L. L. Zamenhof the Yiddish form of the forename and a russified version of his surname; many later Russian language documents also include the patronymic "Markovich", as is the custom in the language. His family name is of German origin and was originally written "Samenhof"; the spelling Zamenhof reflects the romanization of the Yiddish spelling , as well as the Esperanto and Polish spellings. In his adolescence he used both the Yiddish "Leyzer" and the Russian "Lazar". While at university, Zamenhof began using the Russian name "Lyudovik" (also transcribed "Ludovic" or translated as "Ludwig") in place of "Lazar", possibly in honor of Francis
Mark Zamenhof Later he became state cencurist of the texts in the languages Hebrew and Jidda and those positions were received only by the most reliable personalities. Simultaneously that was breakthrough in the officiant hierarchy. According to Z. Weinstein Mark Zamenhof was a secret adviser . Probably Weinstein erred, because the secret adviser was very high, third rank in the officiant ranks, that matched to the rank of general in the army. Zamenhof probably had the 9th rank "title adviser", that matches to the officer rank in Polish army. Prove that the fact the reminiscences according to that Mark, with pride, carried