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  2. List of Russian-language euphemisms for dying - Wikipedia

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    However philologist from the Moscow State University Olga Kukushkina [4] by analyzing the poem in detail and the meanings of the verb "to respect", contests this statement and suggests that the expression was used in the direct meaning of paying an attention to a terminally ill person, to whom otherwise Onegin was indifferent. [5]

  3. Koshchei - Wikipedia

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    In Old Russian 'Kosh' means a camp, while in Belarusian a similar term means 'to camp' and in Turkic languages a similar term means 'a wanderer'. [11] The use as a personal name is recorded as early as the 15th century on Novogrodian birch bark manuscripts. [12]

  4. Nav (Slavic folklore) - Wikipedia

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    The nawie, nawki, sometimes also referred to as lalki [3] (Polish language; all plural forms) were used as names for the souls of the dead. According to some scholars (namely Stanisław Urbańczyk, among others), this word was a general name for demons arising out of the souls of tragic and premature deaths, killers, warlocks, the murdered and the Drowned Dead. [6]

  5. Slavic name suffixes - Wikipedia

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    In East Slavic languages (Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian) the same system of name suffixes can be used to express several meanings. One of the most common is the patronymic. Instead of a secondary "middle" given name, people identify themselves with their given and family name and patronymic, a name based on their father's given name.

  6. Morana (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    Marzanna. Poland. Marzanna Mother of Poland: modern imagination of goddess by Marek Hapon. Morana (in Czech, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian and Montenegrin), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian), Mora (in Bulgarian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena (in Russian), or Marzanna (in Polish) is a pagan Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites based on the idea of death and rebirth ...

  7. Slavic names - Wikipedia

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    Names in order of birth (Pervusha - born first, Vtorusha/Vtorak - born second, Tretiusha/Tretyak - born third) Names according to human qualities (Hrabr - brave, Milana/Milena - beautiful, Milosh - beloved, Nadezhda - hope) Names containing the root of the name of a Slavic deity (Troyan, Perunek/Peruvit, Yarovit, Stribor, Šventaragis [note 1 ...

  8. 100 Russian names for girls - AOL

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    Some prominent Russian-American women with Russian girl names include "Mad Men" actress Larisa Oleynik, writer and philosopher Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum), "RuPaul’s Drag Race ...

  9. Rusalka - Wikipedia

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    2010 - Rusalka is the name of a song by Croatian black/folk metal band Stribog. 2012 – Rusalka is the name of a water nymph-like boss fought in the Nintendo 3DS video game Bravely Default. 2013 – Rusalki appear as monsters in the action role-playing video game The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.