end of the 15th century. Many of their scions worked for
the Soviet Union and modern Russia.Mikhail Ivanovich (Mikhalko) was the first forefather of this family.
Other famous ancestors are:
Andrey Tymofeevich Mikhalkov was a viceroy in Tula and a voivode in Smolensk.
Griditsa was mentioned in ancient manuscripts in 1498.
Konstantin Ivanovich was a servant of tsar Mikhail Romanov.