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There were three Russian ruler named Vasiliy, or Basil in English. One was Ivan the Terrible's father. For me, if I see two Russian names together, I want to put -ovich or -ovna on the second name, since in Russia they use a patronymic and those are the endings. So, for Miroslav Alexei, I'd keep saying Miroslav Alexeevich (Miroslav son of Alexei). Ivan's name was Ivan Vasilievich. For the Vladimir nn, it's Volodya.