Armenian names in Czarist Russia

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Armenian names in Czarist Russia

Thanks, Siggie,
but will somebody give me any info?

Maybe you should try a geneology forum - or one of the russian-language forums. It is probably too specialısed and academic a question for this forum.

[Stranger]

Re: Armenian names in Czarist Russia

Thanks, Siggie,
but will somebody give me any info?

[Siggie]

Re: Armenian names in Czarist Russia

Hi Stranger. I do not know the answer to your question, but I wanted to welcome you to the forum.
I hope you will find the information you seek.

[Stranger]

The Russian Empire subjects received their last names (surnames) during the first population census in 1897. Till this time long (compound) name was widespread among ruling class only.
Some Armenian’s lands were part of the Russian Empire, and so the Russian Armenians started adopting their full names in the last half of 19th century.
I am doing genealogical research and I encounter difficulties interpreting the names. For example, in the city Shushi (Karabakh) tomb’s inscription is the following:
Baba Grigorean 1825-1894
How we may interpret this name? Did Baba’s father’s name was Grigor, or Grigor was name of Baba’s grandfather?
Second question: “If Baba’s son’s name was Ashot, would be Ashot’s full name Ashot Babunc, or Ashot Grigorean, or Ashot Babunc Grigorean (Ashot Babaevich Grigorian)? When the Russian Armenians started use the second name (patronim).

Would somebody be so kind to help me?