. "Vorontsov, also Woronzow, Woroncow (Russian: \u0412\u043E\u0440\u043E\u043D\u0446\u043E\u0301\u0432) is the name of a celebrated Russian family which attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and became Serene Princes of the Russian Empire in 1852.Most likely, the Vorontsovs represent a collateral branch of the great Velyaminov family of Muscovite boyars, which claimed male-line descent from a Varangian noble named \u0160imon."@en . .