
Peeter Volkonski
Acting
Born: September 12, 1954
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Biography
Prince Peeter Volkonski (born September 12, 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director. He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978. In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's candidate in the Tartu constituency for Estonian parliamentary election. He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament. Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince Mikhail Volkonsky and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty. His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother is the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who is a noted poet and author of children's literature.
Also Known As
- Prince Peeter Volkonski
- Vürst Peeter Volkonski
Known For

October 10, 2009

May 15, 2015

June 06, 2006

September 19, 2013

February 21, 2013

October 02, 1997

February 10, 2007

January 31, 2025

April 21, 1975

November 25, 2017

May 08, 2008

August 14, 2008