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[CtahhR]

So selo would equate to Hamlet? (Just like where I'm from).

[aviator]

So selo would equate to Hamlet? (Just like where I'm from).

No, hamlet is хутор in Russian. Selo is a big village with a church (before the revolution) or with Selsovet (after the revolution). All the other villages are smaller than selo. And "houtor" is smaller than village.

[Auke]

Traditionally (and today), a selo did indeed have a church while a derevnya didn't. A derevnya is slightly larger than a hamlet. A khutor is smaller than a hamlet - just one farmstead.

[Tommy]

Hi Guys,

Any ideas about this one?

Cheers,

Tom

[desantnik]

Word is способным

[CtahhR]

Here are a pair of names from award documents where the clerk has either been over excited or drunk. Both are family names, the first obviously ending "ov".

[Auke]

Seems like the second one is a signature. They might be Пиляков and Горницкий.

[CtahhR]

Piljakov certainly seems to work for the first one.

The second one is unfortunately not a signature. Petko ? tski. Could be Gorlitski as there are a few in Bulgaria.

These are always easier when they use a typewriter.

[Auke]

Indeed a very sloppy job!

[Nota Bene]

Looks like Petko to me. I believe it's a common Bulgarian last name.

Alexei

Piljakov certainly seems to work for the first one.

The second one is unfortunately not a signature. Petko ? tski. Could be Gorlitski as there are a few in Bulgaria.

These are always easier when they use a typewriter.