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Kozhumyaka Stepan Demydovych
Kozhemyaka (russian: Кожемяка, uk, Кожум'я́ка, meaning a ''leather worker'', ''tanner'') is a gender-neutral Russian surname. It may refer to *Nikita the Tanner (Nikita Kozhemyaka), East Slavic folk hero *Stepan Kozhumyaka (1898–1989), Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist See also

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Nikita The Tanner
Nikita the Tanner, Nikita Kozhemyaka (russian: Никита Кожемяка) or Mykyta Kozhumyaka ( ua, Мики́та Кожум'я́ка), is an East Slavic folk hero (bogatyr), a character from a legend. In some sources he is called ''Kyrylo the Tanner'' ( ua, Кирило Кожум'я́ка) (russian: Кирилл Кожемяка)Народные русские сказки А. Н. Афанасьева
Moscow: Nauka, Vol. 1 (1984). Notes or ''Elijah the Tailor'' (russian: Илья Швец, ua, Ілля Швець). The oldest prototype on it could be found in Laurentian Chronicle.


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Stepan Kozhumyaka
Kozhumyaka Stepan Demydovych (Russian: ''Kozhemyakin'') (4 December 1898 – 31 August 1989) was a Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist. He took an active part in the 1917–1920 struggle for national liberation, fighting for the cultural, moral and political rights of the Ukrainian people. Kozhumyaka was born in 1898 in Novomyrgorod in the Yelysavetgrad (now Kirovograd) region, Ukraine. He graduated in 1917 from Yelysavetgrad as a teacher. While he was a student, he issued a magazine called ''Lisovyi Strumok'' ("Forest Brook"), in which he criticized the Soviet government. He played the bandura, wore Ukrainian national clothes, and spoke out about the events of 1918 in Ukraine. In Novomyrgorod in 1922, Kozhumyaka began publishing an illustrated magazine, ''Persha Lastivka'' ("The First Swallow"). He took part in an agricultural community called "Rillya". Because of his sharp political views, he was fired from the position of head of Novomyrgorod School Number 4 ...
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Kozhemyakin
Kozhemyakin (russian: Кожемякин, from ''кожемяка'' meaning a ''leather worker'') is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Kozhemyakina. It may refer to *Anatoli Kozhemyakin (1953–1974), Russian football player *Andriy Kozhemiakin Andriy Anatoliyovych Kozhemiakin ( uk, Андрій Анатолійович Кожем'якін; born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSRIryna Kozhemyakina (born 1980), Ukrainian sprinter * Oleg Kozhemyakin (born 1995), Russian football player *
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Russian-language Surnames
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ...
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