//Hi Carol, //

Once on *21.06.03* you wrote about "Re: OFFICIAL NOTICE!!!" to Alex Polevoy

 CS> It varies though across Russia.  Anatoli for example comes from an area
 CS> where surnames have only been in fashion for the past 2 generations at
 CS> best.  

Well it was in the country (nearly the whole Russia :-) or some national territories.

 CS> Thats why he has 2 'last names'.  

He can't have 2 last names officially. In documents only one is allowed.
For ex., my grandmother's family had an official last name and a street
nickname (in the end of 19th century, a village in the European part of
Russia).

Bye.
O.Z. oz{at}newmail.ru


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