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In Russian, linguists tend to differentiate between so-called "Christian" or "Canonical" names (khristianskii or kanonicheskii) and "Old Russian" (drevnerusskii) given names. The former are usually Biblical (like Ivan, Konstantin, and Pavel) while the others are traced to the Vikings or to earlier inhabitants of the steppes (like Oleg, Igor', and Ol'ga). | In Russian, linguists tend to differentiate between so-called "Christian" or "Canonical" names (khristianskii or kanonicheskii) and "Old Russian" (drevnerusskii) given names. The former are usually Biblical (like Ivan, Konstantin, and Pavel) while the others are traced to the Vikings or to earlier inhabitants of the steppes (like Oleg, Igor', and Ol'ga). | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
*[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/ A Dictionary of Period Russian Names] | *[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/ A Dictionary of Period Russian Names] | ||
*[ | *[http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/zgrammar.html Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Russian Names-Grammar] | ||
{{Place|Russia}} | {{Place|Russia}} | ||
[[Category:Russia]] | [[Category:Russia]] | ||