#Nikolay Smirnov

[swanlake1998]

maya plisetskaya photographed as the title role in victor smirnov-golovanov, natalia ryzhenko, and maya plisetskaya's anna karenina by nikolai nikolaevich rakhmanov and a. a. makarov

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MASTERLIST

A masterlist of muses that I have played throughout the years, that I am always willing to play. I do need to go over some of the FC's and probably make some changes since this list is YEARS old. But I will do that and update it!!

Abigail ‘Abbi’ Abrams FC: Victoria Justice 

Addison Smollen FC: Kendall Jenner 

Allison ‘Alli’ Ortiz FC: Madison Beer 

Amelia ‘Mia’ Abrams FC: Torrey Devitto

Ana Flores FC: Camila Mendes

Angelina Rose FC: Clemence Posey

Apollo Kona FC: Roman Reigns

Augusta ‘Gwen’ Porter FC: Hailey Baldwin

Avery Smollen FC: Kylie Jenner

Bailey Allwood FC: Katherine Langford

Bethany DuPont-Hunter FC: Rachel Bilson / FC: Crystal Reed

Benjamin DuPont FC: Theo James

Blaise Zabini FC: Keith Powers

Bleau St. Claire FC: Val Mercado

Braelyn Carter FC: Alycia Debnam Carey 

Caleb Kyriakos FC: Tom Austen

Callie Haverford FC: Gigi Hadid

Cameron Bartell FC: Natalia Dyer

Cathleen ‘Rey’ Murphy FC: Paige / Saraya Jade Bevis

Chasity Dean FC: Troian Bellisario

Clara Spencer FC: Alexis Ren

Connor O’Brien FC: Cody Saintgnue

Cooper Brozene FC: Joel Kinnaman

Cyrus Morgan FC: Scott Speedman

Daphne Greengrass FC: Pia Mia

Darya Smirnov FC: Taylor Hill

Davina Pace FC: Carmella Rose

Dawson St. James FC: Finn Wittrock

Dean Munroe FC: Jake Gyllenhaal

Demi O’Connor FC: Jessica Lowndes

Destiny Savvin FC: Eiza Gonzalez / FC: Salma Hayek

Dev Ambrogino FC: Nathan Parsons

Diya Gupta FC: Naomi Scott

Dorian Porter FC: Justin Hartley

Dylan Boyer FC: Olivia Wilde / FC: Odeya Rush

Eden Hunter FC: Danielle Campbell

Elizabeth Rush FC: Hayley Atwell

Evelyn Perez FC:  Bruna Marquezine

Genivive ‘Ginny’ Kennedy FC:  Alicia Vikander

Gracie Abernathy FC: Nicola Peltz

Harleen Quinzel FC: Margot Robbie

Hudson O’Connor FC: Charlie Hunnam

Hunter Munroe FC: Kit Harington

Irina Savvin FC: Claire Holt

Isabella Martinez FC: Naya Rivera  Christian Serratos

Isobel Garcia FC: Jackie Cruz

Ivy Hartley FC: Maggie Duran

Jack Collins FC: Tom Holland

Jalessa Myers FC: Jade Thirlwall

Jayden Munroe FC: Leigh Anne Pinnock

Jayson Hunter FC: Dominic Sherwood

Jennifer Martinez FC: Diane Guerrero 

Joanna ‘Joey’ Martell FC: Marie Avgeropoulos

Judith Grimes FC: Daisy Ridley 

Karina Smirnov FC: Irina Shayk / FC: India Eisley

Katherine ‘Katy’ Abernathy FC: Katie Stevens

Katya Ambrogino FC: Ariel Winter

Keith Newman FC: Travis Mills

Kimber Rhodes FC: Karla Souza

Layla Abernathy FC: Emily Kinney / FC: Candice Swanepoel

Leah Douglas FC: Nathalie Emmanuel / FC: Amandla Stenberg

Lee McBride FC: Dan Stevens

Lilliana ‘Lily’ Rey FC: Bella Thorne Luca Hollestelle

Lorelei Ambrose FC: Imogen Poots

Maddox Young FC: Amadeus Sarafini

Madison Nolan FC: Ashley Greene

Makenna Dean FC: Shelley Hennig

Mateo Fiore FC: Theo Rossi

Matheus Silva FC: Chay Suede

Matty Dodson FC: Cody Christian

Maximus ‘Mac’ Porter FC: Austin Butler

Melanie Rhee FC: Lauren Cohan

Mickey Wolfe FC: Troye Sivan

Natalia ‘Talia’ Smallwood FC: Emily Ratajkowski

Nate Ballard FC: Randy Orton

Nikolai Savvin FC: Joseph Morgan

Paige Stabler FC: Madison Davenport

Pansy Parkinson FC: Nona Komatsu

Parker Mercer FC: Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Phoenix Dattolo FC: Avan Jogia

Piper Romero FC: Maia Mitchell / FC: Giza Lagarce

Priyah Jacobs FC: Alysha Nett

Psyche FC: Sophie Turner

Rami Armand FC: Zayn Malik

Reagan Powers FC: Allison Williams

Rhea Lockhart FC: Julianne Hough

Richard Thorne FC: Jon Hamm

Rose Granger-Weasley FC: Madelaine Petsch

Ryan O'Brien FC: Cam Gigandet

Samantha ‘Sammie’ Barker FC: Arden Cho

Sergei Savvin FC: Max Riemelt

Sierra Tsu FC: Dichen Lachman

Stella La’ei Kona FC: Nikki Reed

Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Jacobs FC: Dove Cameron 

Sydney Pearson FC: Zendaya 

Tanya Dash FC: Khole Kardashian Bree Kish

Teegan O'Brien FC: Lili Reinhart

Titus Kona FC: Jason Momoa

Tobias Graves FC: Travis Fimmel

Trent Lancaster FC: Andrew Lincoln

Valentino De Luca FC: Dominic Cooper

Veda Patil FC: Priyanka Chopra

Wyatt Cahill FC: Ryan Guzman

Xavier Waters FC: Don Benjamin

Zion Waters FC: Ricky Whittle

Zoe DiMarco FC: Bex Taylor-Klaus / FC: Ruby Rose / FC: Ash Stymest

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The FSB plot that disappeared half a billion dollars

A new look at an old story: “Kirill Cherkalin’s billions” (rubles, not dollars) got another look last week from Novaya Gazeta special correspondent Irek Murtazin, whose crime-beat reporting is invariably detailed, chalked full of saucy rumors, and brain-numbingly long. This new article was published 10 days after a military court overturned the bribery conviction of Dmitry Frolov (a former deputy head of the FSB’s economic crimes division) and closed the case against him.

The gist: Murtazin says the authorities spent years pursuing Frolov and his accomplices on flimsy bribery and fraud charges to conceal a vast FSB criminal conspiracy in Russia’s banking industry.

Let’s break down the sequence of events, but beware that it’s a winding road.

Mystery Incorporated: Before his arrest in April 2019, Kirill Cherkalin was the fast-rising, well-connected head of the FSB Economic Security Directorate’s enormously powerful bank crimes division. The “first stone in the avalanche” that exposed “Cherkalin’s billions” was the arrest of one of his subordinates in a different extortion case. Colonel Mikhail Gorbatov rolled on his boss to save his own skin, testifying to a bribery scheme involving Cherkalin.

According to Murtazin, then-FSB Internal Affairs head General Alexey Komkov handled Gorbatov’s testimony very cautiously, knowing that Cherkalin enjoyed good relationships with then-FSB First Deputy Director Sergey Smirnov and then National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

Komkov reported Gorbatov’s claims to FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov, who ordered a secret investigation, bringing in two of Cherkalin’s agency adversaries who’d previously failed to oust him from the FSB’s central office. The surveillance of Cherkalin and others led to raids that uncovered staggering amounts of cash.

Cherkalin’s other disappearing act: A few weeks after his arrest, Cherkalin followed in Gorbatov’s footsteps by seeking a plea deal. In a signed statement, he named a powerful retired FSB general who allegedly “provided ‘protection’ to several credit organizations” during his service.

Speculation on Telegram says this retired FSB general was likely Oleg Feoktistov, whose work in protective custody and son-in-law link him to a businessman who claims to have been defrauded by Cherkalin and his associates.

Instead of leading to an even higher-profile prosecution, however, Cherkalin’s statement soon vanished from his case materials, and the investigation was transferred to a less experienced official and merged with lesser fraud charges against Frolov and another retired FSB officer.

To accommodate this more “vegetarian” prosecution, Cherkalin disavowed his earlier confession and submitted a new one that mentioned neither the FSB general’s name nor the banks involved in the protection racket. He was ultimately sentenced to seven years but went free in February 2024.

In November 2019, by accident or on purpose, information leaked to the press that Cherkalin testified that most of the 12 billion rubles discovered at his apartments in police raids belonged to Valery Miroshnikov, the former deputy head of the Deposit Insurance Agency — Russia’s state corporation responsible for various insolvency procedures. (Miroshnikov fled the country immediately after Cherkalin’s arrest.)

So, what was this vast conspiracy? Irek Murtazin’s sources claim that Miroshnikov, Cherkalin, and others learned about roughly 2 trillion rubles (more than $20.6 billion in today’s currency) in capital shortfalls at Russian banks accumulated between 2013 and 2017 and offered the banks’ owners a grace period of several months to purge their records, transfer money to foreign accounts, flee the country, and pose abroad as “victims of the regime” — all in exchange for up to 30 percent of the size of individual institutions’ capital shortfalls. (The state then rescued or restructured these banks at taxpayers’ expense.)

According to Murtazin, Miroshnikov kept half of the proceeds from the criminal scheme, Cherkalin went home with a quarter, and their other accomplices claimed the remaining 25 percent. Murtazin reasons that the cash found at Cherkalin’s homes was all his, meaning the total profits were roughly 50 billion rubles (more than $516 million in today’s currency).

Lest ye forget: Alexander Zheleznyak says Kirill Cherkalin offered him “protection” in 2014. Zheleznyak is one of the bankers who donated to Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation allegedly in return for “reputation laundering,” according to reports like Maxim Katz’s recent (and controversial) investigation.

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⚡Russia widens evacuations in Kursk Oblast after reports of Ukrainian sabotage groups.

Civilians are to be evacuated from another district in Russia's Kursk Oblast, regional authorities announced on Aug. 12, as Ukraine's incursion into the region continues.

In a post on Telegram, Alexey Smirnov, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast, said those living in the Belovsky district located on the border with Ukraine are being advised to leave.

Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups entered the territory of the Belovsky district in Russia's Kursk region overnight on Aug. 11, head of the district, Nikolai Volobuev, claimed that day.

[sbwspn]

¡Bienvenidos/as a Shadows Between Worlds - Supernatural RPG!

Los licántropos han llegado al foro… ¿y tú que esperas para formar parte de sus filas?

[otmacamera]

13th June 1908

Photo 1-2 : seated ; Olga Evgenievna Byutsova, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Elizabeth Nikolaevna Obolensky, Nikolai Vasilievich Sablin, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich and Count Paul Benckendorff. standing ; Baron Lev Ernestovich von der Osten-Sacken, Sergei Nikolaevich Timirev, unknown, unknown, Father Dobrovolsky (?), unknown, Ivan Ivanovich Smirnov (?), Lev Andreevich Babitsyn, unknown, Saltanov, Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin, Stanislav Romanovich Nevyarovsky, unknown, Dr. Evgeni Botkin, Ivan Ivanovich Chagin, Nikolai Pavlovich Chistyakov and Alexander Alexandrovich Drenteln onboard the Standart, 13th June 1908.

Photo 2-3 : Tsar Nicholas II, Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich and Ivan Ivanovich Chagin with sailors onboard the Standart.

Photo 4-5 : Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich with sailors onboard the Standart.

"13th June. Friday. In the morning it rained lightly until 12. Gann photographed us alone, with the officers, with the people leaving for the reserve and with the whole crew. After breakfast, everyone went to the children's island, where we walked for a long time. The weather was cloudy but warm. Returned to the yacht for tea. Played boule. After dinner, went again for a ride in a motor."

(1908 Diary of Tsar Nicholas II)

Photos from: Anna Vyrubova's Album n°6 Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna's 1908-1912 Album

[chunkletskhl]

A tense moment in front of the Khimik Voskresensk goal during a recent VHL Game against Dynamo St. Petersburg.  The Dynamo players are Alexander Shevchenko (#99) and Artur Chubilyayev, while defending for Khimik are Kirill Smirnov, team captain Nikolai Bogomolov, and goalie Alexander Trushkov.  (Image Source)

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2021 - 2022 Russian Junior/Novice Teams

* indicates Novice skater

Men

Aeksandr Golubev

Vladislav Dikidzhi

Egor Rukhin

Daniil Samsonov

Nikolay Ugozhaev

Ilya Yablokov

Andrei Kutovoi (reserve)

Gleb Lutfullin (reserve)

Kiril Sarmovskyi (reserve)

Artem Kovalev (reserve)

Andrei Anisimov*

Fyodor Zonov*

Nikolai Kolesnikov*

Ivan Popov*

Semyon Solovyov*

Ladies

Sofia Akatieva

Elizaveta Berestovskaia

Sofia Muravyova

Adeliya Petrosian

Sofia Samodelkina

Anna Frolova

Maria Zakharova (reserve)

Alina Gorbacheva*

Alisa Dvoeglazhova*

Anastasia Zinina*

Daria Sadkova*

Ulyana Shiryaeva*

Pairs

Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitry Evgeniev

Ekaterina Petushkova/Evgeniy Malikov

Natalia Khabibulina/Ilya Knyazhuk

Kseniia Akhanteva/Valerii Kolesov

Daria Boyarintseva/Maksim Shagalov

Polina Kostiukovich/Aleksei Briukhanov

Taisia Sobinina / Sergei Bakhmat (reserve)

Alina Raskovalova/Artyom Butaev*

Ekaterina Storublyovtseva/Artyom Gritsaenko*

Milana Trubacheva/Vladislav Smirnov*

Evgenia Tumanova/Georgiy Kunitsa*

Varvara Cheremikh/Daniil Butenko*

Ekaterina Chikmaryova/Matvei Yanchenkov*

Ice Dance

Vasilisa Kaganovskaya/Valeriy Angelopol

Olga Mamchenkova/Mark Volkov

Margarita Svistunova/Dmitry Studenkin

Irina Khavronina/Dario Chirisano

Arina Ushakova/Maksim Nekrasov

Elizaveta Shichina/Gordei Khubulov

Angelina Lazareva/Maksim Prokofiev (reserve)

Ekaterina Mironova/Evgeniy Ustenko (reserve)

Sofia Tiutiunina/Aleksandr Shustitskyi (reserve)

Sofia Leontieva/Daniil Gorenkin*

Taisia Linchevskaia/Timur Babaev-Smirnov*

Alisa Ovsyankina/Matvei Samokhin*

Anna Rumak/Gleb Goncharov*

Ekaterina Rybakova/Ivan Makhnonosov*

Sovia Kachushkina/Oleg Muratov* (reserve)

[architectureofdoom]

Grain elevator, Samara, Valentin Smirnov, Nikolay Degtyarev, 1970s

[enderio]

DO THE WHOLE LIST PLS I BEG YOU

Sergei is so interesting, I can't get enough 😔

I CANNOT DENY A GUEST, NO MATTER THE REQUEST.

Here we go.

1 - How old are they?

In both MW and CW he’s 24 years old

2 - What gender are they?

Cis male

3 - What is their romantic/sexual orientation?

Bisexual

4 - How tall are they?

5 foot 11 inches or 1.8 metres 

5 - What do they look like?

He’s pretty muscular, he has an angular face with gunmetal blue eyes, dirty blonde hair that’s kinda spiky

6 - What are their defining features?

He stands very properly, back straight and shoulders back, this makes him look a little menacing

7 - Does their name have a meaning?

His first name, Sergei, came from a youtubers meme

Middle name, Kirillovich, is bc I thought it sounded cool, idk

Last name, Smirnov, does have real meaning, in ye old Russia merchants with babies who rarely cried had the last name of Smirnov and since Sergei is such a quiet and kept to himself person I felt like he’d be the same as a baby

8 - What family do they have?

His mother, father, 2 younger brothers and 1 older sister

9 - Do they have a good relationship with their family?

With his parents, yes, he sends them letters and calls them often

With his siblings, not so much

10 - If not, why not?

He just kinda grew away from them and never really kept in touch, especially since he lives so far from them.

11 - Where does he live?

With his military platoon, so on base

12 - Is it a safe place?

Oh yes, incredibly safe

13 - Are they poor, middle-class, or wealthy?

Middle-class

14 - answered

15 - Who is their best friend?

CW: Belikov, Woods, Sims, Bell, Mason

MW: Gaz, MacMillan, Ghost, Nikolai, Soap, Price, Alex (2019)

16 - Do they have any enemies?

Kinda, he and Roach just really don’t like each other and he despises Hudson

17 - answered

18 - Do they have any love/hate relationships?

I feel like him and Lazar would be in that category, lots of banter and arguing but friends at the end of the day

19 - answered

20 - Who is the person they love most in the world?

Either his cousin, Belikov, or his father. Belikov because they’re so close, they practically grew up together and have always been by each other’s sides. His father because he raised Sergei and his siblings with pure, honest love and care  and Sergei really doesn’t have any other father figures in his life. 

21 - Does that person love them back?

Oh absolutely! Belikov sees him as a brother and his father because well, it’s  his son.

22 - Have they ever hurt or lost anyone?

Yes, Sergei has lost his fair share of soldiers and comrade-in-arms in battle. 

23 - answered

24 - Are they well liked?

By his friends and officers, yes, very much so. He follows orders and does as he’s told but isn’t afraid to snip back to a snide comment or friendly argument. To strangers? Not so much, he tends to come off as unwelcoming if you don’t known him. 

25 - answered

26 - Are they an affectionate person?

To his friends, not super affectionate but he does let them know if it’s needed. To his love then very much so, little gifts and compliments and touches. 

27 - Are they very driven?

He’s driven by his need to protect others and the slight guilt of his fallen comrades so yes.

28 - Are they very political?

He doesn’t care much for it at all.

29 - What kind of state is the world that they live in?

Well depending on which game(s) he’s in. If he’s in COD: CW then the state could be better but he’s helping. If he’s in The MW trilogy (or 2019) then the world definitely could be in better shape.

30 - What are the world leaders like?

Go check out MW’s and CW for yourself and see.

31 - Does the character worry about their place in society?

No, he’s confident he’s doing the right thing by being in the military. 

32 - answered

33 - answered

34 - Are they a good person?

I like to think so, he has good morals, I.e. don’t kill children or civilians, Andy knows where to draw the line between good and bad

35 - answered

36 - Do they believe in destiny?

Not really, he thinks that if you want something then you need to go get it 

37 - Are they trustworthy?

Yes, incredibly trustworthy. He wouldn’t never go back on his word without strong evidence and he can keep a promise well.

38 - Are they a good liar?

Yes, to everyone except Belikov. His cousin just always manages to see straight through him. 

39 - How do they react to criticism? 

If he thinks it’s genuine then he’ll take it into account but if it’s something he thinks is stupid then he will ignore it

40 - What is their moral alignment?

Lawful chaotic or lawful neutral 

41 - Can they fight?

Yes, both unarmed and armed, he did wrestling in high school and regularly tackles Belikov if he’s being annoying. 

42 - Would they ever purposely hurt someone?

Not without a good reason. 

43 - Have they ever been seriously injured?

Yes, he’s had to come back from mission with broken ribs and arms before. 

44 - Do they know first aid?

Yes, he knows how to tie a basic tourniquet and that blood loss is very bad. 

45 - Do they have any other survival skills?

He can make a fire pretty quick and know some how to hunt and fish. 

46 - answered

47 - How intelligent are they?

He’s pretty you smart but more intellectually smart rather than book-smart

48 - What is the school system like?

Ngl, idk what this one means lmao, he didn’t go past high school 

49 - What is their job?

He is a top Military helicopter pilot and is an on-call foot soldier. 

50 - Do they enjoy their job?

He loves it! He loves the danger and risk effect to it. 

That was a lot omg. If you STILL want more Sergei then I filled out more stuff for him on my Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1012495231-my-cod-oc-my-oc 

Thank you though! That was hella fun!

[sashas4t]

Russian Names

Russian names are honestly so interesting, and Russian naming culture is very different from the rest of the world. So here we are today to break it down:

The Full Name

Russian names are styled similarly to American names, in the sense that they both have a first-middle-last structure. Russian names are styled as: Given Name – Patronymic – Family Name. Now, first let’s break down each of these names before getting into how to call one another.

 Given Name

Common Male Names - Mikhail, Dmitri, Daniil, Kiriil, Andrei, Egor, Nikita, Alexei, Ilya, Roman, Yaroslav, Vladimir, Sergei, Nikolai, Petyr, Ivan

Common Female Names - Alexandra, Alina, Alisa, Alyona, Anastasia, Anna, Vera, Veronika, Viktoria, Daria, Evgenia, Ekaterina, Elizaveta, Elena, Inna, Ksenia, Lidia, Lyubov, Maria, Maya, Olga, Polina, Sofia, Svetlana, Tatiana, Yulia

Given names are usually reduced to diminutives. Diminutives are shorter “nicknames” given affectionately. Common ones include: Anastasia --> Nastya, Maria --> Masha, Alexander/dra --> Sasha, Dmitri --> Dima. Can’t see much of a pattern? Well that’s because there kind of isn’t one. A loosely applied rule says to add -sha to the first syllable of a name (Ma[ria] --> Masha, Da[ria] --> Dasha, Mi[khail] --> Misha, Pa[vel] --> Pasha). Some add -a or -ya to a certain part of the name (Vic[toria] --> Vika, Pyot[r]--> Petya). Some names don’t even have diminutives (Vera, Nikita, Maxim). Usually there is a chain of names given to a certain given name, here is an example:

Alexander - Sasha - Sashura - Shura

Here is a list of common names and their diminutives:

- Alexander/Alexandra - Sasha

- Anastasia - Nastasia, Nastya

- Anna - Anya

- Veronika - Nika

- Viktoria - Vika

- Daria - Dasha

- Dmitri - Dima                    

- Evgenia/Evgeni - Zhenya

- Ekaterina - Katya

- Elizaveta - Liza

- Elena - Lena, Lenok

- Ksenia - Ksusha

- Maria - Masha

- Mikhail - Misha

- Petyr - Petya

- Polina - Polya

- Sofia - Sonya

There are even more affectionate names, given usually by friends or loved ones. For example, Maria could become Mashenka and Nikolai becomes Nikolushka or Nikolenka. These forms are generally derived by adding one of these varrious suffixes - -ochk-, -echk-, -onyk-, -enyk-, -ushk-, -yushk-, -yush-, -yash-, -ul-, -ush-, -un-, -us-, -k-, -ik (etc) - to the given name of diminutive.

Other Notes: Alena and Alyona can be the same name (see: Alena Kostornaia/Alyona Kostornaya), if Alena is spelled Alëna in the cryllic. Alena is the way of spelling in English, but the correct pronunciation is A-li-o-na. I and Y can sometimes be interchangeable. For example, Sonya can also be spelled as Sonia. 

Patronymic

Patronymics are sort of like the “middle names” used in America, however, they are derived from the father’s given name. For example in these names – Avdotia Romanovna, Rodion Romanovich - the second name (Romanovna, Romanovich) is the patronymic. Siblings would share a patronymic (with variations between male and female) as they have the same father. 

Females add -ovna, -evna or -ichna to their father’s given name and males add -ovich, -evich or -ich to their father’s given name. For the examples shown above, the father’s name is Roman, and the female (Avdotia) adds -ovna making Romanovna, and the male (Rodion) adds -ovich making Romanovich. For a name like Dmitri, the female would be Dmitrievna, and the male would be Dmitrievich. For masculine names ending in a vowel, such as Ilya or Foma, when they are used as a base for patronymic, the corresponding endings are -ich (for men) and -inichna (for women). Patronymics can be further shortened like Andreich instead of Andreevich or Kirilych instead of Kiriilovich. These are typically seen in informal speech. 

If the father’s name is not known, then the mother can create the patronymic she wishes to give. 

Family Name

Common suffixes for Russian names are -ov, -yev, -sky, and -ko, -uk, -ych, -in.

Family names can differ by gender. Females usually add -a to their family name (Karenin à Karenina, Pavlov à Pavlova) or -aya (Oblonsky à Oblonskaya, Shcherbatsky à Shcherbatskaya). Only family names with neutral grammatical gender stay the same (such as -ko, Elizaveta Shilenko). Once married, females usually adopt the family name of their husband. (Anna Oblonskaya becomes Anna Karenina once marrying Karenin). 

Common last names in Russia are: Ivanov, Smirnov, Kuznetsov, Popov, Vasiliev, Petrov, Dmitriev, Kuzmin, Alexandrov. As seen, commonly, last names in Russian end in -ov. 

Forms of Address

The three-name format is typically only used in legal documents. If the three-name is spoken aloud, typically the family name comes first (Raskolnikov Rodion Romanovich). 

The formal format is the Given Name - Patronymic format. This is used by students to teachers and is the official way to communicate. Using this form may convey the speaker’s respect for the recipient. Teachers may call their students by just their family name, though otherwise, it is used very rarely. 

In informal communication, typically only the first name, and/or diminutive is used. In rural areas, people may use just the patronymic amongst themselves.

Notes: In competition and when referring to them in other parts of the world, typically we only acknowledge the given name and family name. (Alina Zagitova, no care for the patronymic [Ilnazovna]).  

Citations - Wikipedia (Eastern Slavic naming customs, Russian given name), War and Peace (translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky) introduction of principal characters. Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) Translator’s Note Goldenskate forums. (No this is not a joke, these are my actual citations)

[argyrocratie]

According to various pagan beliefs existing in the area of the Middle Volga basin where Udmurtia is located, self-immolation is a ritual called tipshar. Historically, its practice was fairly widespread among the pagan tribes of this region (Chuvash, Mordva, Udmurt, and Cheremis), as an assertion of one’s right, as personal condemnation of a transgressor who refuses to accept responsibility for his wrongdoing, and finally as a means of punishment, since the soul of anyone who dies an untimely, violent death is unable to find peace and continually plagues the living with a variety of ills. Therefore, to commit tipshar before the enemy’s house is to set upon him one’s vengeful spirit. Justice exacts a high price: the one who commits tipshar deprives his soul of repose. It is an extreme measure resorted to by the powerless and the humiliated in the face of a powerful enemy.

Nikolay Smirnov, “Shaman, Schismatic, Necromancer: Religious Libertarians in Russia” (2020)

[loumargi]

Nikolai Smirnov (Russia 1938-2000) Bird Cherry Tree (Mayday Tree) in Bloom,(1993).

[mashkaromanova]

Maria Nikolaevna’s 1913 diary, 29th August/11th September - 6th/19th September (translated by Helen Azar).

‘Had tea 5 with Mama and Papa’ = ‘We 5 had tea with Mama and Papa’ The 5 means Maria and all her siblings. 4 means just Maria and her sisters. 3 means Maria, Anastasia and Alexei

Anya: Anna Vyrubova

Trina: Catherine Schneider

Kiki: Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin

Shura: Alexandra Tegleva

29th August/11th September:

“In the morning stayed in bed. Had breakfast with Mama and Alexei. In the afternoon was lying down, Shura and Trina read. Had tea alone. Had dinner alone. In the morning temp. 36.6, afternoon 36.4, evening 37.”

30th August/12th September:

“Got up in the morning. Went to [illeg] for obednya. Had breakfast with Mama on the sofa. In the afternoon went to tennis 4 with Papa, Mama and Aunt Olga, Anya, Zelenetzky, Kiki, Kolya and Pi were there. Had tea at tennis. Had dinner 4 with Papa, Aunt Olga, Mordvinov and Mama on the sofa. In the morning 36.3, evening 36.8.”

31st August/13th September:

“In the morning walked to the beach. Had breakfast with Mama on the sofa. In the afternoon took a walk with Anya. Had tea with Mama, Kiki and Anya. Went to vsenoshnaya at the [illeg]. Had dinner 4 with Papa and Mama on the sofa. In the morning 36.5, evening 36.5.”

1st/14th September:

“In the morning 4 with Papa went to obednya. Sat with Gr. A praising and Nilov. In the afternoon 4 with Mama and Papa went to tennis, Anna, Pi, Kolya and Georg. Makov. Had tea in the little house. Had dinner with Anastasia and Alexei.”

2nd/15th September:

“In the morning walked 4 with Papa to the beach house. At breakfast sat with Sukhomlinov. Two officers from my regiment were there. In the afternoon played tennis 4 with Papa, Anya, Kiki, Kolya, Pi and Petrovsky. Had tea with them at home. Went to Trina’s and played with her granddaughter Antoneva [?]. Had dinner with Anastasia and Alexei.”

3rd/16th September:

“In the morning walked to the beach with Papa. At breakfast sat with Nilov and Drenteln. In the afternoon played tennis 4 with Papa, Mama, Anya, Kiki, Kolya and Petrovsky were there. Had tea during tennis. Played with Trina and her granddaughter and read in French. Had dinner with Anastasia and Vyazemsky.”

4th/17th September:

“Had lessons in the morning, walked to the beach. At breakfast sat with Smirnov and Dedulin. In the afternoon played tennis 4 with Papa, Mama, Anya, Kiki, Kolya, Kotenokov, Butakov were there. Had tea at tennis. Went to Trina’s and played with her granddaughter. Had dinner with Anastasia and Alexei.”

5th/18th September:

“In the morning walked to the beach with Papa. At breakfast sat with Maltzev and Botkin. In the afternoon played tennis 5 with Papa, Mama, Anya, Kiki, Butakov, Zlebov and Pi were there. Had tea at tennis. Read in French. Had dinner with Anastasia and Alexei.”

6th/19th September:

“In the morning went to Yalta with Trina. At breakfast sat with the Frenchman and Dedulin. In the afternoon played tennis 4 with Papa, Mama, Anya, Kiki, Pi, Butakov and Petrovsky were there. Had tea at tennis. Read in French. Had dinner with Anastasia and Alexei.”

7th/20th September:

“At breakfast sat with Prince Golitzyn and Smirnov. In the afternoon played tennis, Papa, Mama, we 4, Anya, Kiki, Kolya and Pi were here. Had tea at tennis. Went to vsenoshnaya and molebna. At dinner sat with Nilov and Prince Orlov.”

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The skeleton of the downed German Heinkel He 111 twin-engined bomber from the KG 55 “Greif” bomber group (griffin on the emblem).

He 111 was shot down on March 27, 1942 by the Soviet pilot Captain Nikolai Smirnov and installed on the Square of the Fallen Fighters as an exhibit of captured equipment.

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Photo 1: Standing : Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Alexander Ivanovich Kublitsky, Olga Evgenievna Byutsova and Nicholas Nikolaevich Rodionov. Sitting : Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna and Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova in Livadia, 21st March 1912.

Photo 2 : Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin "N.P"

Photo 3 : Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna

Photo 4 : Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova and Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin

21st March. Wednesday. Was by the sea and at church. NP, Smirnov, Rodionov and Kublitsky had breakfast with us. In the afternoon with them, Mama, Anya and Olga Evg. we 4 walked in the garden. It was a lot of fun. I was glad to see my dear friend. Papa walked to Ai-Todor with others. Drank tea and had dinner with Papa and Mama. Was at church. At 9 o'clock confessed.

(1912 Diary of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna)

Photos from : Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna's 1910-1912 Album