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nataxxa@lj - действительно УУУУ!

Зрю очами души этих thоse Russians, радикально похожих на питомцев Миклухо-Маклая!

What’s in a (Russian) Name?
If you have ever thumbed through a book by a Russian author, you must have, at some point, felt yourself in the grip of confusion. It’s so hard to keep track of which characters are which, because a single person, at different times, may be referred to as 1) Ivan Petrovitch, 2) Vanya, 3) Vanyusha, 4) Ivanushka, and 5)Vantuz.
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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), .... ...
Why do you think the first Russian president was none other than Boris Yeltsin? His family nickname was “Borya”, which stands for “struggling” or “fighting”!
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Впрочем, о русских именах есть еще любопытный сайт. Там я тоже наплакалась... И написала об этом в своем обозрении "Подзорная труба"

( Оттуда и спишу )

З. Ы. Так и не поняла, это серьезно или как?