Avdotya Explained

Avdotya (Russian: Авдо́тья) or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints honored in the Russian Orthodox Church.It is shared by the following people:

• Avdotya Chernysheva (1693–1747), Russian noble and lady in waiting
• Avdotia Istomina (Avdotya Istomina) (1799–1848), Russian ballerina
• Avdotya Mikhaylova (1746–1807), Russian stage actress and opera singer
• Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), Russian writer
• Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment
• Avdotya Timofeyeva ( 1739), Russian ballerina

See also

• Eudoxia (name) - covers all people, places, ships etc. named either Eudoxia or derived variants of the name