Russkie imena i familii i ikh neobychnoe proiskhozhdenie - Karnovich Evgenii Petrovich

Hardly in any European state are ancestral or family proclamations that represent such diversity both in relation to the words from which they are derived and with respect to their endings as they represent in Russian State, as a result of the its diverse composition. Russian historian and writer E.P. Karnovich addressed the issues of genealogy of the Russian nobility and the peculiarities of title. The first part studies the origin of Russian surnames and ancestral names, and the author describes in detail the peculiarities of the formation of surnames not only in Russia, but also in Europe and the East. The second part tells the story of the appearance and development of titles in Russia - tsarist, princely, graphic, baronial, etc. The book also contains an interesting essay on the importance of foreigners in the history of the Russian state.