Snovsk

English

Etymology

Derived from Ukrainian Сновськ (Snovsʹk).

Proper noun

Snovsk

  1. A city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
    • 2007 February 13, Tim Hilton, “Obituary: Jules Olitski”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Olitski was born in Snovsk, Russia, though his father, Jevel Demikovsky, was executed by the Soviet government just before his birth. His mother, Anna, reached America in 1923 and married Hyman Olitsky. Her son took his stepfather's name, though he loathed him.

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