Oktyabrina

Usages: Soviet, Russian

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Meaning: Derived from Russian октябрь (oktyabr) meaning "October". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, and was used in order to commemorate the October Revolution of 1917 and the creation of the (now former) Soviet state in 1922. A known bearer of this name was Oktyabrina Voronova (1934-1990), a Russian poetess of Sami descent.

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Soviet_origin (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C#Russian (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octobering (in English)
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0 (in Russian; this is the article about the name Oktyabrina)
- see page 144 of "Sowjetrussische Vornamen: Ein Lexikon" written by Herwig Kraus: https://books.google.de/books?id=3tXmBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 (in German)
- "Revolutionary Names: Russian Personal Names and Political Consciousness in the 1920s and 1930s" written by B. I. Kolonitskiy: https://docslide.com.br/documents/revolutionary-names-russian-personal-names-and-political-consciousness.html (in English)
- see page 356 of "Pop Culture Russia!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle" written by Birgit Beumers: https://books.google.de/books?id=Hix8AyteLN8C&pg=PA356 (in English)
- see page 2 of "Flickan Vemärsolen och pojken Glädmig - om några georgiska förnamn" written by Karina Vamling: http://www.academia.edu/1862891/Flickan_Vem%C3%A4rsolen_och_pojken_Gl%C3%A4dmig_om_n%C3%A5gra_georgiska_f%C3%B6rnamn (in Swedish)
- "Странные советские имена" (Strange Soviet names) at https://harding1989.livejournal.com/35245.html (in Russian)
- "Имена советского происхождения" (Names of Soviet origin) at https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F (in Russian)
- "Список имён советского происхождения" (List of names of Soviet origin) at https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F (in Russian)
- (general search, using the Cyrillic alphabet): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+&last=&search=Suche
- (general search, using the Latin alphabet): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Oktyabrina&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0,_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0 (in Russian; this is the article about Oktyabrina Voronova)

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(Information from name #40632 originally submitted by user vomiting)