07-09-2012, 10:53 AM
I suspect her name was Rukhia bint Abid (Rukhia d/o Abid) which got Russified as you see this. There is a great deal of mangling of these names. Not sure I'd call it an "Arab" name, but it surely is a generic Muslim female naming of the area, something you could find in Iran or Afghanistan as well.












