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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Russian-language patronymic surnames" The following 15 pages are in this ...
Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,340 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,323 P) S. Surnames of Caucasian origin ...
Boris Unbegaun noted the limitless inventiveness in creation of these surnames. Still, in his book on Russian surnames, he identified several typical categories: according to birthplaces ( Krasnopolsky for Krasnoye Pole ), from the names and epithets of saints ( Kosminsky ), local churches and church holidays, from Biblical and church traditions.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Russian-Jewish surnames" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Surnames of Russian origin (4 C, 51 P) S.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,323 P) U. Ukrainian-language surnames (830 P)