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Burlaka (Бурлака): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 104 towns and villages of 13 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

The index covers only the source material processed so far. An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there; a shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 21 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblastDnipropetrovsk oblastDonetsk oblast: 3 placesZhytomyr oblast: 3 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblastIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 13 placesKyiv oblast: 13 placesKirovohrad oblast: 13 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 3 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 6 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 7 placesKherson oblastKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 20 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 3–4
  • 5–7
  • 13–21

Selected oblast

Vinnytsia oblast

21 places with the surname Бурлака

All 21 places →

Coverage: Vinnytsia oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 2120%
Cherkasy oblast 2019%
Kyiv oblast 1312%
Kirovohrad oblast 1312%
Kharkiv oblast 77%
Sumy oblast 66%
Odesa oblast 55%
Chernihiv oblast 55%
Mykolaiv oblast 44%
Donetsk oblast 33%
All 13 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 33%
Poltava oblast 33%
Chernivtsi oblast 11%

Each oblast name opens its coverage page: parishes, books and what has been digitized.

Years of the sources

These books concern 1917–1960. Families in the 19th century were recorded in parish registers. Those are what we read, with a frame number beside every name.

Memory books 1917–1960

  • “Rehabilitated by History” («Реабілітовані історією»)1917–1960
  • National Book of Memory of Holodomor Victims1932–1933

Places with a ready parish description

14 of 104 places

Parish, books and what has been digitized: open a place.

Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 21All 21 places
Cherkasy oblast 2015 of 20

and 5 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 1310 of 13

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 1310 of 13

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 75 of 7

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 64 of 6

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 3All 3 places
Zhytomyr oblast 3All 3 places
Poltava oblast 3All 3 places
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place

What these books can and cannot tell you

They can

  • Show the towns and villages where the surname was recorded in 1917–1960.
  • Suggest which oblast to start the search in.

They cannot

  • This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.
  • An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there.
  • A shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Give us the surname and the village; we reply by email whether the parish books survive. It is free. Next is the search: a letter on where your family’s books are kept.

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Source: state memory books, «Реабілітовані історією» and the National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor. We publish surnames only: no first names, dates or fates.

How we read the books: Method →
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