Dear Researchers:
I misspelled the surname in my posting and apologize to you all.
The family name is EVEL in the Rodomysl, Kiev area in Ukraine.
Perhaps someone has a copy of Beider's book of Surnames in Russia
and can look this up for me.
Thank you so much!
Beatrice Markel
Searching: Minkovsky, Evel, Gokhvat, Talalaevsky