My family is from both Ukraine and Russia. Minsk, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia, Soviet Union. Kyiv-Kyivska, Ukraine, Soviet Union. The surname «Колядко» или по-английски (Koliadko), comes from the Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language as, «old ceremonial X-mas song; caroling ceremony.» The surname is widespread in Ukraine. The surname can be found in manuscripts since the 19th century. Thus, census registers compiled during the 1st global census in the Russian Empire in 1897 for Dvinsk Town of Vitebsk Province featured Sergey Konstantinovich Kolyadko from Minsk Province, who worked at the Dvinsk supplies warehouse. In 1906, Bronislav Adamovich Kolyadko lived in the Dubovy Log Village (the Kishchino-Slobodskaya Volost, Borisov County, Minsk Province). Shooter from the 8th Finland Regiment Karp Kolyadko in 1915 was awarded the St. George Cross for «his contribution into the successful counterattack by means of personal valiance and courage.»