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[Opinions] 1960s-80s soviet russia (10 times the charm)
Sorry about the title, i am extremely mad because i have tried to write this out about 10 times but the page keeps reloading and i keep loosing internet and my ipad is slow yada yadaI'm writing a story set in 60s-80s in soviet Russia, and i was struggling to find names that were popular in these times, so i have basically just been using famous russian people's names from this era and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surnames_in_Russia for surnames. Also, i have not included patronymicsZoya Kharitonova
Anna Orlova
AnastasiyaNastya’ Shcherbakova
Kristina Abramova
Vera Markova
Natalia Kuznetsova
Vladimir Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Reshetnikov
Ilya Preobrzhnasky
Ekaterina Preobrzhnaskaya
NadezhdaNadya’ Preobrzhnaskaya
Varvara Tsiganova
Olga Komolova
Konstantin Yolkin
Yuriy Vasin
Oksana Koshkina
Nikolas TeplovAlso, if you're russian/ grew up in the soviet era, please tell me if this is accurate enough.
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Nikolas stands out - I don't think it's used in Russia. Also, it's worth remembering that patronymics play a huge role - if, for example, Vera Markova had a father named Ivan, she would be referred to as Vera Ivanovna in everyday life.
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I meant Nikolai, i just got a bit confused because of Nicholas the something, that dude before the revolution. I didn't include patronymics in this because they're a bit difficult trying to think for each and every character a new patronymic, usually i will add those in later, though i should've really added them in right now. I'm doimg it right now, here is what i have so far:
Zoya Aleksandrovna Kharitonova
Anna Sergeyovna Orlova
Anastasiya 'Nastya' Ivanovna Shcherbakova
Vladimir 'Vova' Artyomovich
Kristina Petrovna AbramovaAlso, i would like to add in that just because one of them has the patronymic of a different male character doesn't exactly mean they are related, most of them are orphans and got given a random one at birth (i think thats how it works, thats what they do with surnames in English speaking countries)
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Anna's patronymic would be Sergeievna/Sergeyevna, not Sergeyovna.
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By the way, how would you adress someone using Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms? Eg: Miss Brown, is there a word for Miss in Russian or do you call them something else?
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The formal words for Mr and Ms are gospodin (господин) and gospozha (госпожа). However, in Soviet Russia, these forms were seen as antiquated. Both men and women were addressed as tovarishch (товарищ) surname. In English - comrade [surname].Gospodin and gospozha have fallen out of use except for very formal correspondence. A polite form of address is still the first name and patronymic - so a boss, coworker, or neighbour would address your characters as Anna Sergeievna and so forth. Or comrade Orlova.

This message was edited 9/24/2023, 2:45 PM

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Thanks!
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