Zot surname origin and meaning. Zotov is a special surname

Meaning and origin of the surname Zotov.

Meaning 1. Zotov.

Zotovs - nobles and counts. The surname comes from the baptismal name Izot, Greek for “life-giving.” The short form of this name is Zot.

The ancestor Zotov served in Uglich, at the court of Tsarevich Dmitry, and was exiled by Godunov to Siberia. In 1591, after the investigation into the murder of the prince, he “gave testimony that disagreed with the views of the ruler.” The boyar's estates and estates were described and Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich returned them to his grandson, Vasily Yakovlevich Zotov. His grandson, Nikita Moiseevich Zotov, was the clerk of the Petition Order. On the recommendation of the Tsar's favorite, boyar Sokovnin, he became the first teacher of Tsarevich Peter Alekseevich, the future Peter the Great. He was previously examined by Simeon of Polotsk himself, the recognized wisest philosopher of his time, who took part in matters of national importance, the upbringing and education of the royal children.

N. M. Zotov, according to contemporaries, “was... quite knowledgeable in history, and especially in domestic history”; he told the prince about the people and events of his native past, using “amusing books with kunsts” specially made for this purpose as illustrations for his stories, showed him the “Article with all military exercises” compiled under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, and introduced him partly to the life of the West from pictures depicting “notable European cities, magnificent buildings, ships, etc.”

In August 1680, Zotov was sent to Crimea for negotiations with Khan Murad-Girey, which ended in the Peace of Bakhchisarai. Peter loved Zotov, kept him with him even then, although once at a feast he almost killed him in anger because he tried to defend Shein, who had committed a crime before the Tsar. Zotov accompanied the tsar on the Azov campaign, in the words of Peter himself, “he was in constant labor of writing, asking in many languages ​​and doing other things.”

Zotov knew how to accurately and clearly present Peter’s laconic orders in decrees, so he was in charge of the tsar’s “near field office” and bore the title of “close adviser and near office of the president general.” In 1690, Zotov received the rank of Duma clerk; in the list of 1705 he is listed as a Duma nobleman and printer. In 1710 he was elevated to the rank of count, in 1711 he was appointed state fiscal, taking upon himself “this matter so that no one would escape from service or do other harm.” As a close person to the tsar, Zotov participated in the “All-joking and all-drunken council” organized by Peter I; the “Cathedral” (gathering, assembly) parodied the “All-Holy Council” - a congress of the clergy. In his cheerful “Council”, Peter was listed as a protodeacon, Zotov was the chairman with the loud title of “Archbishop of Preshpura, all Yauza and all Kukui Patriarch” or “most holy and all-joking Ioanikyta”. There was a whole college of “cardinals” and twelve attendants - the most terrible stutterers, “collected from all over the state.” Once a year, the whole company, riding donkeys and oxen, traveling around Moscow or St. Petersburg, depending on where the tsar was at that time, paid visits to various high-ranking persons. The last few were not delighted with the honor - from such a crazy “Cathedral” you can only expect some extravagant antics. But the fear of the royal wrath humbled pride, and the “dear guests” were received with excellent cordiality. And there followed endless drinking parties, during which church services were often parodied. The establishment of the “Council” dealt a sensitive blow to the zealots of ancient piety; in addition, through ridicule and public shame, Peter tried to eradicate drunkenness. However, the members of the “Cathedral” rather served as a bad example: they were all excellent drunkards. Buturlins - counts and nobles. Their origin comes from Radia (Radislav), the Slavic name of “a husband, as the chronicle says, honest,” that is, noble, noble. He lived in the 12th century and became the founder of as many as fifty Russian noble families in Moscow. Radia’s great-great-grandson Ivan Andreevich was nicknamed Buturlya - a Russian word meaning “chatterbox”, “chatterbox”, “liar”. But this word may also be of Turkic origin - meaning “uneven”, “rough”, “rough”, then the nickname could have been given by one of the immigrants of the Golden Horde. The sons of Ivan Andreevich Buturlya, Ivan and Yuri, were already written by Buturlin. A large descendant remained from the eldest Buturlin - Ivan; from him the family was divided into several branches, the representatives of which occupied high positions in the Russian state. Already during the reign of Tsar Vasily Ivanovich (1505-1533), the Buturlins were boyars. One of them, Ivan Mikhailovich, distinguished himself in the Livonian War, in the campaign to Finland in 1585, in battles against the Crimean Tatars. And it was he who was sent to the Caucasus in 1604 to provide assistance to Georgia. The Kakhetian Tsar Alexander asked for help from Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (1557-1598), the son of Ivan IV the Terrible. He was annoyed by Dagestan, which was harassing Kakheti with raids. Lezgin raids were supported by Shamkhal Tarkovsky, who was patronized by Ottoman Türkiye. On October 9, 1586, Fedor received Alexander's embassy. It was decided that Russia would take upon itself the defense of Kakheti, the Russian Tsar would build a fortress on the Terek and place a strong garrison. After this, the Russians had to conquer Shamkhal Tarkovsky and free the Terek-Kakheti route running through Dagestan. The Boyar Duma approved this proposal. However, the alliance of Shamkhal with the Lezgins was so powerful that the Russian army was unable to capture Dagestan and seize the road leading to Kakheti. The Russians themselves found themselves in a difficult situation, besieged by the united army of Shamkhal, Ottoman Turks and Kabardian feudal lords in a fortress at the mouth of the Terek. In fact, Ivan Mikhailovich found himself in a trap. At that time, the Russian state was going through difficult days associated with the Polish-Swedish intervention, so there was not even hope for help from Moscow. In addition, the Kakhetian king Alexander, who went to his aid, was killed. Ivan Mikhailovich was forced to surrender the fortress on the condition of free return with weapons and cannons to Russia. However, when the Russians left the fortress, the Turks and highlanders attacked them and destroyed the detachment. Of the six thousand, more than half fell on the battlefield, including Buturlin himself and his son Fyodor Ivanovich; another son, Pyotr Ivanovich, was captured. A representative of another branch of the Buturlins, Vasily Nikitich, became famous for his remarkable courage, but, having been captured by the Swedes, he agreed to accept citizenship of the Swedish king, from 1614 he was in Swedish military service, and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the behest of Queen Christiana, he was included in the Swedish Book of Nobility; he is also mentioned in armorial books published in Stockholm much later, in 1755-1807. A representative of another branch of the Buturlins, Chief General Ivan Ivanovich Buturlin (1661 - 1738), lived a colorful life. He began his service during the reign of Peter I; first as his sleeping man, then as a steward, he participated in the “amusing” troops of young Peter, and when they transformed into the Preobrazhensky Regiment, he was appointed prime major of this regiment. Ivan Ivanovich Buturlin took part in the VAZ campaigns, the Northern War, and was even in Swedish captivity (1700-1710). In 1719-1722 he was a member of the Military Collegium and at the same time commanded the guard. In 1726 he was appointed senator. After the accession of Peter II, in 1727, he was deprived of his ranks and exiled to his estates. A representative of another branch of the Buturlin family, boyar Pyotr Ivanovich (7-1724), was widely known during the reign of Peter I, and was “prince-pope of the most humorous and most drunken council” (see nobles and counts Zotov). His nephew, Field Marshal General Alexander Borisovich Buturlin (1694-1767), studied at the Naval Academy from 1716 to 1720, after which he was taken by Peter I as an orderly; he accompanied the sovereign on campaigns against the Swedes and Persians, enjoyed the trust of Peter and carried out the most secret orders. Catherine I made Buturlin a cadet, then a chamberlain and, finally, a chamberlain of Tsarevna Elizabeth. A handsome, stately man, he was Elizabeth's favorite. Under Peter II, he was promoted to major general of the cavalry corps. But soon, due to a quarrel with the favorite of Peter II, Prince I. Dolgorukov, Buturlin was removed to the Ukrainian army. In 1731 - 1733 he took part in battles with various nomadic tribes on the eastern border, and in 1735 he was appointed governor of Smolensk; in 1738-1739, under the command of Minich, he served in the army operating against the Turks, and after the cessation of hostilities, he again took up the post of Smolensk governor. Anna Leopoldovna promoted him to lieutenant general, and Empress Elizabeth appointed him chief ruler of Little Russia; then, on the occasion of the war with Sweden, she entrusted him with command over the troops in Estland, Livonia and Velikiye Luki, promoted him to general-in-chief, made him a senator and soon appointed him governor-general of Moscow. In 1747, Buturlin received the rank of adjutant general, and in 1756 he received the field marshal's baton. In 1760, Elizaveta Petrovna elevated him to the dignity of count of the Russian Empire with all descendants. From 1762 until the end of his life he remained Moscow Governor-General. Count Dmitry Petrovich Buturlin (1763-1829) was known throughout Moscow. The nephew of the famous E. G. Vorontsova-Dashkova, the grandson of the famous Field Marshal A. B. Buturlin, he himself was a unique person for his time. His godmother was Catherine I herself, which did not prevent Buturlin from always being in some opposition to the court. In his youth, together with his father, Count Pyotr Alexandrovich (1734-1787), he visited the disgraced N., persecuted by Catherine. I. Novikova. Among the Buturlins’ friends were the families of the Decembrists Muravyov and Chernyshev. At a fairly early age, Buturlin retired, offended by Catherine, who did not let him into France at the height of the revolution. Subsequently, Buturlin never served and, although at one time he was listed as the director of the Hermitage, he never visited the palace. He had many lucrative job offers, but refused them all, valuing his freedom and the opportunity to do what he loved. All enlightened Moscow of the late 18th century knew his mansion in the German settlement on the banks of the Yauza, in which Buturlin collected a colossal collection of books, numbering 40 thousand volumes. Books published at the dawn of printing, in the 15th-16th centuries, were kept here. Buturlin was not only a collector and curator, but also a kind of bibliographer of this unique book collection. His contemporaries were amazed by his phenomenal memory. Moscow came to him for a wide variety of information, and he could always answer in which volume of his library the necessary information could be found. Buturlin's rich book collection was open to visitors. The owner was guided by Petrarch’s precept: “You cannot keep books locked, as if in prison, they must certainly be transferred from the library to memory.” N.M. Karamzin and P.A. Vyazemsky often visited the Buturlins’ house; relatives, brothers Sergei Lvovich and Vasily Lvovich Pushkin, were regulars. The Pushkin family lived in the same German settlement. According to the recollections of contemporaries, children's balls were often held in the Buturlins' house in 1809-1810, to which, among others, the very young Alexander Pushkin and his sister Olga came. It was not just the balls that attracted the young poet here. The entire intellectual elite gathered in the salon of Dmitry Petrovich and Anna Ivanovna. Italian operas and comedies by Goldoni and Moliere were staged here, in which the owner often played leading roles. The most interesting, perhaps, were the speeches of writers reading their works. Young Pushkin undoubtedly attended these hearings. The Buturlins served the Fatherland in military and civil service. Nikolai Alekseevich Buturlin, adjutant to the Minister of War A.I. Chernyshev, was a friend of the great poet A.S. Pushkin. Pushkin writes about him in “Travel to Arzrum”: “In Gergery I met Buturlin, who, like me, was going to the army. Buturlin traveled with all sorts of whims. I dined with him, as if in St. Petersburg. We wished to travel together." The Buturlins were related to the royal house of the Romanovs and such famous noble families as the Zotovs, Golitsyns, Kurakins, Vorontsovs, Dolgorukys.

Meaning 2. Zotov.

Zot is a short form of the baptismal Greek name Izot (life-giving). Hence the surnames - Zotagin, Zoteev, Izotov, Izosimov, Zotimov. But the surname Zosimov, close to the latter, is formed from the folk form of the Greek name Izosim (living living) - Zosima.

Zotov Vasily Sergeevich (1882-1932) - an outstanding actor and director, since 1926 - Honored Artist of the Republic. He had great charm, a stormy, exciting temperament, stage culture, and achieved high skill in impersonation. He began his professional stage career in 1902 at the Riga Theater, playing in plays by M. Gorky. He worked in many theaters across the country, including in Odessa, Kazan, and Astrakhan. Since 1919 he was engaged in teaching activities.

Galina ZOTOVA, p. Shtanashi, Krasnochetaisky district, Chuvash Republic

The preface states that the encyclopedia was published in order to make accessible and convenient generalized information about the history of the origin of the Zotov family, about outstanding historical figures of the Zotovs, about avenues, streets, squares, villages, palaces and other objects that are named after the Zotovs.
The surname Zotov belongs to the ancient type of Russian surnames, formed from the full folk form of the baptismal name of the ancestor. Zotov is a Russian surname. However, Zotovs today are found among different nationalities - these are Ukrainians, Belarusians, Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Germans, Slovaks.
The name Zot, from which the surname Zotov is derived, is the folk form of the canonical baptismal name Zotik. Zotik (Ztikos) translated from ancient Greek means “revitalizing”, “full of life”. This name is included in the calendar in honor of the saints who bore it, whose name days are celebrated by the Orthodox Church on January 5, 12, 21, May 1, September 2, 4, 26 and November 3.
Surnames formed from the full form of the name belonged mainly to representatives of the social elite, the nobility, or families who enjoyed great authority in the area, whom neighbors respectfully called by their full name. After reading the encyclopedia, I learned that the educator and teacher of the Russian Emperor Peter I was the Duma clerk Nikita Moiseevich Zotov (1644-1718).
Today, for example, the following fact reminds us of the former popularity of the name Zot: according to the telephone database, more than 2,400 Zotov families live in Moscow alone. Approximately 600-620 thousand families, or about a million people, bear the surname Zotov.
Numerous settlements with the names Zotovka, Zotovo, etc. remind us of this: it is known that many villages and towns in the old days were named after their owner or founder. Such a wonderful monument of Russian Christian customs and traditions is the surname Zotov. It turns out that in the Ulyanovsk region there is a natural monument “Zotovo Lake”, in the Volgograd region there is the village of Zotovskaya, in the Lipetsk region - the Zotovka river, in the Kletsk district of the Volgograd region - the Zotovsky farm, in St. Petersburg - Zotovsky Avenue, in the Peter and Paul Fortress - Zotov Bastion , there are cannons here, from which on December 14, 1825, the troops of Nicholas I shot participants in the armed uprising on Senate Square. There is even the Zotov Bank Island, on Sakhalin, in the city of Okha, there is the Zotov Tower, and there is also the Kosmodemyanskoye-Zotovo estate.
The Zotov nobles had their own coat of arms. The encyclopedia provides a drawing and description of this coat of arms.
The book names Heroes of the Soviet Union bearing the surname Zotov - the navigator of the fighter aviation regiment, Major General Matvey Ivanovich, the deputy squadron commander, Colonel Viktor Alekseevich, and the mechanic-driver of the guard tank, senior sergeant Ivan Semenovich.

Zot - short form of baptismal name Izot- life-giving (Greek). From the same nest of surnames: Zotagin, Zoteev, Zotyev, Izotov, Zotimov, but a surname similar to the last in everything except one letter Zosimov formed on behalf of Zosima(more correct - Izosim, from here Izosimov)- alive, living (Greek).
Zotovs - count and noble families. The ancestor of the Zotov counts served in Uglich, at the court of Tsarevich Dmitry, and was exiled by Godunov to Siberia. The title of count was granted in 1710. Nikita Moiseevich Zotov, mentor of Peter the Great, who for many years was in charge of the sovereign’s “near field office.” This family is listed in the genealogy book of the Moscow province.

Version 2. History of the origin of the Zotov surname

In the calendar there is the name Zotik (Greek 'zotikos' - life-giving). The syllable ik was mistaken for a diminutive suffix, so a new, supposedly more correct name Zot was formed, which also became more widespread. (F). Patronymic from the short form Zot from the canonical male personal name Zotik (ancient Greek zotikos - 'life-giving'). It is a mistake to imagine the name Zotik as a derivative of Zot and the diminutive suffix -ik (like mouth - mouth), in reality it is the other way around. The case is not isolated: not an umbrella from an umbrella, but an umbrella created in reverse from an umbrella (borrowed from the Dutch zondek: zon - 'sun', dek - 'roof'). (N) From the same nest of surnames Zotagin, Zoteev, Zotyev, Zotimov. (E) Isot decom. That's simple. Zotey, colloquial Zotik From the Greek zotikos - life-giving, life-giving. (P)

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The word "surname" is of Latin origin. In the Roman Empire, it denoted a community consisting of a family of masters and their slaves. It took on a different meaning in medieval Europe - the surname began to be understood exclusively as a family. The expression "members of the family" was equivalent to the expression "members of the family name." Exactly the same understanding of the term existed at first in Russia. Only by the 19th century the word “surname” in Russian acquired its second meaning, which today has become official and basic: “hereditary family name added to a personal name.” After the Christianization of Rus' in 988, each Slav, during the official baptism ceremony, received a baptismal name from the priest, which served only one purpose - to provide the person with a personal name. Baptismal names corresponded to the names of saints and were therefore common Christian names.

The basis of the Zotov surname was the church name Zot. Often the ancient Slavs attached the name of the father to the name of a person, thereby indicating his belonging to a certain clan. This is due to the fact that there were relatively few baptismal names, and they were often repeated. The addition to a person’s name in the form of an indication of his father helped solve the problem of identification.

The surname Zotov goes back to the canonical male name Zotik, which translated from Greek means “life-giving, life-giving.” The syllable -ik was mistaken for a diminutive suffix, so a new, supposedly more correct name Zot was formed, which also became more widespread. Zot eventually received the surname Zotov.

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Zotov - Comes from the merger of two words from Hebrew ZO-IT and TOV-good, Zot-from the German SOOT (Yiddish), many surnames with the ending TOV have a Hebrew meaning, this is served by Zotov Nikita Moiseevich (Belarusian Jew), 2nd version from surname Zadov (Zodov-s Yiddish bear), indigenous bearer - Lev (Leib) Nikolaevich (Itskhokovich) Zadov (Zodov) was born on April 14, 1893 in the Jewish colony of Veselaya, Aleksandrovsky district (now Zaporozhye region) of the Ekaterinoslav province (chief of intelligence Makhno ).After the Revolution, he changed his last name to Zotov.

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Middle name from short form Zot from the canonical male personal name Zotik(Ancient Greek zotikos - “life-giving”). Misrepresentation of name Zotik derived from Zot and diminutive suffix -ik(How mouth - mouth), in fact it is the other way around. The case is not isolated: not umbrella from umbrella, A umbrella created in reverse from umbrella(borrowed from Dutch zondek: zon - “sun”, dek - “roof”).

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It is unlikely that among modern youth you will meet a person whose name is Izot. This beautiful name is derived from the Greek – ‘life-giving, life-giving’. The name itself and its colloquial form Zot, colloquial Zotey, old Zotik remained in the surnames Zotagin, Zoteev, Zotik, Zotikov, Zotimov, Zotin, Zotov, Zotyev, Izotov. Perhaps, thanks to the alternations of t/shch and Zoshchenko, he belongs to the same series. Close in meaning is another old Russian name Zosima (from the Greek - ‘alive, living’). It, together with its colloquial forms Zosim and Izosim, is the basis of the surnames Zosimov, Zosimovich, Zosimovsky, Zosimsky, Izosimov.