V. Lukomskii and S. Troinizkii, "List of persons to whom has been granted by H.I.M. the right to coats-of-arnis and the title of nobility of the All-Russian Empire and of the Kingdom of Poland," Petersburg, 1911, page 14.
6. Page 23, Alexander Evstafevich Bers, born February 18, 1807, died September 6, 1871. See Peterburgskii Necropol, Vol. I. page 204; also V. Lukomskii and S. Troinizkii, page 14.
7. Page 24. In the Tula Province, 25 versts from Yasnaya Polyana.
8. Page 24. A. M. Islenev, born July 16, 1794, died April 23, 1882. Leo Tolstoi, who knew him well, described him as the father in Childhood and Adolescence. See P. Sergeenko, From the Life of L. N. Tolstoi and How Count L. N. Tolstoi Lives and Works, Moscow, 1898, page 40.
9. Page 24. The well-known Vladimir Alexandrovich Islavin, State Councillor, born November 29, 1818, died May 27, 1895, author of The Samoveds, their Domestic and Social Life, Petersburg, 1847, which at the time was much discussed in newspapers and magazines. See V. L Maezhov's Systematic Catalogue of Russian Books, A, F. Basunov, Petersburg, 1869, page 404.
10. Page 24. There were five sons and three daughters. The Book of Genealogies, Vol. I. pages 122 and 123. The best known of these, besides Sophie Andreevna, were: Tatyana Andreevna
