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obyknven

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sounds like every second russian is nobleman after all

Nope. Surnames originated in nicknames (and vulgar versions of names) and professions belongs to common people.

Chilloutman

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sounds like every second russian is nobleman after all

Nope. Surnames originated in nicknames (and vulgar versions of names) and professions belongs to common people.

 

 

So same as everywhere else, but for some reason in Russian, all of them were noble houses, war leaders, or rich traders :)

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Meshugger

Meshugger

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Surnames of Russian commoners.

 

Rudova - originated from ancient Russian word Ruda = blood, nickname  for redhaired people in medieval Russia.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2612275/

http://youtu.be/fA9Xqu3MAR0

 

Letuchaya - nickname for someone very fast/swiftly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Letuchaya

http://youtu.be/j_aZp9dxR0Y

 

I love these small bits about Russia. MOAR.

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

Meshugger

Meshugger

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I never understood why russia is so hard on adidas.

 

/edit: Thanks google. http://weirdrussia.com/2015/01/04/why-is-adidas-so-popular-among-russians/

 

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A picture of Pushkin and a tracksuit. Only thing missing is the squatting, then i would've declared the picture the end of all art.

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"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

obyknven

obyknven

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Moar surnames of common people.

Shishkova - from ancient Russian word Shishko (Devil) - descendant of Russian medieval brigands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alena_Shishkova
http://youtu.be/Brlm1OXnYC8

Katasonova - surname of non-Russian people. Two origins are possible:
1. descendant of executor from Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
2. descendant of Turkic ancestor (surname can be translated as strong mountain or fortress) from conquered Golden Horde (despite Western myths about mongol rape IRL everything is vice versa - it's Russians conquer Golden Horde and totally assimilate/russificate Turkic population).
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2016/08/27/life-lesson-re-maria-katasonova-hot-russian-chick-hates-hillary/

http://youtu.be/--9E5E_u1L0

 

Gromnir

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edit video

 

memory is a funny thing.  we spent a few weeks in soviet russia in a time before the wall came tumbling down.  all kinda amazing and unique experiences.  even so, when we thinks o' our trip to moscow, one o' the first images that springs to mind is the subways.  say what you will 'bout soviet era russia (and there is much we can say,) but the subways were amazing clean and almost surreal given our experience with chicago L and nyc subways.  ubiquitous chandeliers.  am not certain if the chandeliers is still part o' the decor in moscow subway stations, but seeing crystal chandeliers in subway stations is an image that has not dimmed in the least over the intervening decades.  so utter beyond our experience, and kinda pretty too.  am hoping there is still big crystal chandeliers in the moscow subway stations.

 

HA! Good Fun!

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ShadySands

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I was also surprised by the subways in St. Petersburg. Well, first I was shocked by how deep they were but after our journey to the center of the Earth I was impressed by how nice and clean they were. Dunno if they are that deep elsewhere or if that's just something particular to that area since I never went to another big city when I was there a few years back

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Malcador

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Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

Meshugger

Meshugger

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His voice made the video. Everything just sounded so delicious.

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

obyknven

obyknven

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Meanwhile in Ukraine. Ukrainian  ex-soldier ( veteran of war against East Ukrainian separatists ) kill two Ukrainian policemen. If your government use army for kill/destroy/rape own civilians  it's hard to explain to them why they can't do same thing in other cities of  homeland.

http://youtu.be/Bcqx_weuC8I

 

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Killed policemen

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Strange conclusion. Punishers (and just warriors)  better to die in war instead of stay alive. It's explain well why Russians prefer to utilize such people for Motherland in suicidal attacks  - higher Russian casulates cause better and safer life for society in result. We can predict a big problems for US society also in near future caused by flawless Murikan victories in Oil wars.

obyknven

obyknven

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Moar of migrants surnames in Russia.
 
Micheeva - descendants of  XVI century Polish migrants. Can be descendants of peasants, craftsmen, priesthood or noblity (in other words this surname is very widespread).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael
http://youtu.be/mOQZqnysIAY

Shinkevich - descendants of Polish innkeepers (from Polish word Szynk). In this video  you can see how such descendant of medieval Polish migrants torture train fat girls in Russia.

http://youtu.be/cX8T27HOW1E

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