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Dobrovolskyi (Добровольський): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Dobrovolsky · Dobrowolski. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 290 towns and villages of 22 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 47 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 7 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 6 placesZhytomyr oblast: 36 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 8 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 21 placesKyiv oblast: 21 placesKirovohrad oblast: 13 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 11 placesMykolaiv oblast: 11 placesOdesa oblast: 7 placesPoltava oblast: 1 placeRivne oblast: 9 placesSumy oblast: 3 placesTernopil oblast: 16 placesKharkiv oblast: 5 placesKherson oblast: 6 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 47 placesCherkasy oblast: 13 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–5
  • 6–8
  • 9–11
  • 13–47

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Vinnytsia oblast

47 places with the surname Добровольський

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 4716%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 4716%
Zhytomyr oblast 3612%
Kyiv oblast 217%
Ternopil oblast 166%
Kirovohrad oblast 134%
Cherkasy oblast 134%
Lviv oblast 114%
Mykolaiv oblast 114%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 103%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Rivne oblast 93%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 83%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 72%
Luhansk oblast 72%
Odesa oblast 72%
Donetsk oblast 62%
Kherson oblast 62%
Kharkiv oblast 52%
Chernihiv oblast 52%
Sumy oblast 31%
Poltava oblast 11%
Chernivtsi oblast 11%

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Years of the sources

These books concern 1917–1960. Families in the 19th century were recorded in parish registers. Those are what we read, with a frame number beside every name.

Memory books 1917–1960

  • “Rehabilitated by History” («Реабілітовані історією»)1917–1960
  • National Book of Memory of Holodomor Victims1932–1933

Places with a ready parish description

73 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 4724 of 47

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts21Show
Khmelnytskyi oblast 4712 of 47

and 35 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 369 of 36

and 27 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 215 of 21

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 164 of 16

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 133 of 13

and 10 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 133 of 13

and 10 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Lviv oblast 113 of 11

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 113 of 11

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 103 of 10

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Rivne oblast 93 of 9

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 83 of 8

and 5 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73 of 7

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 73 of 7

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Odesa oblast 73 of 7

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kherson oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 3All 3 places
Poltava oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place

What these books can and cannot tell you

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  • Show the towns and villages where the surname was recorded in 1917–1960.
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They cannot

  • This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.
  • An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there.
  • A shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

The index covers only the source material processed so far. An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there; a shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Source: state memory books, «Реабілітовані історією» and the National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor. We publish surnames only: no first names, dates or fates.

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