A lot of Russian celebrities in the 19th century were "Ski", why are there not so many now?

Nineteenth-century Russian celebrities with the word "Ski" in their names, so that led to more and more Russian parents at the time hope that their children can also become a well-known figures, become successful, so they will add "Ski" in their names! " Ski was a nineteenth-century trend.

One other reason, of course, is that in the early part of the nineteenth century many people did not have surnames in their names. Most of the Russians of that time without surnames belonged to serfs, who had no knowledge and not much freedom. They were driven by their farmers to do all kinds of farm work every day. However, some of the most famous and successful people in Russia had the word "Ski" in their names. Many of the serfs, who had little knowledge, did not know what their family name was, so they added the word "Ski" to their offspring's name. They hoped that their offspring would one day become successful and turn over and stop being serfs.

Because of this trend, at least 45% of Russians in the mid-nineteenth century had the word "Ski" in their name.

This trend continued until the last three years of the nineteenth century, when Tsarist Russia embarked on the first census in its history. It was found that 75% of the population had no surname. From this year onwards, gradually began to instill in the Russian people at that time the importance of the family name, slowly and finally the diversity of the Russian people's names changed, the number of people with the name of the "Ski" is also gradually declining. As people reformed their thinking, the Russians took the word "Ski" as a reminder of a great man, and not many people used these two words as names.

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