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Basil77 (Deleted. L.) For your information "Vlad" is diminutive for "Vladislav". Diminutives for "Vladimir" are "Vova" and "Volodya". And for those who think that diminutive "Slava" is for "Vladislav" it's wrong. "Slava" goes for "Vyacheslav".
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