Re: Stepowikow/Stepovikov/ Yastrotova/ Yestrotova/Jestrotova
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Re: Stepowikow/Stepovikov/ Yastrotova/ Yestrotova/Jestrotova
DONNA OWENS 5/13/10
Post WW2 when the Vohlyn region became a part of SSR Ukraine under Soviet domain, Vohlyn was broken up into smaller oblasts, the Rivnenska oblast being one of them.
There is something very odd about the surname Stepowikow.
It does not seem to exist as a Russian or Ukrainian surname, however it does translate into what Cossacks use to refer to themselves, STEPPES DWELLERS.It also has some reference to the Trypillian Culture.I checked and rechecked the Rivne Telephone Directory and found nothing.Either I am not transliterating it properly or it does not exist as a surname.
I am stumped.
Only one Yastrebova (closest to the surname you provided) does show up in Rivne, but there are appx 2,300 people w/that surname currently living mostly in Eastern Ukraine.
Sorry, I wish I could have been a better help.
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