Bogoraz
Appearance
Bogoraz is a surname of Russian-Jewish origin which is an acronym of "Ben ha-rav Zalman" (בן הרב זאַלמאַן) (son of rabbi Zalman), with /h/ becoming /g/ in Russian spelling and, subsequently, pronunciation.[1] It may refer to:
- Vladimir Bogoraz (1865–1936), Russian anthropologist
- Larisa Bogoraz (1929–2004), Soviet dissident
- Nikolai Alekseevich Bogoraz (1874–1952), Russian and Soviet surgeon , urologist, professor , honored worker of science of the RSFSR,
See also
[edit]- Bogorad, a surname of similar etymology
References
[edit]- ^ Surnames of the World (in Russian).