The Zhitomirsky family (Yiddish: זשיטאָמירסקי) is a Jewish family originating from present-day Ukraine. The earliest known members of the family lived in Bakhmut and Mariupol. Their descendants moved to Taganrog, now part of Russia, where they became known as a "dynasty of academics" as many of them engaged in research.[1]
Tree of notable family members
edit- Hirsch Tzvi Zhitomirsky (1813–1874), Hebrew poet[2]
- Konstantin Israel Zhitomirsky (1863–1918), Yiddish scholar and pedagogue (son of Hirsch Tzvi)[3]
- Grigory Zhitomirsky (1888–1935), lawyer (son of Konstantin Israel)
- Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975), Polish poet (son of Grigory)
- Onufriy Zhitomirsky (1891–1942), mathematician (son of Konstantin Israel)
- Viktor Zhitomirsky (1894–1954), Soviet-Tajikistani epidemiologist (son of Konstantin Israel)
- Zinaida Zhitomirskaya (1918–1980), bibliographer and translator (daughter of Viktor)
- Konstantin Erastov (1939–1996), linguist and translator (son of Zinaida)
- Zinaida Zhitomirskaya (1918–1980), bibliographer and translator (daughter of Viktor)
- Grigory Zhitomirsky (1888–1935), lawyer (son of Konstantin Israel)
- Gitel Sinaiskaya (daughter of Hirsch Tzvi)
- Viktor Sinaisky (1893–1968), Soviet sculptor (son of Gitel)
- Konstantin Israel Zhitomirsky (1863–1918), Yiddish scholar and pedagogue (son of Hirsch Tzvi)[3]
Other notable relatives
editViktor Zhitomirsky's wife, Emilia Minukhina, was a niece of the Russian-Siwss Hebrew bibliographer Menahem Mendel Slatkine.[4]
Viktor Zhitomirsky's grandson, Alexander Borun, is married to the Russian linguist Anna Dybo.[4]
Konstantin Erastov's first wife, Tatiana Tankhilevich, was a daughter of the Soviet historian Olga Tankhilevich.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Житомирские. Семья таганрогских ученых [Zhitomirsky. A family of researchers from Taganrog]". Таганрогская Правда (in Russian). 2021-04-08.
- ^ Татаринов, С.; Федотов, С. (2013). Штетл Бахмут — феномен еврейского народа в Донбассе [Bakhmut as a shtetl. The Jews of the Donbass] (PDF) (in Russian). Харьков: Cлово.
- ^ "Konstantin Zhitomirsky". Yiddish Leksikon. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ a b c Файн, Виктор; Вершинин, Сергей (2013). Таганрогские Сабсовичи и их потомки. Опыт генеалогического исследования [The Sabsovich family of Taganrog. A genealogical study] (in Russian). Москва: Триумф.