SholokhovШолохов, ШолоховаmRussian Derived from Russian шорох (šórox) "rustle, soft crackling sound", denoting a quiet person, or шерохий (šeróxij) "rough, rugged", denoting a person with a rough face.
SholomШоломRussian Derived from Old Russian шолом (sholom) meaning "helmet".
SklueffRussian (Latinized, Rare, ?) Means bird of prey. From Russia. Was changed by the government from Cellieic letters to Latin letters. Unknown if it was change in Russia or Harbin, Chun where they escaped Bolshevism.
SoldatenkoСолдатенкоUkrainian, Russian, Belarusian Means "son of the soldier". It is a Ukrainian last name, but it is more common in Russia and Belarus.
SoldatovСолдатов, СолдатоваRussian Soldatov is masculine and Saldatova is feminine. This surname means son and or daughter of a soldier.
SolntsevСолнцевmRussian Derives from Russian word солнце (solntse) meaning sun. Yevgeniy Solntsev is the chairman of the DNR.
SolnyshkoСолнышкоRussian Derived from Russian diminutive of солнце (solntse), meaning sun.
SolokovRussian Derived from the Russian word 'Sokol', meaning 'falcon'. It is one of the most common Russian surnames, appearing in the top ten.
SosunovСосуновRussian Derived from Russian сосун (sosun) meaning "sucker". Alternatively this may be a patronymic surname derived from the Jewish name Sasson meaning "happiness".
SovinСовинRussian Derived from Russian сова (sova) meaning "owl". This may have been a nickname for a night person. This is a Russian noble surname.
SpiridonovСпиридоновRussian The surname was formed by adding the patronymic suffix -ov to the ancient Greek ecclesiastical name of the founder of the family, Spiridon (possibly from the Latin word meaning "illegitimate").
SyezdСъездRussian (Rare), Kazakh (Rare) The last name is a Russian last name derived from съезд (s"yezd) meaning "conference, congress, convention", but it is mostly used in Kazakhstan.
TarlykovТарлыковmRussian, Kazakh (Russified, ?) Possibly derived from Kazakh тарлық (tarlıq; russified: tarlyk) meaning "narrow", but probably not.
TartakovskyТартаковскийRussian, Jewish Name for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак (tartak) meaning "sawmill".
TokarevТокаревRussian Patronymic name derived from Russian токарь (tokar) meaning "turner". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone. A notable bearer of this name was the Russian-American singer and songwriter Willi Tokarev (1934-2019).
TolstoyТолстойRussian Means "fat" from Russian толстый (tolstyy) meaning "thick, stout, fat". This was the name of a Russian family of nobility; a notable member was Count Lev "Leo" Tolstoy (1828-1910), a Russian writer.
TrusovТрусовRussian From Russian Трус (trus) "coward".
TsarevЦаревRussian Means "son of an emperor" in Russian.
TsaritsynЦарицынRussian From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".
TsaryovaRussian Someone who is a descendent of a person who worked for the Tsar or Emperor.
TurbinТурбинRussian From the nickname Турба (Turba) which was probably derived from an old dialectal word meaning "face, snout, muzzle (of an animal)", used as a name for a person with an unpleasant or ugly appearance... [more]
UrbanskyУрбанскийCzech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Jewish In Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place called Urbanice. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name Urban.
UrusovУрусовRussian From Slavic urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.
UshakovУшаковmRussian Derives from Russian word "уша (usha)" meaning ear.
VoinovRussian Derived from the word "voin," which means "warrior" or "soldier" in English. It is a common surname among Russian families and may have originally been used to denote someone who worked as a soldier or was associated with the military in some way.
VolkonskyВолконскийRussian This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Volkona river south of Moscow. This was the name of a Russian family of nobility.
VolkovskyВолковскийRussian Habitational name for someone who lives in a multiplicity named Volikovski. Derived from волк (volk) meaning "wolf" in Russian.
VorontsovaRussian Unknown history, used by Anna Vorontsova (cousin of Empress Elizabeth of Russia), Elizaveta Vorontsova (mistress of Emperor Peter III), and Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova, a major figure in the Russian Enlightenment.
VorotyntsevВоротынцевRussian Derived from place names Воротынск (Vorotynsk), Воротынцево (Vorotyntsevo) or Воротынец (Vorotynets).
VtorakВторакUkrainian, Russian Derived either from Russian второй (vtoroy) meaning "second, other" or directly from dialectal Ukrainian вторак (vtorak) meaning "secondborn".
YablokovЯблоковRussian From Russian яблоко (yabloko) meaning "apple", used as a nickname for a ruddy person or a gardener who received a plentiful harvest.
YadovЯдовmRussian Derived from "яд (yad)" meaning poison.
YefimovichRussian Grigori Yefimovich who is best known as "Rasputin" was a Russian peasant, mystic and private adviser to the Romanovs (Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra in the early 20th century).