Yemelyan

Yemelyan, Emelyan is an East Slavic given name derived from Latin Aemilianus. Surnames derived from it: Yemelyanov, Emelianenko. Diminutive: Yemelya. Notable people with the name include:

Yemelyan Danilov, Russian bellmaker
Yemelyan Pugachev, pretender to the Russian throne, led a Cossack insurrection during the reign of Catherine II
Yemelyan Ukraintsev, Russian diplomat and statesman
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, communist party organizer, activist, journalist, historian