Adoratsky (Russian: Адора́тский; masculine) or Adoratskaya (Адора́тская; feminine) is a Russian last name.[1] It was artificially created from the Latin word meaning respected, revered and was used in Russian Orthodox seminaries.[1]
- People with the last name
- Varya Adoratskaya, subject of a painting by Nicolai Fechin, Russian–American painter
- Vladimir Adoratsky (1878–1945), Soviet communist historian and political theorist
References
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edit- ^ a b Fedosyuk, entry on "Адоратский" Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine.
Sources
edit- Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3