Hi Andrey, talking about names. I was always curious where my name originates from. I know it must be somewhere in Poland or Belarus. Do you have an idea? Erich Andrey Smirnov wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >> >> Well, (Gary said, ddeliberately changing the ^Subject:), >> interesting. My mother's parents are from Hungary, two of my >> dad's grandparents from Germany. >> Didn't know about Hungary (or Japan). China, yes. Anybody on >> this geek list know any other societies where the surname is >> traditionally presented first and the given name last? > > > In Russia, in all official documents name is written: > Family_Name First_Name Middle_Name > > So, my full name would be: > Smirnov Andrey Andreevich > > In short form, we usually put first name in head of family name (surname): > Andrey Smirnov > This feels less official. > > So, it's sometimes hard to find out what is what if you don't know > Russian names well. >Received on Wed May 18 2005 - 13:11:16 UTC
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