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What is YOUR Name? (Russian Names)
In Russian it is very traditional to have an official name and a family-freinds names that have many variations are are used interchangeably.
Russian full name consists of a first name, a last or family name and a patronymic (an adjective formed from the first name of the father). In the official documents or when you fill out a form, last name goes first, then first name and patronymic. So it looks like this: Ivanova (family name) Lidya (first name) Nikolaevna (patronymic) – Иванова (family name) Лидия (first name) Николаевна (patronymic).
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