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Pages in category "Soviet military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,093 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) -
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 Christian names, usually modified) and non-canonical. The 14th century was marked by ...
Patriarch Sergius, led the Russian Orthodox Church during World War II, when the earlier Soviet militant atheism was scaled down and the Church was re-legalised; Patriarch Tikhon, first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia after restoration of the Patriarchate in the early Soviet era
Vilen "Willi" Tokarev was "octobered" with the name Vilen after V.I. Lenin [1] [2]. Given names of Soviet origin appeared in the early history of the Soviet Union, [3] coinciding with the period of intensive word formation, both being part of the so-called "revolutionary transformation of the society" with the corresponding fashion of neologisms and acronyms, [4] which Richard Stites ...
Ivan Stepanovich Isakov, Fleet admiral of the Soviet Union (one of only three), served during World War II, Chief of the Main Navy Staff, oceanographer; Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin, Rear admiral, fought in the Battle of Navarino, hero of the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War, died in action
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The Soviets changed the names of many ships after they took power in 1917. Royal names were changed to republican names, e.g., Volya=Free Will, Grazhdanin = Citizen; The Gangut Class dreadnoughts were named after Revolutionary themes, but two reverted to original names during World War II