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Xavier in Russia
In the Russian book Hadji Murat, there was a character named Elizaveta Xavierevna (so, it`s implied her father was named Xavier). I`m curious to know if a version of Xavier was ever used in Russia, since I`ve found no evidence of it being Russian on BtN.
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The Russian form is Ксаверий (Ksavierij), no idea how common it is. Other Slavic forms are Ksawery (Polish) and Ksaver (Croatian).
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