Northern Dvina River
The family's earliest ancestor was named Spiridon; he lived during the rule of Duke Dmitry Donskoy and was mentioned in the 1390s. His grandson, Luka Kuzmich Stroganov, was a renter of royal properties in the region of the Northern Dvina River; he is claimed to have redeemed Duke Vasily II of Moscow from Tatar imprisonment in 1445.