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  Origin and Meaning of Doukhobor Surnames
This surname originates from the term khokhol, meaning a "forelock", "tuft" or "crest" of hair on a head.
Note that khokhol was also a derogatory Russian term for a Ukrainian.
The Khokhlins among the Doukhobors originated from the province of Sloboda-Ukraine (Kharkov), Russia in the 18th century.
www.doukhobor.org /Surnames.htm   (9711 words)

  
 Khokhol Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Delirium (Sandman)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His real literary career began in 1830 with the life called Nights on a Farm near Dikanka.
In 1831 introduced the "shy Khokhol" (nickname for "Little O.
Smirnov, the centre of "an intimate circle of literary same year he obtained a position as instructor of history.html">history of history at the University of St. Petersburg.
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Courtiers B. & K. -- Apr. 30, 1956   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Again Stalin had got Malenkov to say no, with the result that Kharkov was lost and the overextended Red army driven back across the Don.
The old dictator had also treated him contemptuously, Khrushchev complained, called him Khokhol, a derogatory Russian name for a Ukrainian.
The gopak is a fast, vigorous Ukrainian dance, and the 52-year-old Nikita had danced it.
time-proxy.yaga.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,824183,00.html   (3759 words)

  
 Haircut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
High and tight, cut/buzzed very short (or even shaved) on sides andback up to the crown where the hair is left longer, can be a variation of crew cut or flattop
khokhol / chochol / chachol, a Slavic name for alonger tuft of hair left on top or on the front side of the otherwise cleanly shaven or shortly cut man's hair.
Low and tight, cut/buzzedvery short (or even shaved) on sides and back up to a line above the ears but below the crown, hair is left longer above thisline
www.therfcc.org /haircut-74614.html   (589 words)

  
 Ukrainians
Those terms were retained in a modified Russian form and used officially under tsarist rule and by foreigners until 1917 (see
By the 1860s, however, some opposition to the terms became evident in Russian-ruled Ukraine, on the ground that they were as pejorative as the term khokhol.
The modern name Ukraintsi (Ukrainians) is derived from Ukraina (Ukraine), a name first documented in the
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/U/K/Ukrainians.htm   (1955 words)

  
 FOM: Public Opinion Foundation (Russia) > The CIS Today and Tomorrow
Discussion participants described him as a "shrewd khokhol [a scornful word for a Ukrainian]", trying "to gain Putin’s support to help himself retain power" and "to live on Russia" by hook or by crook, pursuing not the interests of Ukraine and its people, but those of his own.
Our respondents think the current Ukrainian president is unpopular "with his own people", which made some of the discussion participants even pity him.
I don’t feel pity for him at all now that he is in trouble, because it is him as president who is supposed to feel pity for the people.
bd.english.fom.ru /report/cat/frontier/border/FSU/ed024123   (2778 words)

  
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S'yz ober risish - eyst es khokhlyatskiy, khokhlatskiy (ukrainish), khokhol (ukrainer).
Subject: khokhol Fred Sherman asks about "khokhol", and i remember my mother and grandmother using it in no term of endearment.
It's connotations were also "dumb ox" and similar to "klotz" (although this is a chunk of wood, it referred to a stupid individual); it was worse than "grobber yung", Frankly, I haven't found it in my Russian dictionary, but if memory serves me I believe "khokhol" refers to a farming community.
www.ibiblio.net /pub/academic/languages/yiddish/mendele/vol07.177   (2330 words)

  
 The odd Russia site - A view from an outsider on the inside
And yet life in a rural provincial backwater of the Soviet Union, as Ukraine effectively was, has made them an object of condescension to more cosmopolitan Russians.
The "khokhol", as Russians call the Ukrainian because of the single tuft of hair Ukrainian warriors used to have on their otherwise bald heads, has become the butt of many jokes.
If anyone can make a more perfect wife than a Russian, it is the "khokhlushka".
www.greenallrussia.com /ukraineandancientrus.htm   (7771 words)

  
 IMAGINING RUSSIA: ETHNIC IDENTITY AND THE NATIONALIST MIND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Russian and a khokhol [derogatory for Ukrainian] go on a reconnaissance mission.
In a few hours, the scouts crawl back and again touch the barbed wire.
Another thing some Russians find hilarious about Ukrainians is their supposed preoccupation with salt pork ("salo"):
www.panorama.ru /works/patr/ir/18.html   (3556 words)

  
 FreeBooksToRead.com - The Inspector-General by Nicolay Gogol - Page 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His real literary career began in 1830 with the publication of a series of stories of Little Russian country life called Nights on a Farm near Dikanka.
In 1831 he became acquainted with Pushkin and Zhukovsky, who introduced the "shy Khokhol" (nickname for "Little Russian"), as he was called, to the house of Madame O.
Smirnov, the centre of "an intimate circle of literary men and the flower of intellectual society." The same year he obtained a position as instructor of history at the Patriotic Institute, and in 1834 was made professor of history at the University of St. Petersburg.
www.freebookstoread.com /thnsp10_5.htm   (4380 words)

  
 Orange Ukraine - Journal of Ukrainian Current Events - Razom Nas Bahato   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As for the khokhol slur, well, I'm nearly dead positive the lyric is "my ne kozli".
It also makes sense because that's the slur Yanukovych used against the protesters, and they're lyrics are mostly based on the protests.
Not that throwing off the Ukrainian khokhol slur wouldn't also be good.
www.orangeukraine.squarespace.com /journal/2004/11/29/razom-nas-bahato.html   (6653 words)

  
 Historical Gallery
The Ukrainians should never offer unilateral apologies, but it is important to suggest that the Poles take a Christian step as they did with respect to the Germans.
Russian diplomats kept saying to me at every reception, 'How can a khokhol (Ukrainian - Ed.) possibly be together with a liakh (Pole - Ed.)?
It's impossible!' And today these Polish chauvinists are doing harm not only to Ukraine but also to their own Polish state.
www.artukraine.com /historical/volyn_trag.htm   (8994 words)

  
 City of Roses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
And please make sure we have some Splenda on the table?”
“Nothing but a jumped-up khokhol in a stuffed shirt,” mutters the Count.
The waiter’s mouth tightens at that, and his steps as he leaves are crisp.
www.thecityofroses.com /contents/cat_03_zoobombing.html   (10041 words)

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