Names from Muscovite Judgment Charters; Diminutives as Documentary Forms and Name Frequency in Justice in Medieval Russia.

Marya Kargashina

 

© 2013 by Jessica Smith-Carlock. All rights reserved.

 

I have pulled names from Justice in Medieval Russia: Muscovite Judgment Charters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries by Ann Kleimova, which discusses the 15^th and 16^th c Russian justice system with references to judgment charters. Judgment charters document the results of legal proceedings and may record processes, litigants, witnesses, judges, evidence presented and so forth. Kleimova does not give the date of all cases she discusses, but all charters referenced date to the 15^th or 16^th c. The names appear to be transliterated using the Library of Congress system; I did not see normalization of the names. These 318 names are from the chapters of the book where Kleimova discusses the persons and roles in the charters and lists names of defendants, judges, witnesses, plaintiffs, and constables.

I started this project looking for more frequency data than found in Wickenden's A Dictionary of Period Russian Names, however, my frequency study may be distorted due to the charters referred to being selected from a larger body of data by Kleimova. I will also discuss name frequency by class; names and diminutive use varies significantly from prince to peasant, with peasants referenced by a diminutive far more frequently.

 

Masculine Names

While the medieval Russian naming pool, at least for men, is deep and vast; a few names do occur more frequently than others. Wickenden lists Ivan/Ioann, Vasilii, Fedor, Semen and Andrei as the five most popular masculine names among the nobility as a whole, Astrid Baeklund lists Ivan, Vasilei, Grigorei, Fedor, and Semen as the most frequently found names in her study of Novgorodian names. I had similar results, with Ivan being by far the most common, followed by Fedor, Grigorii and Vasilii, then Dmitrii.

Frequently used masculine names (including diminutives):

Andrei	9
Daniil	7
Dmitrii	12
Fedor	15
Grigorii	14
Ivan	35
Mikhail	7
Mikita/Nikita	11
Semen	12
Vasilii	14

The rest of the story is that so many of these frequent names are found as diminutives; roughly half the Ivans are Ivashko or Vania, Grigorii is Gridka or Gridia, Fedor is Fedko, Semen, Senka, Dmitrii, Mitia, and nearly all of Daniil is Danilo. Many diminutives use a -ka, -ko or -lo suffix, but not all. Peasants and non-nobles are more likely to use a diminutive. Some names, such as Sergei and Nikolai, appear in my sample as diminutives only.

 

Approximately two-thirds of my sample is referred to by at least one patronymic or locative byname, with only 22 mostly higher ranking individuals using two or more. The remaining third is referred to only by given name, with another twenty five referred to as 'son of'. I suspect, but cannot prove, that these are translated marked patronymics.

Given Names
Aksen Aleksandr Andrei Andreika (dim Andrei) Andreiko (dim Andrei) Arisik Barych Basalai Batman Beket Boris Chebotai Chudin Daniil Danilo (dim Daniil) Davyd Davydko (dim Davyd) Dmitrii Drozd Efim Efrem Efremko (dim Efrem) Emelian Ermolka (dim Ermola) Eska (dim Esenia) Fediunia (dim Fedor) Fedko (dim Fedor) Fedor Feodosii Filia Filip Foka Fomka (dim Foma) Frol Gavrilko, (dim Gavriil) Gavrilo (dim Gavriil) Gerontei/Gerontii Gnevash Grachko (dim Grach) Gridia (dim Grigorii) Gridka (dim Grigorii) Grigorei/Grigorii	Iakov Iakush (dim Iakun) Idna Iev Ignatei Il'ia Ileiko (dim Il'ia) Isaiia Iaskii Iurii Ivan Ivanka (dim Ivan) Ivashko (dim Ivan) Kas'ian Kazak Kharka (dim Khariton) Kharko (dim Khariton) Khrap Klimentii Kolupai Kondratets (dim Kondrat) Konstiantin Kopos Kostia (dim Konstiantin) Kozel Kozlok Kriuk Kuzemka (dim Kuzma) Kuzma Laurentii Lev Leva (dim Lev) Levon (dim Leontii) Maksim Maksimko (dim Maksimko) Malsha Malyga Martynko (dim Martin) Matfei/Matvei Matfeiko (dim Matfei) Maveiko (dim Matfei) Menshik (dim Men'shoi)	Mikhailo (dim Mikhail) Mikhal' (var Mikhail) Mikhalko (dim Mikhail) Mikita (Var Nikita) Mikitka (dim Nikita) Mikula (dim Nikolai) Minia (dim Mina) Misailo (dim Misail) Mitia (dim Dmitrii) Mitkitka (dim Nikita) Nason Nekliud Nekras Nekrasko (dim Nekras) Nesterik Nikita Nikon Ofonasko (dim Afanasii) Ofonia (dim Afanasii) Okish Okul Oleksa (dim Aleksei) Oleshka (dim Aleksei) Oleshko (dim Aleksei) Oliunka (dim Oliun) Omel'ian Ondriushka (dim Andrei) Onikei Onisimko (dim Anisii) Onofei Ontsiforik (dim Antsyfor) Orel Ortem Ortemko (dim Ortem) Ostaf Ostash Ozarko (dim Azarii) Paknom Palka Petr Petrushka (dim Petr) Pyshko (dim Pykh)	Remez Rodiuka (dim Rodion) Ruka Sava Savka (dim Savva) Selka Semen Semenko (dim Semen) Senia (dim Semen) Senka (dim Semen) Sergeets (dim Sergei) Sharap Shchetina Sofonko (dim Sofron) Stepan Stepanko (dim Stepan) Sukhoi Sveto Sysoiko (dim Sisoi) Tarasei (var Tarasii) Tarasko (dim Tarasii) Timofei Timofev (dim Timofei) Timokha (dim Timofei) Tiufei Tokar Tret'iak Trifon Ulaske Vania (dim Ivan) Vas'ian Vas'ka (dim Vasilii) Vashuta Vasilei/Vasilii/Vasilli Vasiuk Venedikt Viacheslav Vlasko (dim Vlasii) Volodia Zakhar Zhar'ia
Names and Class
The charters the names were found in often omit the rank or status of the judges and litigants, so I do not have class data for about a third of my sample; of those with class listed, peasants are the largest single group.
Peasants were likely to use a diminutive, and to not use patronymics, with thirty five of the peasant names found being diminutives. I found the following as names of peasants.
Aksen Andrei Andreiko Arisik Danilko Danilo Davydko Efim Efremko Ermolka Fediunia Fedko Fedor Frol	Gavrilko Gridia Gridka Ivan Ivashko Kharka Kharko Kondratets Kopos Kostia Kuzemka Martynko Matfeiko	Mikita Mikitka Mitia Nekrasko Nesterik Ofonia Okish Oleshko Ondriushka Ontsiforik Ortemko Ostash Ozarko	Palka Rodiuka Ruka Savka Semenko Stepan Sysoiko Tarasko Timokha Tiufei Vas'ka Vasiuk Vlasko Volodia
Princes used a different set of names and were unlikely to use a diminutive; I found the following as names of princes.
Andrei Boris Danil	Danilo Davyd Dmitrii	Fedor Iurii Ivan	Petr Semen Vasilii
Nobles have a wide range of names used, with diminutives used occasionally. The following are names of nobles and petty nobles.
Basalai Danilo Dmitrii Drozd	Fedko Ivashko Kolupai Kriuk	Mikhailo Mitia Nekras Ostaf	Petr Timofei Vasilii Zhar'ia
Judges were often nobles or princes, but their rank is not always noted in the charters.
Danilo Gnevash Grigorei Grigorii	Ivan Ivashko Kuzma	Mikhailo Mikita Nikita Petr	Semen Stepan Sveto
Landowner's names appear to have most in common with the noble naming pool.
Beket Dmitrii Fedor	Gavrilko Gavrilo Grigorii Ivan	Konstiantin Lev Leva Matvei	Mikhailo Semen Timofei
Estate Manager's names show no particular pattern
Chebotai Gridia	Iakush Menshik	Mikhal' Misailo Mitia	Semen Senka
Townspeople's names are more like peasant names; the following are mostly from Beloozero.
Emelian Eska Gridka	Iurii Ivashko	Malyga Matiuk	Nekras Oliunka Paknom
Monk's and Abbot's names are recorded as either native Russian names or Greek influenced names.
Gerontii Ignatei Isakii	Isaiia Kas'ian Laurentii	Nikita Nikon Okul Sava	Tarasei Trifon Vasilii Venedikt
Feminine Names
I found a total of 4 feminine names: Anna, Mariia, Ovdotia and Stefanida. The first two of these were princesses, the other two landowners. Women were able to bring suit on their own behalf according to Kliemova, but based on the amount of names found few must have. Chaikina finds Anastasiia, Mariia, Khristina, Efiim’ia and Sofiia as the most common feminine names in the Novgorod birchbark documents, while Baecklund’s article lists Mar’ja, Feodos’ja, Anastaija and Ksenija as the most common in Novgorodian legal documents. It should be noted that these sources use differing transliteration systems.
Bynames
Aleksanrovich Alekseev Asanskoi Baskakov Beklemishev Bol'shoi Boran'a Borisovich Botvin'ev Brodovskoi Bulgakov Cheshkov Chubarov Davydovich Deev Denisov Deshevkin Dmitrieevich Dmitrievich Dolmatov Durniaga Efimov Fedorovich Fedotov Filatov Gavinskoi Gavrilov Glupyi Golova Goratyi Grigor'evich Iakovlev Iakovlevich Ischein Istomin Ivakin Ivanov Ivanovich Ivashov	Kasha Kaznakov Kemlianin Kemskii Khvoshchinskii Kipreanov Kirilov Klimentiev Kolegaev Kologrivov Kolupaev Komel' Konstantiov Konstantiovich Korob'in Korotkoi Kosiak Kostin Krivoi Krotki Kuchetskii Kuritsyn Kurtiaev Kuz'min Lapin Larionov Levonov Maliakhin Mamukhin Matfeev Medved Meshcherin Mikhailovich Mokeev Molodoi Morozov Moskovin Muroshka Naumov Nazemov	Nefed'ev Neronov Nikitin Nora Nos Obblenskii Obrazets Obukhov Okinfov Okulov Oliunov Oltuf'ev Onfakov Onisimov Ontonov Onuchin Ostashov Pakhomov Pavlov Pelepelkin Penkov Pestryi Petrishchev Poluev Priazhinskoi Priklonskii Ragozin Romanovich Rozhnov Saburov Saraev Savelov Semenevich Semenov Shapkin Shchelkalov Shchelkov Shcheniateva (f) Shein	Sherefedinov Sheremetev Shilovskii Shusherin Sipin Soloninin Starodvoskii Stashov Stognin Sukhoi Sunshutin Tal'shanin Tarasov Tebikin Teptiukov Tevelga Timofeev Tregub Troshin Trufanov Tupichin Tur Uktomskoi Vakhromeev Vasil'evich Vasilev Vel'iaminov Velikii Shestunov Veraksin Viatchanin Viatka Viskovyati Vnukov Volynskii Vorontsov Zaitsov Zapinkin Zastolskii Zlobai

 

I have included my data set, which does include dates on many names as well as all complete names. I have attempted to avoid duplicating individuals, but due to the nature of the source, some may exist.

 

In summary, this data shows a pattern of diminutives used in legal documents of the 15^th to 16^th c in Russia, particularly by the lower classes, as well as differences in the overall naming pool. Additionally, I have provided examples of given names and bynames used in this time period.

 

1547	Anna	Shcheniateva			princess
1519-1520	Anna				princess
1466	Mariia				princess
	Ovdotia	wife of Gavrilo Ivanovich			land owner	kistema
1466	Stefanida				land owner
	Aksen	Shchelkov			Peasant
	Aleksandr	Zaitsov
	Aleksandr				Elder
	Andrei	Pelepelkin			Peasant	Popkovo
1542-1561	Andrei	Shchelkalov
1584	Andrei	Sherefedinov
1462-1464	Andrei	Vasil'evich	Bol'shoi		prince	zevnigorod
1485-1490	Andrei				Elder	Zalesskaia
	Andreika	Vakhromeev			Bondsman
1528	Andreiko	Lapin
	Andreiko	Peasant
1498	Andreiko
	Arisik	Ivashov			Peasant
	Barych
	Basalai	Ragozin			petty boiar
1502	Batman	Elder
	Beket	son of Grigorii Vel'iaminov			land owner
1473-1489	Boris Vasil'evich	prince
	Chebotai				estate mgr	Beloozero
	Chudin	Okinfov
1490-1500	Daniil	Aleksandrovich	Penkov		prince
	Danilko				Peasant
	Danilo	Botvin'ev			petty boiar
	Danilo	Dmitrieevich
	Danilo	Kasha			Peasant
1498	Danilo	Krotki		Judge
1519-1520	Danilo				prince
1519-1520	Davyd				prince
1499	Davydko	Viatchanin			Peasant	Stepanovskaia
1473-1489	Dmitrei	Rozhnov			petty boiar
	Dmitrii	Davydovich	Morozov		prince	zevnigorod
	Dmitrii	Ivanovich			land owner	kistema
1498	Dmitrii	Ivanovich			prince	zevnigorod
	Dmitrii	Rozhov			petty boiar	Mikhailovskii
1498	Dmitrii	Semenevich			prince
	Dmitrii	Vasil'evich	Shein		land owner	Oleshinskaia
1501	Drozd	son of Vasilei Iur'ev			petty boiar	Likurzhskaia
	Efim	Nikitin			Peasant
1495, 1499	Efrem				Elder
1463	Efremko				Peasant
	Emelian	Gavrilov			townsperson	beloozero
1501	Ermolka	Fedorov			Peasant	likurzhskaia
	Eska	Timofeev			Townsperson	beloozero
	Eska
1502	Fediunia	Gavrilov			Peasant
1502	Fediunia	Ostashov
	Fediunia	Stashov			Peasant
1502	Fediunia	Troshin
1490	Fedko	Savelov
	Fedko	son of Foma Sakharusov			petty boiar
	Fedko				Peasant
1498	Fedko
1519-1520	Fedor	Davydovich	Starodvoskii Pestryi		prince
1490-1500	Fedor	Fedorovich			prince
1519-1520	Fedor	Kemskii			prince
1499	Fe	dor	Kuchetskii		land owner
1485-1490	Fedor	Kuritsyn			scribe
	Fedor	Soloninin			Peasant
	Fedor				priest
1462-1464	Feodosii				metropolitan
	Filia				Elder	Shahaskaia
	Filip				metropolitan
1490	Foka
1519-1520	Fomka	Tal'shanin			beekeeper
1501	Frol	son of Tokar			Peasant
	Frol
	Gavrilko	son of Gridia			Peasant
	Gavrilko	son of Matvei			land owner
	Gavrilko	Ivanovich			land owner	kistema
1473-1489	Gerontei				metropolitan
	Gerontii				Monk
1504-1505	Gnevash	Stognin		Judge		beloozero
1498	Grachko	Pakhomov
	Gridia	Alekeev			Peasant	Zelenevo
	Girdia	Priazhinskoi			Peasant
	Gridia	Teptiukov			estate mgr
1503	Gridia	Tevelga			Peasant
1502	Gridia
	Gridia
1502	Gridka	son of Mikita Brodovskoi
	Gridka				Tenman	beloozero
	Gridka				Peasant
1504-1505	Grigorei	Asanskoi		Judge		beloozero
	Grigorei	Kologrivov
1501	Grigorii	Romanovich	Zastolskii	Judge	scribe	kostroma
	Grigorii	Vel'iaminov			land owner
	Grigorii				priest	Mikhailovskii
1501	Iakov	Mokeev
	Iakush				estate mgr	Zubtsovo
1498	Iakush
	Iakush
	Idna				Elder
1456-1464	Iev				Elder	suzdal
	Ignatei				abbot
1483	ll'ia					Pskov
1547	ll'ia				Bondsman
	Ileiko
	Isaiia				monk elder
1456-1464	Isakii				Monk	suzdal
1519-1520	Iurii	Kemskii			prince
1483	Iurii				hundredman	pskov
1547	Ivan	Gavrilov				Gravoronovo
1490-1500	Ivan	Golova	Semenov	Judge
1501	Ivan	Ivanovich	Ukhtomskoi	Judge	prince
1462-1464	Ivan	Khvoshchinskii		Judge
	Ivan	Konstantinovich	Glupyi Obblenskii		prince	zelenovo
	Ivan	Kuchetskii
1542-1561	Ivan	Mikhailovich	Viskovyati		scribe
1485-1490	Ivan	Molodoi		Judge	prince
	Ivan	Onisimov			Peasant	Beloozero
	Ivan	Saraev			land owner
	Ivan	Soloninin			Peasant
1501	Ivan	son of Kuzma Korob'in		Judge
1473-1489	Ivan	Sukhoi			prince
1547	Ivan	Vasil'evich	Sheremetev			Gravoronovo
		Fedorovich	Vorontsov		land owner
1499	Ivan	Kuchetskii			land owner
	Ivan
1551	Ivan
	Ivanka				Bondsman
1502	Ivashko	Deev			Peasant
1499	Ivashko	Fedorov			Peasant	Poelovo
	Ivashko	Fedotov			Peasant
1499	Ivashko	Kolegaev			Peasant	Andreevskoe
	Ivashko	Komel'	son of Frol		Elder
1490	Ivashko	Medved
	Ivashko	Muroshka			Peasant
	IVashko	Obukhov			hundredman	Beloozero
	Ivashko	Pavlov			Elder
	Ivashko	Ragozin			petty boiar
1463	Ivashko	son of Efremko			Peasant
1501	Ivashko	son of Onofei		Judge
	Ivashko	Sunshutin			townsperson	beloozero
	Ivashko	Tebikin			townsperson	beloozero
	Ivashko	Tur			Constable
	Kas'ian				monk elder
	Kazak				slave
1499	Kharka	Efimov			Peasant	Poelovo
	Kharko	son of Gridia			Peasant
1519-1520	Khrap	Oltuf'ev
1456-1464	Klimentii	Grigor'evich			suzdal
	Kolupai	Priklonskii			boiar
	Kondratets	son of Danilko			Peasant
1499	Konstiantin	Kuchetskii			land owner
1501	Kopos	Bulgakov			Peasant
1492	Kostia
	Kostia	Poluev			Peasant
	Kostia
	Kozel				Bondsman
	Kozlok	son of Vasillii			Peasant
	Kriuk				petty boiar	Mikhailovskii
1473-1489	Kriuk				petty boiar
1502	Kuzemka	son of Gridia
	Kuzemka	Trufanov			Peasant
1485-1490	Kuzma	Klimentiev		Judge
	Kuzma	Korob'in
1483	Laurentii				abbot	pskov
	Lev	Ivanovich			land owner	Kistema
	Leva	son of Aleksandr Zaitsov			land owner
1490	Levon	Nos
	Maksim	Boran'a	Golova
	Maksimko
	Malsha
	Malyga				hundredman	Mishutino
	Martynko	Kosiak			Peasant	siamskaia
1501	Martynko	Larionov			Peasant	Likurzhskaia
	Martynko					Peasant
	Matfei
1499	Matfeiko	Onuchin			Peasant	Krivdino
	Matiuk	Maliakhin			townsperson	beloozero
	Matvei	son of Grigorii Vel'iaminov			land owner
	Matvei
	Maveiko	son of Mikula
1551	Menshik	Shusherin			estate mgr
	Mikhailo	son of Kolupai Priklonskii			boiar
1490-1500	Mikhailo	Dmitrievich	Shapkin	Judge
	Mikhailo	Kaznakov			boiar
1547	Mikhailo	Kolupaev			slave owner
1528	Mikhailo	Neronov			land owner
1499	Mikhal'	Vnukov			estate mgr	Iurev
	Mikhalko	Filatov
1502	Mikita	Brodovskoi
1485-1490	Mikita	Vasil'evich	Beklemishev	Judge
	Mikita				Elder
	Mikita				Peasant
1490-1500	Mikita
	Mikita
	Mikitka	Kipreanov			Peasant
	Mikitka				cook
	Mikula	Gavinskoi
	Mikula
1502	Minia	son of Nason
1463	Misailo				estate mgr
1499	Mitia	Ischien			Peasant	Manachiakovo
1499	Mitia	Konstantinov			estate mgr	Iurev
	Mitia	Kostin			estate mgr
1473-1489	Mitia	Rozhnov			petty boiar
	Mitia				priest's son
1541	Mitkitka				cook
1502	Nason
1492	Nekliud
	Nekras	Levonov			hundredman
1501	Nekras	son of Vasilei Iur'ev			petty boiar	Iikurzhskaia
	Nekrasko	Ivanov			Peasant
	Nesterik	Deshevkin			Peasant
1502	Nikita	Tarasov		Judge
1463	Nikita				Monk
	Nikon				monk elder
	Ofonasko					Luzhskoe
	Ofonasko
	Ofonia	Korotkoi			Peasant
	Okish	Oliunov			Peasant	Vol'skaia
1456-1464	Okul				monk elder	suzdal
	Oleba
	Oleshka	Chubarov			Constable
	Oleshko	Moskovin			Peasant
	Oleshko	son of Maksim Boran'a Golova
1499	Oleshko	Vasilev			Peasant	Pavletsovo
	Oliunka	Iakovolev			townsperson	beloozero
	Omel'ian
	Ondriushka	Kirilov			Peasant
	Onikei	son of Ivan Kurtiaev
1547	Onisimko				slave
	Onofei
1501	Ontsiforik	Ontonov			Peasant	Likurzhskaia
1502	Orel				Elder
	Orel				Elder
1483	Ortem				pskov
	Ortemko	Sipin			Peasant
	Ostal				petty boiar	Mikhailovskii
1473-1489	Ostaf	petty boiar
	Ostash	Ivakin			Peasant
	Ozarko	Tregub			Peasant
	Paknom	Kemlianin			townsperson	beloozero
	Palka	Krivoi			Peasant
1498	Palka	Nazemov
	Palka	Viatka			Peasant	Plotniche
	Palka
	Petr	son of Kolupai Priklonskii			boiar
1510	Petr	Vasil'evich	Velikii Shestunov	Judge	prince	Pskov
1490-1500	Petr
	Petrushka	Son of Omel'ian
	Pyshko				servant
1547	Remez					Gravoronovo
	Rodiuka	Okulov
	Rodiuka	Onfakov			Peasant
1463	Ruka				Peasant
	Sava				Monk
	Savka	Cheshkov			Peasant
	Selka
	Semen	Borisovich	Goratyi Suzdal'skii		prince
	Semen	Kuz'min			land owner
	Semen	Nefed'ev
1528	Semen	Neronov			land owner
1462-1464	Semen			Judge	estate mgr
	Semenko	Zlobai			Peasant
	Senia	son of Grigorii Vel'iaminov			land owner
1502	Senka	Nefed'ev
1490	Senka	Veraksin
	Senka				estate mgr	Biserovo
	Senka				Bondsman
	Senka				slave
	Sergeets				servant
	Sergeets				servant
	Sharap	Baskakov
	Shchetina				overseer
	Sofonko				priest's son
	Stepan	Nora			Peasant	Suzdal
	Stepan	Shchelkov			Peasant
1456-1464	Stepan	Zapinkin		Judge		Suzdal
1495, 1499	Stepanko				Elder
	Sukhoi				Bondsman
1498	Sukhoi	Judge
1498	Sysoiko	Andreev
1499	Sysoiko	Matfeev			Peasant	Bogoiavlentskoe
1483	Tarasei				abbot	pskov
	Tarasko	Mamukhin			Peasant
1498	Tarasko	Vasilev
	Timofei	Volynskii			boiar
1541	Timofei	Volynskii			land owner
1584	Timofev	Shilovskii
1400	Timokha	Denisov
1499	Timokha	Durniaga			Peasant	Bogoiavlentskoe
	Tiufei	son of Grigor			Peasant
	Tokar
	Tret'iak	son of Vasilei Vnukov				Iur'ev
	Trifon				abbot
ql 15thc	Ulaske	Tupichin				Kniazh'ostrov
1501	Vania				metropolitan	Kulikovo
	Vania
	Vas'ian				Elder
	Vas'ka				Peasant	plotniche
	Vas'ka
1498	Vashuta	Petrishchev
	Vasilei	Vnukov
1485-1490	Vasilii	Fedorovich	Saburov		Boiar
1485-1490	Vasilii	Fedorovich	Obrazets		boiar
1542-1561	Vasilii	Iakovlevich	Shchelkalov
1500/1501	Vasilii	Ivanovich			prince
1473-1489	Vasilii				abbot
1485-1490	Vasilli	Dolmatov			scribe
1504-1505	Vasilli	Grigor'evich	Naumov		scribe	beloozero
	Vasilli				abbot
	Vasillii
1499	Vasiuk	Meshcherin			Peasant	Andreevskoe
1532	Vasiuk
	Venedikt				Monk
ql 15thc	Viacheslav					Kniazh'ostrov
	Ylasko				Peasant
	Volodia	Istomin			Peasant
1504-1505	Zakhar	son of Mikula Gavinskoi
	Zhar'ia	Botvin'ev			petty boiar

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