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Re: Pondering female Russian names
Melor and Vladlen aren't used much any longer either, are they? (I do think Ninel is a cute name, after all. Better than Stalina - ugh!)Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe where you were sure of finding shirts - Frida Kahlo
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No, not anymore, although... wait a minute...My grandmother has friend named Stalina! Well, no surprise, as she was born in the 1930s. What is more surprising, I have met a girl of my age named Vladlena! I can find no explanation to that unless... her parents simply did not realise what it meant. Quite possible.___________________________________________Pureness rules the world
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Well, it sounds OK after all...but it's not a name I would consider, despite being left-wing...Lenin was a bit extreme.Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe where you were sure of finding shirts - Frida Kahlo
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