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Rudenko (Руденко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 515 towns and villages of 19 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: 31 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 18 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 28 placesDonetsk oblast: 30 placesZhytomyr oblast: 24 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 25 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 62 placesKyiv oblast: 62 placesKirovohrad oblast: 38 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 17 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 16 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 35 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 45 placesKherson oblast: 17 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 66 placesChernihiv oblast: 49 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–6
  • 16–24
  • 25–35
  • 38–66

Selected oblast

Cherkasy oblast

66 places with the surname Руденко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Cherkasy oblast 6613%
Kyiv oblast 6212%
Chernihiv oblast 4910%
Kharkiv oblast 459%
Kirovohrad oblast 387%
Sumy oblast 357%
Vinnytsia oblast 316%
Donetsk oblast 306%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 285%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 255%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 245%
Luhansk oblast 183%
Mykolaiv oblast 173%
Kherson oblast 173%
Poltava oblast 163%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 61%
Odesa oblast 51%
Rivne oblast 21%
Ternopil 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

30 of 515 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Cherkasy oblast 6624 of 66

and 42 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 629 of 62

and 53 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 497 of 49

and 42 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 456 of 45

and 39 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 385 of 38

and 33 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 355 of 35

and 30 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 314 of 31

and 27 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 304 of 30

and 26 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 284 of 28

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 253 of 25

and 22 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 243 of 24

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 183 of 18

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 173 of 17

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kherson oblast 173 of 17

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 163 of 16

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

21 entries in 9 regiments

  • Білоцерківський
  • Переяславський
  • Корсунський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Миргородський
  • Полтавський
  • Черкаський
  • Канівський
  • Ніжинський

The same surname in 1649 does not by itself mean this was your ancestor.

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Иванъ Руденкоsotnia ПещанскаяЧеркаський regimentp. 52
Максимъ Руденкоsotnia ИржышчовскаяКанівський regimentp. 74
Малець Руденкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 80
Юрко РуденкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108
Мартинъ Руденкоsotnia Ивана КоваленкаПереяславський regimentp. 219

5 of 21 entries shown. Names and sotnias as spelled in the 1875 edition of the register (Moscow, edited by O. M. Bodianskyi); "p." is the page of that edition.

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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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.

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