Bestuzhev (surname)

Bestuzhev (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