Bestuzhev (surname)
# Bestuzhev (surname)

Bestuzhev (Russian: Бecтужeв), or Bestuzheva (feminine; Бecтужeвa) is a Russian surname. The Bestuzhev noble family was from the medieval Novgorod Republic and descended from boyars.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1664-1742), Russian statesman
* Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1688-1760), Russian diplomat
* Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693-1766), Russian diplomat
* Alexander Fedoseyevich Bestuzhev (1761-1810), Russian writer and state councilor
* Alexander's sons (all members of the Decembrist revolt):
   * Nikolay Bestuzhev (1791-1855), Russian writer and portrait painter
   * Alexander Bestuzhev (1797-1837), Russian writer
   * Mikhail Bestuzhev (writer) (1800-1871), Russian writer
   * Pyotr Bestuzhev (officer) (1804-1840), Russian officer and memoirist
   * Pavel Bestuzhev (1808-1846), Russian officer
* Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1801-1826), Russian officer
* Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1829-1897), Russian historian
