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Help[Opinions] 1960s-80s soviet russia (10 times the charm)
Sorry about the title, i am extremely mad because i have tried to write this out about 10 times but the page keeps reloading and i keep loosing internet and my ipad is slow yada yada
I'm writing a story set in 60s-80s in soviet Russia, and i was struggling to find names that were popular in these times, so i have basically just been using famous russian people's names from this era and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surnames_in_Russia for surnames. Also, i have not included patronymics
Zoya Kharitonova
Anna Orlova
Anastasiya ‘Nastya’ Shcherbakova
Kristina Abramova
Vera Markova
Natalia Kuznetsova
Vladimir Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Reshetnikov
Ilya Preobrzhnasky
Ekaterina Preobrzhnaskaya
Nadezhda ‘Nadya’ Preobrzhnaskaya
Varvara Tsiganova
Olga Komolova
Konstantin Yolkin
Yuriy Vasin
Oksana Koshkina
Nikolas Teplov
Also, if you're russian/ grew up in the soviet era, please tell me if this is accurate enough.
I'm writing a story set in 60s-80s in soviet Russia, and i was struggling to find names that were popular in these times, so i have basically just been using famous russian people's names from this era and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surnames_in_Russia for surnames. Also, i have not included patronymics
Zoya Kharitonova
Anna Orlova
Anastasiya ‘Nastya’ Shcherbakova
Kristina Abramova
Vera Markova
Natalia Kuznetsova
Vladimir Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Reshetnikov
Ilya Preobrzhnasky
Ekaterina Preobrzhnaskaya
Nadezhda ‘Nadya’ Preobrzhnaskaya
Varvara Tsiganova
Olga Komolova
Konstantin Yolkin
Yuriy Vasin
Oksana Koshkina
Nikolas Teplov
Also, if you're russian/ grew up in the soviet era, please tell me if this is accurate enough.
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I meant Nikolai, i just got a bit confused because of Nicholas the something, that dude before the revolution. I didn't include patronymics in this because they're a bit difficult trying to think for each and every character a new patronymic, usually i will add those in later, though i should've really added them in right now. I'm doimg it right now, here is what i have so far:
Zoya Aleksandrovna Kharitonova
Anna Sergeyovna Orlova
Anastasiya 'Nastya' Ivanovna Shcherbakova
Vladimir 'Vova' Artyomovich
Kristina Petrovna Abramova
Also, i would like to add in that just because one of them has the patronymic of a different male character doesn't exactly mean they are related, most of them are orphans and got given a random one at birth (i think thats how it works, thats what they do with surnames in English speaking countries)
Zoya Aleksandrovna Kharitonova
Anna Sergeyovna Orlova
Anastasiya 'Nastya' Ivanovna Shcherbakova
Vladimir 'Vova' Artyomovich
Kristina Petrovna Abramova
Also, i would like to add in that just because one of them has the patronymic of a different male character doesn't exactly mean they are related, most of them are orphans and got given a random one at birth (i think thats how it works, thats what they do with surnames in English speaking countries)
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By the way, how would you adress someone using Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms? Eg: Miss Brown, is there a word for Miss in Russian or do you call them something else?
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The formal words for Mr and Ms are gospodin (господин) and gospozha (госпожа). However, in Soviet Russia, these forms were seen as antiquated. Both men and women were addressed as tovarishch (товарищ) surname. In English - comrade [surname].
Gospodin and gospozha have fallen out of use except for very formal correspondence. A polite form of address is still the first name and patronymic - so a boss, coworker, or neighbour would address your characters as Anna Sergeievna and so forth. Or comrade Orlova.
Gospodin and gospozha have fallen out of use except for very formal correspondence. A polite form of address is still the first name and patronymic - so a boss, coworker, or neighbour would address your characters as Anna Sergeievna and so forth. Or comrade Orlova.
This message was edited 9/24/2023, 2:45 PM
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Thanks!
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