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У Тараса Бульбы был сын Остап. (Гоголь Н. В. Тарас Бульба)[/quote]For your information, Taras Bulba was Ukranian, as the name clearly suggests. And so was his son. Besides, that was when? 200 years...

Only if the person's surname is Bender. Never heard of anyone with that name. If you say Ostap to any Russian, Ilf & Petrov inevitably spring to mind.

I used to know a policewoman called Rosa Vladimirovna. This name is quite rare in Russia, but is certainly perceived by native speakers of Russian as a perfectly normal Russian name.

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