Korolenko (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: Короленко) is a

Ukrainian surname By the 18th century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words. Surna ...

. The root of the word ''Korol'' means ''King'' in English. ''-enko'' is a

patronymic suffix A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, al ...

. It may refer to the following notable people: *

Caesar Korolenko Caesar Petrovich Korolenko (russian: Це́зарь Петро́вич Короле́нко; 3 October 1933 – 14 July 2020) was a Russian psychiatrist. His scientific work was mainly on addictive disorders. Biography During the period of 1 ...

, a Russian psychiatrist *

Psoy Korolenko Psoy Galaktionovich Korolenko (russian: Псой Галактионович Короленко; born April 26, 1967) is a pseudonym of a Russian songwriter and performer by the name of Pavel Eduardovich Lion (russian: Павел Эдуардов� ...

, a pseudonym of a Russian singer *

Vladimir Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко, ua, Володи́мир Галактіо́нович Короле́нко; 27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Ukrainian-born ...

, a Ukrainian/Russian writer *Yakov Korolenko, a character played by

Yakov Smirnoff Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (russian: Яков Наумович Похис; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (russian: Яков Смирнов; ), is a Ukrainian-American comedian, actor and writer. He began his career as a stan ...

in the TV show ''Night Court''

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