Obolensky 's the name of a princely Russian family of Rurikid stock. The family name's said to derive from the town of Obolensk in the Upper Oka Principalities Family members include: Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Obolensky (+1523), nicknamed Repnya, ancestor of the Repnin family Prince Mikhail Aleksandrovich Obolensky (1821-1886) Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Obolenski (1853–1910), Governor-General of Finland Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky (1916-1940), son of Serge Obolensky and Princess… (More on Obolensky)