Westernization vs Russification and Pan-Slavism

[dracona]

Darth Olga, thank you for your concern. May the force  be with you and may Episode III be very good.
           Yes I'm fine, I just put a lot of emotion and time and research into my stories and this particular one was written some time ago before I  really started using the internet and found other sources and many things needed to be changed.

[olga]

May the Force be with you too.  

[Belochka]

Another question guys,
      the feminine name of  Ginechka.

There is no such Russian name.

Perhaps you might be after Gena which is a masculine name, short for Gennadi?

[dracona]

Hi guys,  I haven't been able to work on the story since spring break but I just finished editing it last night and I have some final questions for the experts.
          Nicknames/shortenings for Anatoly and Viktor.
          Misha is the shortening for Mikhail, right?
          Why are all of the Russian Genealogy sites not working, at least any connected to T.F. Boettger?
          I found a possible  brother and sister for Anastasia Hendrikova. The bio and other info I've gotten only mentions a sister, no brother, and that the sister didn't have any kids, one genealogical site I found stated a Natalia Hendrikova(the same name as Nastia's sister) but this one had a son.  Can anyone help me? I don't have a deadline or anything but it would be nice to wrap all of this up.

[lexi4]

Dracona,
I can't help you because I don't know a lot. But admire you for your efforts and wish you well with your story.

[olga]

[glb]Basic nickname[/glb] [glb]Affectionate[/glb] [glb]Vulgar[/glb]

Anatoly [glb]Tolya,[/glb] [glb]Tolen'ka, Tolechka, Tolik, Tolyushka,[/glb] [glb]Tol'ka, Tolyan.[/glb]

Viktor [glb]Vitya,[/glb][glb]Viten'ka, Vitechka, Vityusha,[/glb][glb]Vit'ka.[/glb]

[Mike]

Tolik is by no means "vulgar", rather familiar.
Should be Vitechka, not Vitochka.

[Macedonsky]

I found a possible  brother and sister for Anastasia Hendrikova.

Look at http://nr.genealogia.ru:2317/nr?lang=ru;i=3967

[olga]

Tolik is by no means "vulgar", rather familiar.
Should be Vitechka, not Vitochka.

Thankyou Misha, that's what happens when you cut and paste in a hurry!

[dracona]

Thanks Olga,  
     It's looks like Nastia had two brothers and two sisters, I've never seen the name Agyeippina (roughly translated) before. It looks like her brothers never had kids to carry one the family name,  only her sister Alexandra.
    It is with some regret that I'll be taking liberties with history and giving her brother Pyotr a wife and children in the interest of not changing all of the Hendrikovs to Balshovs.
       Sorry guys and those offended. Keep replying with answers and ideas.

[Macedonsky]

I've never seen the name Agyeippina (roughly translated) before.

Agrippina, venerable Latin name:

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=531
http://www.pomog.org/prologue/July/6.htm
http://www.days.ru/Life/life1380.htm

[dracona]

Vassily, Countess Hendrikova's father, died in 1912, did one of his sons take over his position as Master of Ceremonies, or somthing of that nature,  or was it given to another noble?

son/daughter of Andrei/y which is more common
                Andreeva/Andreev - Andreenva/Andreevich?

[dracona]

Hey guys I'm back,
     Is there a Russian Quarter, community in Athens, does anyone know what part of the city its in? if anyone knows of other cities with large Russian communities in Western Europe it would be helpful too.
   also can children speak, even basic words, the beginning of sentances at the age of 2?

[dracona]

Please guys, summer's only so long and I don't even have all three months to work on it. I would ask the people on IMDb.com but they're not always the most reliable.

[Mike]

There is a significant Russian-speaking community in Athens, composed mainly of repatriated Greeks from the former USSR. I don't know if they settled in a certain neighborhood, but from the addresses of "Russian" businesses at http://www.russiangreece.gr seems like there are more of them in Kalliphea.

There are many Russians of various "types" in Cyprus - not only Russian-speaking Greeks but also ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, Armenians etc. They live mostly in Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaka and Pathos.

In Europe, the largest Russian communities are in Berlin and Prague, and there are plenty of them in all large cities in Germany.

But if you're looking for a really big Russian-speaking country outside the former USSR, it's Israel with its over 1 million Russian speakers.