The name of my paternal grandfather's grandmother in the Chernigov / Kiev region came down to U.S. family phonetically as "Sura Gissa."
One of my female cousins is named for her (No, her English name is not Gussie)
Ellen Slotoroff Zyroff
La Jolla, CA USA
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ZOLOTOROV (Chernigov, Ukraine; Kiev, Ukraine); SLOTOROFF (Kiev, Ukraine); CHARKOVSKY or SHARKOVSKY(Ukraine);
LEVINE (Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus); GLUSKIN (Ukraine); LIMON (Berestechko, Volynia, Ukraine)
TESLER (Horochiv, Volynia, Ukraine); ZYRO (Zabolativ, Ukraine) ; TAU (Zalolativ, Ukraine); PISTERMAN (Ukraine)
ROTH / ROT (Ataki, Bessarabia, Moldova); BLAUSTEIN (Chernigov, Ukraine or Minsk, Belarus)
