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YAGODA Origin of surname

YAGODA, YAGUDA

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.

Yagoda and Yaguda are Slavic variants of the biblical male personal name Yehuda. The biblical Yehuda (Judah), the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, surnamed Ari(eh), that is a "lion"(Genesis 49.38). His name also became, in post biblical literature, the name of the entire Jewish nation: Yehudim ("Jews"). Lion was a widespread 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Judah throughout the Dispersion, first as a personal name, and eventually as a hereditary family name. Translated into Latin (Leo/Leonus), Arabic (Abbas), Italian (Leone/Leoni), French (Lion), German (Loewe), Slavic (Lev), and Yiddish (Leib/Leb), it produced many patronymics as well as a great number of variants. In old Spanish documents, the Arabic Abbas is found as Abez, Abbec and Abassi. Ibn Abbas is documented as a Jewish family name in the 11th century, Abbasin the 12th century, Ben Abbas, Abbassi and Ibn Abbassi in the 13th century, Ben Abbassi in 1303, Abenabec in 1304, Abbec in 1306, Avenabec in 1322, Avinabez in 1326, Abenabez in 1332, Abenavez in 1334, Abinabec in 1351, Abenabes in 1360, Abec in 1363, Abez in 1386, and Al-Abbas in 1400. In the 20th century, Yagod is recorded as a Jewish family name with the American Rabbi Leon J. Yagod. In the 20th century, YaGoda is recorded as a Jewish family name during World War II with Lucien Yagoda, who was deported from France to the German death camp at Auschwitz in September 1942.

Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda (born Hanoch ben Gershom Yehuda) (1891-1938), revolutionary, politician and director of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the Soviet Union, born in Rybinsk, Russia (then part of the Russian Empire). Yagoda was a student of pharmacy when he joined the Bolshevik Party in 1907. As a result, he was deported to Siberia in 1911. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he became involved with the Soviet secret police (Cheka), where he held an administrative position from December 1920. In 1934, he was appointed as the vice-president the Joint State Political Directorate (GPU). Yagoda supervised the poisons laboratory in 1926 and later served as the People's Commissar of the Internal Affairs (NKVD) from July 1934 to September 1936. According to some speculations, Yagoda may have been responsible for organizing the assassination of Sergei Kirov in Leningrad on December 1, 1934, possibly under Stalin's orders. In August 1936, Yagoda carried out the arrest, show trial (First Moscow Trial), conviction, and execution of Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, both of whom were close associates of Lenin, all on Stalin's orders. Subsequently, Yagoda was removed from his position, briefly appointed as People's Commissar at the Post Office, and then arrested on April 3, 1937, by Nikolaï Yezhov, initially his deputy and later his successor. Yagoda was charged with theft of diamonds, corruption, and allegedly attempting to poison Yezhov by sprinkling mercury on the curtains of his office. He was tried at the Third Moscow Trial, also known as the "Trial of 21," and was found guilty. Yagoda was executed by firing squad on March 15, 1938.

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YAGODA Origin of surname
YAGODA, YAGUDA

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.

Yagoda and Yaguda are Slavic variants of the biblical male personal name Yehuda. The biblical Yehuda (Judah), the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, surnamed Ari(eh), that is a "lion"(Genesis 49.38). His name also became, in post biblical literature, the name of the entire Jewish nation: Yehudim ("Jews"). Lion was a widespread 'kinnui' ("secular equivalent") of Judah throughout the Dispersion, first as a personal name, and eventually as a hereditary family name. Translated into Latin (Leo/Leonus), Arabic (Abbas), Italian (Leone/Leoni), French (Lion), German (Loewe), Slavic (Lev), and Yiddish (Leib/Leb), it produced many patronymics as well as a great number of variants. In old Spanish documents, the Arabic Abbas is found as Abez, Abbec and Abassi. Ibn Abbas is documented as a Jewish family name in the 11th century, Abbasin the 12th century, Ben Abbas, Abbassi and Ibn Abbassi in the 13th century, Ben Abbassi in 1303, Abenabec in 1304, Abbec in 1306, Avenabec in 1322, Avinabez in 1326, Abenabez in 1332, Abenavez in 1334, Abinabec in 1351, Abenabes in 1360, Abec in 1363, Abez in 1386, and Al-Abbas in 1400. In the 20th century, Yagod is recorded as a Jewish family name with the American Rabbi Leon J. Yagod. In the 20th century, YaGoda is recorded as a Jewish family name during World War II with Lucien Yagoda, who was deported from France to the German death camp at Auschwitz in September 1942.
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Genrikh Yagoda

Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda (born Hanoch ben Gershom Yehuda) (1891-1938), revolutionary, politician and director of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the Soviet Union, born in Rybinsk, Russia (then part of the Russian Empire). Yagoda was a student of pharmacy when he joined the Bolshevik Party in 1907. As a result, he was deported to Siberia in 1911. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he became involved with the Soviet secret police (Cheka), where he held an administrative position from December 1920. In 1934, he was appointed as the vice-president the Joint State Political Directorate (GPU). Yagoda supervised the poisons laboratory in 1926 and later served as the People's Commissar of the Internal Affairs (NKVD) from July 1934 to September 1936. According to some speculations, Yagoda may have been responsible for organizing the assassination of Sergei Kirov in Leningrad on December 1, 1934, possibly under Stalin's orders. In August 1936, Yagoda carried out the arrest, show trial (First Moscow Trial), conviction, and execution of Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, both of whom were close associates of Lenin, all on Stalin's orders. Subsequently, Yagoda was removed from his position, briefly appointed as People's Commissar at the Post Office, and then arrested on April 3, 1937, by Nikolaï Yezhov, initially his deputy and later his successor. Yagoda was charged with theft of diamonds, corruption, and allegedly attempting to poison Yezhov by sprinkling mercury on the curtains of his office. He was tried at the Third Moscow Trial, also known as the "Trial of 21," and was found guilty. Yagoda was executed by firing squad on March 15, 1938.