Shishkov

In the General Book of Russian Heraldry it is written concerning the Sihshkovs:
“The ancestors of this family come from Volhynia and at the beginning of the XIV century Yuri Lozynich moved to Tver. He had two grandsons, Ivan Brozda and Mikula (Nicola) Shishka, from which come the Borozdine and Shishkov families.”
Coat of arms: A sword between two quarter moons, on a blue field.
The Shishkovs had other government jobs and were commanders of the city and administrators. From 1699 a good 39 Shishkovs were landowners.
Alessandro Shishkov, an admiral, began to work for the Government under the reign of Caterina II, and afterwards was the Minister of Alexander I. It was he who wrote the Imperial proclamation the announced Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, a proclamation which contained the following energetic words: “I will not deposit the armies so long as there is a single enemy soldier on the soil of my Country.”
Alessandro Shishkov (1753-1814) did not love France, having seen too many horrors committed by the French soldiers during his youth. He defined them as “a cross between a tiger and a bee.”
Agakhoclea, his daughter, married Mark Poltoratzky.