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In Russia, it's the 4th syllable that is stressed:
eh-kah-teh-REE-nah
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'Do not be grieved for me, Starbrow,' she said. 'Nor too much ashamed of your own folk. Better a little doll, maybe, than no memory of Faery at all.'
'Smith of Wootton Major' J.R.R.Tolkien
eh-kah-teh-REE-nah
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'Do not be grieved for me, Starbrow,' she said. 'Nor too much ashamed of your own folk. Better a little doll, maybe, than no memory of Faery at all.'
'Smith of Wootton Major' J.R.R.Tolkien
That makes much more sense than the Bulgarian way. First, the stress in Katerina is on the "i" as well, and second, it's easier to pronounce.