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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin ( / ræˈspjuːtɪn /; Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин [ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ rɐˈsputʲɪn]; 21 January [ O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [ O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial ...
Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union . They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser ...
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.
The most common variations of Ivan in Ukrainian are Ivas, Jan, Vakhno, and Vanko. The surnames based on Ivan include: Ivaniv, Ivankiv, Ivasiv, Ivashchenko, Ivankhiv, Janiv, Jankiv, and Ivaniuk. More examples of surnames based on a first name: Andrii (Andrew): Andriiash, Andriiets, Andrusyshyn and Andrukhovych.
Russian Orthodox. Signature. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia ( Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Романова, romanized : Anastasiya Nikolaevna Romanova; 18 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1901 – 17 July 1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina ...
Sasha (name) Sasha is a unisex name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe [citation needed] as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: Саша ( Sasha – Belarusian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), Сашо ...
11. Athanasiou. “Immortal” is what this Greek last name means. 12. Gialamas. You’ll be shocked to know that this name means “sea.”. 13. Tsolakidis. “Son of Tsolak” is the meaning of ...
Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,292 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .