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Subject: Re: Meaning of Sushkov
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 83.100.230.165)
Date: September 14, 2008 at 6:17:03 AM
Reply to: Re: Meaning of Sushkov by Steno
If it is from a diminutive of a given name I don't think it will be Francis. St. Francis (of Assisi) is a saint of the western church. I don't think the name had any currency in the orthodox churches of Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

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