surnames. The history of origin, meaning, and national characteristics of hereditary family names and
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Boris Unbagaun, a professor of Slavic at the University of Oxford, explores the etymology and morphological features of Russian surnames, both patronymic and formed from the names of professions, toponyms and nicknames, and also talks about the surnames of the spiritual estates, generic names of the Russian nobility, pseudonyms and deliberate surnames, massive names The appearance of which in the first third of the twentieth century has become a kind of sign of time. The author reveals the meaning of the names of the Greek, Baltic and Eastern origin, common in the Russian Empire, and also gives examples of amazing and curious surnames that became fashionable at the turn of the century. The study is based on a variety of reference books and pointers, including the address book “All Petersburg” for 1910. The publication has a pointer and frequency list of a hundred of the most common surnames
Author:
Author:Унбегаун Б.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-9524-5545-0
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