title: Urusov
text: # Urusov
  
  Urusov/Ouroussoff (Russian: Урусов) and Urusova/Ouroussoff (Russian: Урусова; feminine) is a Russian princely family of Nogai origins (from turkic urus, "russian")
  
  ## Famous members
  
  * Andrey Urusov (also known as Kasim-Murza, 1590–1647) — 17th century Novgorod military chief, the son of Satyi-Murza, founder of this branch of Tatar Princes' family
  * Alexander Ivanovich Urusov (1843–1900) - Russian lawyer and literary critic
  * Alexander Mikhaylovich Urusov (1766–1853) — Moscow Court Office's president, Alexander Ivanovich Urusov's grandfather
  * Vasily Urusov (d. 1741) — Russian Rear admiral, the founder of the Russian Caspian flotilla
  * Lev Vladimirovich Urusov (1877–1933) — Russian diplomat
  * Sergey Nikolayevich Urusov (1816–1883) — Russian politician
  * Sergey Semyonovich Urusov (1827–1897) — Russian chess player
  * Sergey Dmitriyevich Urusov (1862–1937) — Russian politician
  * Nicolai Vladimirovich Ouroussoff (born October 3, 1962) - Architecture critic for The New York Times from 2004 until June 2011.
  * Sofya Urusova, Princess Sofya Aleksandrovna Urusova (1804–1889)
  