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[Opinions] Re: Anastasia
In Russian, last names are like adjectives too, so technically her last name is Romanova, not Romanov. Any last name ending in -ov/-ev, -in/-yn gets an a added for the feminine form. Last names ending in -sky or -skoy turn to -skaya. To me, since Russians don't have middle names like us, it just sounds wrong to have two Russian names together, no matter what they are.
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Thanks for clarifying the last name part. I suggested Maria and Marina because, while they are Russian, they're not very strongly identified as Russian, especially not Maria.
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