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I love Russian names! Hungarian, Russian, and Polish are my fav. names. [in that order] The majority of yours are okay/great:

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Girls:
Alyona- Cute but nms
Annushka- Great for a dog, I'm not so sure about an actual person
Avdotya- I think this would age very nicely for anyone. [it's a keeper!]
Ekaterina- It's okay, but I prefer Yekaterina.
Elizaveta- I like it, although Eliz/sabeth is very common
Dasha- NN Dash? Never liked this one.
Elena- I like this, it has so many great combos.
Irina- Nice, but nms.
Ivanka- This was my fav. for the longest time, and I still love it.
Karina- same as Irina
Katya- also another of my favorites. I use this a a nn for Yekaterina.
Kseniya- NMS, but it's okay
Nastasya- Love it
Natalya- Love it
Natasha- NMS
Oksana- Great name, love it also
Svetlana- Sophisticated and sweet; would age gracefully
Tanya- Can't stand this one
Zoya- awesome name

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Boys:
Demyen- I don't like Damian either
Fyodor- Great in every way
Ilya- NMS
Ivan- I'd never use it, bad associations, but okay name
Konrad- I can't stand this name
Kostya- I love it.
Lev- It's okay, but nms
Mikhail- Lovely and sweet
Miloslav- Not my fav., but definately not terrible
Nikolai- Great, but too common
Radimir- Radical dude....
Rodion- Radiation anyone?
Serezha- One of my favs, would age gracefully
Vasily- Definately better than Basil!

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Mine-girls:

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Aglaya
Anastasiya
Arisha
Asya [NN for Anastasiya]
Elena
Faina
Katya [NN for Yekaterina]
Kira
Lidiya
Marina
Masha
Milena
Misha [girl only]
Nadenka [NN for Nadya]
Nadya
Natalya
Oksana
Svetlana
Tatiana
Yekaterina
Zoya

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Guys:
Aleksei
Arseni
Artur
Benedikt
Evgeni
Fyodor
Grigoriy
Grisha
Luka
Maksim
Matvei
Milan
Pasha
Roman
Sasha
Sergei
Vasily
Vilen
Yuri