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Pages in category "Russian masculine given names" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Given names form a distinct area of the Russian language with some unique features. The evolution of Russian given names dates back to the pre-Christian era, though the list of common names changed drastically after the adoption of Christianity. In medieval Russia two types of names were in use: canonical names given at baptism (calendar or ...
Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski had the victory title 'Tavricheski', as part of his surname, granted to him for the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, -off was a common transliteration of -ov for Russian family names in foreign languages such as French and German (like for the ...
Some prominent Russian-American men with Russian boy names include writer Vladimir Nabokov, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin. 100 Russian Boy Names
Even some rarely used names and/or adaptations were used and they survived in family names. Here's a list of most common modern (1800s) and older notable Russian given names. Since most of the current names are of foreign origin, names that have a common English spelling which sounds similar to the Russian are sometimes anglicized.
Additionally, prominent men with Russian boy names include writer Vladimir Nabokov, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin. 200 Russian Baby Names
Portrait Person Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) seascape and landscape painter, portraitist The Ninth Wave, 1850 Storm, 1886 Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships, 1892 Fyodor Alekseyev (1753–1824) cityscape and landscape painter Red Square in Moscow, 1801 The Foundling Hospital in Moscow The view of Nikolaev Sara Alexandri (1913–1993) still life and landscape painter. Nikolay Anokhin ...
Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,344 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .