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I was reading an article about current divisions within Russian state media and it talked a lot about one journalist with the surname Satanovsky. I thought it strange that someone would have a last name referencing Satan, so I looked into it further. The journalist in question is Jewish (in the article, he bashes other Russian journalists whom he accuses of being antisemites). Given this Ukrainian town’s Jewish history, my guess is that Yevgeny Satanovsky’s ancestors came from here. But where did the town’s name come from? I’m guessing it’s probably not a reference to the devil, but I have no idea otherwise. 2604:2D80:6984:3800:0:0:0:2B9A (talk) 15:42, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder the same. In the Russian wiki it only says that it was first mentioned as "Schathanow" in a document of Wladislaw II Jagiello from 1404. It would be unbelievable if it's really named after Satan. That'd make this toponym the only one in this regard in the whole world! Based Central and Eastern Europe! GreatLeader1945 (talk) 08:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
