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Rud (Рудь): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 128 towns and villages of 20 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: 16 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 4 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 12 placesDonetsk oblast: 5 placesZhytomyr oblast: 2 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 6 placesKyiv oblast: 6 placesKirovohrad oblast: 4 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 2 placesMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 13 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 8 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 19 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 11 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2–4
  • 5–8
  • 11–19

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Kharkiv oblast

19 places with the surname Рудь

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 1915%
Vinnytsia oblast 1612%
Poltava oblast 1310%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 129%
Cherkasy oblast 119%
Sumy oblast 86%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 65%
Kyiv oblast 65%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 65%
Donetsk oblast 54%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 54%
Kirovohrad oblast 43%
Luhansk oblast 43%
Zhytomyr oblast 22%
Lviv oblast 22%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Odesa oblast 22%
Rivne oblast 22%
Kherson oblast 22%
Ternopil 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

16 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 19All 19 places
Other oblasts19Show
Vinnytsia oblast 1610 of 16

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

Poltava oblast 138 of 13

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 127 of 12

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

Cherkasy oblast 116 of 11

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

Sumy oblast 85 of 8

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 63 of 6

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

Kyiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 63 of 6

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

Donetsk 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 2All 2 places
Lviv oblast 2All 2 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil 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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