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Historical Russian naming conventions did not include surnames. A person's name included that of their father: e.g. Иван Петров сын (Ivan Petrov syn) which means "Ivan, son of Peter". That is the origin of most Russian -ov surnames.
The system of Russian forms of addressing is used in Russian languages to indicate relative social status and the degree of respect between speakers. Typical language for this includes using certain parts of a person's full name, name suffixes , and honorific plural , as well as various titles and ranks.
An interesting etymological conundrum, an origin of the large family of honorific based on gospodь, is reflected by number of theories surrounding it.Most recent and interesting one is proposed by linguist Adrian Poruciuc, who asserts an early borrowing from the Old Germanic compound gōd-spōd (good fortune), in opposition to proposed unconvincing explanation based on Proto-Slavic compound ...
If you’re willing to become cannon fodder, it’s an instant job, explained a 20-year-old soldier with a wife and four children to support. ... They say that all the [Russian POWs] should be ...
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya [1] [a] (formerly Putina; [b] née Shkrebneva; [c] born 6 January 1958) is a Russian linguist who served as the First Lady of Russia from 2000 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014 while married to her then-husband, Vladimir Putin, the current president and former prime minister of Russia.
The son of a Russian oligarch, Vanya is immature, perpetually stoned, and supposed to be using his time in the States to study. ... is crestfallen when she's rejected by the oligarch and his wife ...
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The Russian past tense is gender specific: –л for masculine singular subjects, –ла for feminine singular subjects, –ло for neuter singular subjects, and –ли for plural subjects. This gender specificity applies to all persons; thus, to say "I slept", a male speaker would say я спал, while a female speaker would say я спалá.