Some Genghisid princes became Russian aristocracy, but not the Russian aristocracy. Yusupovs and Urusovs descend from Edigu, so they are technically Mongolian a

Some Genghisid princes became Russian aristocracy, but not the Russian aristocracy. Yusupovs and Urusovs descend from Edigu, so they are technically Mongolian aristocracy, but by the time Yusuf and Urus swore fealty to the Tsar the considered themselves Nogai/Tatar, not Mongol.