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Good point, Iosif! Eventually it's you and your name, no matter who tells what.

Please give me an example of a Russian feminine surname that ends on "-ava" (with the stress on the first "a"... Well, or just with such ending).[/quote]

Оль, у меня сразу два варианта...

Say, if you would look very like prime minister of England, or had a scary keenship with Hugh Grant. People would stare at you on the streets and finger you and ask you leave thema sign or a photo....

They should not, Iosif, would you be offenced if anyone introduced himself as Oliver Cromwell or George Bush or Napoleon or Faust?

:)

You must decide yourself should you change your name or not.
If you are going to live in Russia - perhaps you should change your father's name in your pasport, if you about to move to Georgya, yo...

If you read these our notes, read the article.
Your name should be Iosif Vissarionovich Bakhvalov_, no a in the end.

Doesn't the article help you to know why your name may astonish some Russian people?
Then I do not know how to help you.
Make a labor - read the article. I would read it and repeat what was said in...

You may scan your passport or credit card number if you wish.
But Iosif Vissarionovich is a name of this old man with mustaches.
Just follow the links above.

However now, after I googled Иосиф Виссарионович, I found the article in Wiki. Seems lke he was something like a Soviet leader. But me or Оля can hardly know him. He died long before our birth.
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Tell me, what's your father's first name?

Оль, но, ведь, нам с тобой такое имя ровным счётом ничего не говорит - имя как имя. Ведь, это так, Оль?

iosifbakhvalova
I don't know why do people think you have a unique name.


Оль, твои две...