R' Abraham Jekutiel Zalman Elias

We do not know much about father of Elias Eliassohn (Илья Соломонович in Russian). We even doubt that his last name was Eliassohn, because at that period last names were just recently imposed on Russian Jews and were still unstable. However:

1. His son Elias died January 6, 1911 in the age of 83 years, see death record attached to profile of Elias. It follows that he was born in 1827. His father should be adult when he conceived Elias in 1826-1827. Accordingly:

 a. His father died not later than in 1826.

 b. He was born a generation earlier - at least before the war of 1812.

2. Elias named his first son Solomon, born in 1846 or 1847, Kushel-Zalman (Кушель-Залман in Russian) in memory of his father (see birth record attached to the profile of Lev Eliasson, son of Solomon).

Solomon is a Russian form (through Greek-language Bible) of names Shlomo (Hebrew) / Zalman (Yiddish). Kushel is a Yiddish form of Hebrew name Yekutiel.

It follows that:

 a. Father of Elias died not later than 1847.

 b. His full first name likely was Kushel Zalman, or Hebrew equivalent - e.g. Yekutel Shlomo, or a combination of Yiddish and Hebrew versions of the names.

It is extremely unlikely that a Jew used a Russian form of the names in the XVIII century or the very beginning of XIX century.

Имя: его сын употреблял отчество Соломонович. Однако он назвал своего сына в память об отце Кушель Залман. Соломон - русский (библейский, через греческий) вариант имени, который на идише эквивалентен имени Залман, а на иврите Шломо. Кушель - имя на идише, на иврите Икутиэль, на русском не употребляется.

Годы рождения и смерти: оценка. Родился не позже 1812 года, поскольку его сын родился в 1827 году. По этой же причине ясно, что умер не раньше 1826 года. Однако он умер не позднее 1847 года, когда его внука назвали в его память (евреи не называли детей в честь живущих родственников).