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[Facts] Names of Russian Old Believers
Discovered some unusual Russian names in an article about Russian Old Believers of Alaska. Does anyone know where they come from?Prohor
Larion
Pimen
Varsanofy
Karnily
Ulita
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Larion is most likely a short form of Hilarion.
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Prohor is most likely a variant of Prokhor, which is the Russian form of Prochorus.

This message was edited 7/1/2012, 10:30 AM

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