Peeter Volkonski

Peeter Volkonski studied at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The recorded working language is Estonian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are rock music. Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Star, 5th Class and Big Dipper prize.

• Name — Prince Peeter Volkonski • Birth Name — Peeter Volkonski • Born — 12 September 1954 • Birthplace — Tallinn, Estonia • Instrument — Vocals • Genre — Rock, punk • Occupation — Musician, writer, actor • Years Active — 1980–present • Website — http: volk.ee/ (inactive)

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 (opera singer) 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 was the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who was a noted poet and author of children's literature.

• 2001 Fifth Class Order of the White Star of the Republic of Estonia.