title: Avdotya
text: # Avdotya
  
  Avdotya (Russian: Авдо́тья) or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints honored in the Russian Orthodox Church. It is shared by the following people:
  
  * Avdotya Chernysheva (1693–1747), Russian noble and lady in waiting
  * Avdotia Istomina (Avdotya Istomina) (1799–1848), Russian ballerina
  * Avdotya Mikhaylova (1746–1807), Russian stage actress and opera singer
  * Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), Russian writer
  * Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment
  * Avdotya Timofeyeva (b. 1739), Russian ballerina
  