Dunno, but I want to spell it backward and see what that turns up.

Are you by any chance from Llareggub?

I recommend the Словарь русских фамилий [Dictionary of Russian Surnames] on dic.academic.ru. (The whole site, incidentally is absolutely прелестно).

The entry on Sologub has:

СОЛЛОГУБ СОЛОГУБ СОЛОГУБОВ СОЛОГУБОВ
Так писали свою фамилию дворяне, подлинным предком которых был некий Салогуб, по-украински 'торгаш'. (Ф)

Cross-references to entries for "sologub" in ten other dictionaries-- biographical, encyclopedic, or otherwise-- are also included.

Oh, and now you get to explain salo. =)

Wow, what a great site—thanks!

Language, that's a hideous photo from 1913. It's been tinted. He's got moss growing on his right sleeve and a sickly pistachio-colored necktie that isn't very believable unless he also sold ice-cream for a living. I could easily fix it up and back into b&w using Photoshop if you want me to, but that may be against the law of Wiki, I don't know what's allowed.

I don't know, I like the picture.

The photo was there, I didn't add it. As far as I know, you can touch up a photo that's already approved for Wikipedia use, but I'm no expert; you'll have to read the page on Wikipedia images. I myself have never uploaded one.

Never mind. It'll take all day to figure out if it's acceptable to the wiki crowd and then how to do it. It's a lovely day, I'd rather be outside with my dog. What a bunch of bureaucrats.

One of the teachers at my school (in England) was a Count Sollohub, if that's any connection. Co-incidentally he was an acquaintance of my uncle's. Apparently his mother fled Russia with him during the Revolution, then went back to look for his father, but never found him.

That is certainly the same name, since g is pronounced /h/ in Ukrainian. Very interesting!

The compiler of this site (http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/index.html) has found a Sologub and a Salogub in the 16th century. He gives the patronymic Sologubovich, indicating that Sologub was a forename.

Another interesting find!

FWIW, a TA of mine here in Paris is called Sollogoub... It never occurred to me that this name might come from exiled Ukrainian/Russian aristocracy though.

There are quite a few ghits for "Sollohub", including a mention of a book "Soviet Russian Dialectical Materialism" which was translated by Nicholas Sollohub, who might well be my old teacher as his christian name was Nicholas. There is also mention of Katie Sollohub, an artist, who is very likely his daughter.