Yermolay
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Yermolay is a Russian given name. It is also written as Ermolai, Ermolay, and Yermolai.
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It is the basis of the surname Yermolayev
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Derivation
Yermolay is derived from the Greek Hermolaos, meaning "the people of HermesHermes
Hermes is the great messenger of the gods in Greek mythology and a guide to the Underworld. Hermes was born on Mount Kyllini in Arcadia. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of the cunning of thieves, of orators and...
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It is the basis of the surname Yermolayev
Yermolayev
-Derivation:Yermolayev is derived from the given name Yermolay , which was from the Greek Hermolaos, meaning "the people of Hermes"...
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Notable Yermolays
People with the given name Yermolay include:- Ermolai-Erazm, 16th century Russian churchman
- Yermolay Yermolayevich Hamper (Gamper), 1750–1814, Russian general of the Napoleonic Wars
- Yermolay Dementievich Kamezhenkov, 1760–1818, Russian artist
- Yermolay Fyodorovich Kern, 1773–1841, Russian general of the Napoleonic Wars
- Yermolai Aleksandrovich Solzhenitsyn, born 1970, son of Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAleksandr SolzhenitsynAleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was aRussian and Soviet novelist, dramatist, and historian. Through his often-suppressed writings, he helped to raise global awareness of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – particularly in The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of...
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Fictional Yermolays
- Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin, a character in The Cherry OrchardThe Cherry OrchardThe Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
by Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics... - "Yermolay and the Miller's Wife", a story from Ivan TurgenevIvan TurgenevIvan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century...
's A Sportsman's SketchesA Sportsman's SketchesA Sportsman's Sketches was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition... - Yermolay, a character in the 1979 Soviet film SiberiadeSiberiadeSiberiade is a 1979 epic Soviet film in four parts, spanning much of the 20th century. The leading roles were played by the celebrated Soviet actors Nikita Mikhalkov and Lyudmila Gurchenko...
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