07-18-2013, 06:29 PM
You've got to love the Russian takes on ethnic names.
Sergo, Sergej and Sako when the name is probably Serko.
Very much a Transcaucasian name that is a Russian bureaucrat's nightmare but at the same time the obscure names are easier to track than all the Petes, Alexs and Ivans.
The more time spent exposed to these "non-Russian" names the easier it is to understand the differences.
I have a "Sergej Vladimirovich" who is really a "Serko Ladis-dze". If someone didn't know the conversion of names between languages it'd be extremely difficult and frustrating.
Sergo, Sergej and Sako when the name is probably Serko.
Very much a Transcaucasian name that is a Russian bureaucrat's nightmare but at the same time the obscure names are easier to track than all the Petes, Alexs and Ivans.
The more time spent exposed to these "non-Russian" names the easier it is to understand the differences.
I have a "Sergej Vladimirovich" who is really a "Serko Ladis-dze". If someone didn't know the conversion of names between languages it'd be extremely difficult and frustrating.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
