Snovsk
English
editEtymology
editDerived from Ukrainian Сновськ (Snovsʹk).
Proper noun
editSnovsk
- 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.