Eastern Slavic naming customs
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Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
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They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser extent in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.
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Name | Belarusian example | Russian example | Ukrainian example |
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First name (given name) | Belarusian: Уладзімір, romanized: Uladzimir | Russian: Владимир, romanized: Vladimir | Ukrainian: Володимир, romanized: Volodymyr |
Patronymic | Belarusian: Антонавіч, romanized: Antonavič | Russian: Антонович, romanized: Antonovich | Ukrainian: Антонович, romanized: Antonovych |
Family name (surname) | Belarusian: Іваноў, romanized: Ivanoŭ | Russian: Иванов, romanized: Ivanov | Ukrainian: Іванів, romanized: Ivaniv |
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