Excursus in the history: the origin of the name Kolesnikov

For the full name of citizens in Russia are three words: last name, first name and patronymic. The first is transmitted along the male line and can survive for many generations of the family. You can also understand who the ancestors of the family were, what they did and where they lived.

Terms of assignment

Surnames began to be appropriated to people only after the Decree of Peter I. This was done so that citizens could pay taxes. Surnames were formed on behalf of the father or the nickname of a person. By the 17th century, all the upper strata of society, as well as merchants, merchants already had names. They were received by some state peasants. By the 18th and 19th centuries, all citizens had already obtained their names. But there were also peasants who, by the 19 th century, did not have it.

The origin of surnames is a whole science

There is a special science that studies the origin of surnames, - etymology. Its experts have identified several classifications based on origin. The main classifications, which determine the origin of the surname:

1. Names for baptism and their forms. As you know, at baptism everyone is given a name from the church calendar, and as there were not enough of them, many had the same names. Surnames were formed in the name given at the baptism: Ivanov, Petrov, etc.

2. Occurred from nicknames. Some people received surnames, formed from nicknames (as they were called by others). There were parents who, in order to protect their children from evil spirits, gave them names with negative meanings: Gryaznov, Neudachin and others. The formation of some of them was influenced by the features of the appearance of the child or the attitude of the parents towards his appearance.

3. Surnames, formed from the type of activity. By such surnames you can find out who your distant ancestors were. This principle is due to the origin of such names as Kolesnikov, Plotnikov, Goncharov, Kuznetsov and many others.

4. Surnames by place of origin. To a person, she was assigned at the place of his birth or residence: Khovansky, Litvinov, Kievsky and others. If you have such a name, you can know exactly where your ancestors lived. Usually, according to this principle, the names were given to representatives of noble families.

5. Artificial. Such people were most often associated with the church. Before the revolution, everyone who came to study in the clergy gave new names. They came from the names of saints, from the place of origin of the pupil of the clergy, from holidays, stones, plants and other things. In the same group are the names that gave birth to illegitimate babies.

Each surname is unique. Even among the namesake, its meaning can vary.

Origin of Kolesnikov name

Let's deal with this particular case. Variants of the history of the origin of the name Kolesnikov several. It can be a truly Russian surname, formed from the nickname Kolesnik, to which the suffixes "-ov", "-nik", "-nikov" were added. Usually such suffixes were added to those last names that came from professions. Therefore, it is easy to determine that this is most likely a wheeled wizard, akin to the family name: Myasnikov, Konyukhov, Reshetnikov, Shaposhnikov. The man was a wheeled master.

The second version of the origin of the name Kolesnik is Ukrainian. There is an opinion that Russified it was later, but for the first time it appeared in Ukraine.

The word "chariot" has several meanings:

• Master for the manufacture of horse and sled wheels;
• A person who wears a pince-nez or glasses (a joking nickname);
• A man who is hovering in the clouds (carrying a nonsense).

Kolesnikovs in history

Among the Russian family names there are quite a few Kolesnikovs - this name is among the hundred most common. However, it is common not only in the territory of modern Russia, Kolesnikovs can be found in Belarus and Ukraine. A vivid example of the prevalence can serve the city of Voronezh, in which only in 2003, about 2500 Kolesnikovs were registered.

Naturally, all modern Kolesnikovs are not descendants of one person. Considering the greater share of the probability of its getting by people engaged in making wheels, it is easy to explain its prevalence, since in the territory of the Moscow state, and later of the Russian Empire, a lot of peasants were involved in this craft. The first mention of people with such a name can be found at the beginning of the XVII century.

The first Kolesnikovs

Historians managed to find the first mention of the origin of the name Kolesnikov. They date back to 1610 year. Kondrashko Kolesnikov is the first one about which there are official records. The Sagittarius from Smolensk was honored with such an honor due to his extraordinary courage. Then other mentions began to appear. Record of Ivan Kolesnikov - in 1624.

The first Kolesnikov belongs to the well-known explorer of the Baikal region, Kolesnikov Vasily Ivanovich, whose records date back to 1632.

After this, the name Kolesnikov is becoming more popular, and the mention of her began to appear more often in all corners of the Russian Empire. Therefore, scholars and historians give an unambiguous conclusion that the Kolesnikovs are namesakes, and not the ancestors of one person.