Prince Boris Alekseevich Kurakin (Russian: Бори́с Алексе́евич Кура́кин; 13 September 1784 - 2 October 1850) was a Russian politician and diplomat.
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Early life
He was the eldest child of Alexey Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) and his wife Princess Natalia Ivanovna Kurakina (1766-1831). One of his godparents was Catherine II of Russia. For seven years he was taught by Professor Bruckner, who hid his support of French Revolutionary ideas from his pupil. He was also taught religion by Mikhail Speransky, who remained his friend and adviser for the rest of his life. In 1799, aged 15, he became a junker at the Collegium of Foreign Affairs, becoming chamberlain in 1804.
Marriage
In Vienna in 1808 he married princess Elizaveta Borisovna Golicyna (1790-1871), daughter of Boris Andreevich Golitsyn, with whom he had three children:
Aleksej Borisovič (4 May 1809 – 20 December 1872), married Julija Fëdorovna Golicyna, granddaughter of Sergej Fëdorovič Golicyn;
Tat'jana Borisovna (1810-24 February 1857);
Aleksandr Borisovič (1813-1870).