Russia is a multinational country. In addition to various colorful nationalities, many ethnic groups are widespread in our country, one of which is gypsies. Oddly enough, you can easily determine if you have gypsy roots. It is enough just to carefully study the history of your surname.
Who are gypsies?
Scientists studying the history and subtleties of the culture of the gypsy people claim that gypsy groups spontaneously left India for five hundred years until the 15th century.
Gypsies are one of the ethnic groups that appeared in India. Now they live in Europe and America, distinguished by their culture, language and surnames characteristic of their culture. Interestingly, the names of the majority of Gypsies were formed based on the characteristics of the regions where they moved.
How did the gypsies begin to wear Russian surnames?
Like many nationalities, initially the gypsies did not have surnames, but wore only names and nicknames. The official name was given at baptism, and the nicknames were based on the occupation, character traits or appearance. It is worth noting that the gypsies who lived on Russian soil were and remain Christians.
Gypsies came to the lands of the Russian Empire through the southwest and the Baltic states. After some time of living in a foreign land, the Gypsy communities mastered and received local surnames.
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Gypsies living in Belarus have surnames that are formed from the nicknames of their ancestors and the attached suffix -onk. This, for example, Fox, Pysaronok, Alexandronok.
Gypsies who lived in Ukraine have the suffix -ak as part of their surname, for example, Voronchak, Mikhaychak, Volyanchak. Also, gypsies who settled on Ukrainian soil could have surnames ending in -no, for example, Slichenko, Kravchenko, Panchenko.
Gypsy camps that settled in Poland carry surnames ending in -sky. These are such names as Ostrovsky, Kozlovsky, Tsibulsky, Kosanskiy.
Gypsy peoples who resettled in Crimea took surnames that were based on the Muslim name of their father or grandfather, for example, Kemalov, Ibragimov, Shekerov, Khasan. Due to their appearance and surname, they are often confused with representatives of Tatar nationalities.
