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Discover the Russia You Never Knew with Greg McNafferson
http://www.transformation.ru/russia/?sh
Parents who wanted their daughters to become good cooks, named them Varvara (Barbara) and privately called them “Varya,” which means “cooking.” Boys who were to live off the land and plow the fields like their fathers and forefathers were named Pavel (Paul), which became Pasha (“plowing”). The parents of little Marias usually called them “Masha”, which means “waving” and refers to the task of winnowing grain, while some, greedy for fast cash, called the girls “Manya,” which practically predestined them for the street, as that nickname means “enticing.”
There are also “Katya” (Kathrine)—“rolling” (for rolling out that pierogie dough!), “Zhenya” (Eugene)—“marrying” (designating future priests), “Kolya” (Nick)—“chopping” (firewood), and the not particularly flattering “Vanya” (John)—“stinking”, for building outhouses and cleaning up horse manure.
http://www.transformation.ru/russia/?sh
Parents who wanted their daughters to become good cooks, named them Varvara (Barbara) and privately called them “Varya,” which means “cooking.” Boys who were to live off the land and plow the fields like their fathers and forefathers were named Pavel (Paul), which became Pasha (“plowing”). The parents of little Marias usually called them “Masha”, which means “waving” and refers to the task of winnowing grain, while some, greedy for fast cash, called the girls “Manya,” which practically predestined them for the street, as that nickname means “enticing.”
There are also “Katya” (Kathrine)—“rolling” (for rolling out that pierogie dough!), “Zhenya” (Eugene)—“marrying” (designating future priests), “Kolya” (Nick)—“chopping” (firewood), and the not particularly flattering “Vanya” (John)—“stinking”, for building outhouses and cleaning up horse manure.
