich
Elena Alekseevna
Alexandra Alekseevna
FatherBoris–Leonty Alexandrovich
MotherElena Stepanovna Apraksina

Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (Russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Кура́кин; 19 September 1759 – 30 December 1829) was a Russian statesman, Active Privy Councillor of the 1st class (1826), who held several top positions in the reign of Paul I and Alexander I. The direct ancestor of all subsequent Kurakin princes.