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Re: Meaning of Sushkov
in reply to a message 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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