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Babushkin (Russian: Бабушкин; masculine) or Babushkina (Бабушкина; feminine) is a Russian surname derived from the word "бабушка", meaning "grandmother" or "elderly woman". Notable people with the surname include: Andrei Babushkin (1964–2022), Russian sociologist and human rights activist
In private, his wife addressed him as Nicki, in the German manner, rather than Коля (Kolya), which is the East Slavic short form of his name. The "short name" (Russian: краткое имя kratkoye imya), historically also "half-name" (Russian: полуимя poluimya), is the simplest and most
Variations of the name Baba Yaga are found in many Slavic languages. In Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian and Bulgarian, baba means 'grandmother' or 'old woman'. In contemporary Polish and Russian, baba / баба is also a pejorative synonym for 'woman', in particular one who is old, dirty, or foolish. As with other kinship terms in Slavic ...
Pages in category "Russian-language patronymic surnames" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Russian-language patronymic surnames (15 P) Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,340 total.
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.
Grandmother names can be traditional, have a special meaning or be a fun, playful nickname. Some celebrities have shared the reason behind their own grandma names.
Cantonists singular Cantonist (Russian: кантони́сты; the term adapted from Prussian for "recruiting district") (historical) Boys, often sons of military conscripts, who attended a type of military school called a canton (Russian: кантони́стские шко́лы), a school that was originally established by Peter the Great ...