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Mmm.. What do you mean?[/quote]

It's a typo, I'm sure. INformal is what he meant to say. Would you walk up to your teacher and say "What's up, Anna?" No. You'd say "Hello, Mrs. Smith." It's the...

Ethnic Russian names, yes. Others, no.
Thus you'll find plenty of Ivanovas, Kuznetsovas, and Medvedevas, but names like Chernenko, Tymoshenko, Netrebko, etc. won't change.

I'm sure the experts will correct me if I'm wrong, so here it goes:
1. You've got it all backwards; Russians typically have 3 names -- first, patronymic, and family.
2. First name is...