Ostap
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Ostap is a male given name used predominantly in Eastern European (particularly in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

). It is derived from the Greek Eustathius
Eustathius
Eustathius or Eustathios may refer to:* Eustathius of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch * Eustathius of Sebaste * Eustathius of Cappadocia Neoplatonist, orator, and diplomat...

.

Among people with this name are:

People

  • Ostap Bender
    Ostap Bender
    Ostap Bender is a fictional con man and antihero who first appeared in the novel The Twelve Chairs written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov and released in January 1928.-Appearances:...

    , a fictional character from the Russian novel The Twelve Chairs.
  • Ostap Dashkevych
    Ostap Dashkevych
    Eustachy or Ostap Dashkevych was a commander of a Cossack defense force, approved by the Sejm. He held the position of starosta of Cherkasy in the early stages of the development of the cossacks, and is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a hetman...

     (ca. 1495 - 1535), a commander of the Ukrainian Cossacks.
  • Ostap Ortwin
    Ostap Ortwin
    Ostap Ortwin was a Polish journalist and literary critic....

    , Polish journalist
  • Ostap Steckiw
    Ostap Steckiw
    Ostap Steckiw was a Canadian association football player who earned 1 cap for the Canadian national side against the USA in 1957, scoring one goal...

    , soccer player of Polish birth, Ukrainian ethnicity, and Canadian citizenship
  • Ostap Veresai
    Ostap Veresai
    Ostap Mykytovych Veresai , was a renowned minstrel and kobzar from the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire...

    (1803-1890), a Ukrainian minstrel.
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