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Etymology
Derived from Ukrainian Сновськ (Snovsʹk).
Meanings
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A city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Olitski was born in Snovsk, Russia, though his father, Jevel Demikovsky, was executed by the Soviet government just before his birth. His mother, Anna, reached America in 1923 and married Hyman Olitsky. Her son took his stepfather's name, though he loathed him.
2007 February 13, Tim Hilton, “Obituary: Jules Olitski”, in The Guardian:
Translations (5)
uk Сновськ (city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) · mr स्नोव्स्क (city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) · be Сноўск (city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) · pl Snowśk (city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) · ru Сновск (city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)