Russian names are my jam, I love all of them, but I do have those I like a bit more than the others.
I really like the names made up of Slavic elements, such as
Vladimir,
Miroslav,
Radmir,
Bogdan,
Borislav,
Bronislav,
Stanislav,
Ludmila,
Svetlana,
Rostislav, etc. I also have a soft spot for the "communist names" made up during the Soviet Union, especially
Marlen and
Oktyabrina. I find it very interesting how much language can change depending on it's environment, this is why I love these two kinds of names.
Then I have the names I like for their diminutives:
Pavel (
Pasha),
Anatoliy (
Tolya, Tolik),
Grigoriy (
Grisha, Grikha) and of course
Aleksandr (
Sasha,
Shura, Shurik,
Sanya,
Alya).
Then I also really like the name
Innokentiy, but I don't have any reason outside just the ~vibes~