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But what about when the two names are very close...?

For example, we call Царь Николай - Tsar Nicholas. It's not a significant difference.

He calls all students by unrelated Russian names. I was called Дима and another in my class was called Дмитрий. One girl's real name was Anastasia and she went by Светлана.

My teacher insisted on calling me Дима, and once the militia stopped me (they were randomly stopping lots of teenagers asking for draft papers), and so he was looking at my passport when my teacher...

Too bad that's not what they put on my visa...

Стивен Майкль...

и Степан Давидович...