Vilen, feminine: Vilena are given names originated in the early Soviet Union as an acronym for "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin". Notable people with the name include:
Yevtushenko or Evtushenko is a gender-neutral Ukrainian surname that originates from the Greek given name Eutychius. It may refer to:
Vinokurov, feminine: Vinokurova, is a Russian occupational surname derived from the word "винокур", which is an archaic name of the profession of spirit distilling. The Ukrainian-language version is Vynokurov, Vynokurova
Belousov, feminine: Belousova is a Russian-Polish patronymic surname formed from the nickname Belous derived from Belye Usy, "White Moustache".
Tokarev, or Tokareva (Токарева), is a Russian surname, derived from the word "токарь" (turner). Notable people with the surname include:
Smirnov or Smirnova is one of the two most common surnames in Russia. Smirnov is derived from an adjectival nickname smirnyj, that means "quiet, still, peaceful, gentle".
Dobryansky (masculine), Dobryanskaya (feminine) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Inna (Инна) is a European given name. It was the name of an early East Orthodox male martyr, but is currently used as a feminine name only. In ancient Greece, the name Ἴννα (Inna) is also attested, however a connection with the Russian Inna has not been confirmed.
Derevyanko is a Ukrainian surname that may refer to:
Dziuba or Dzyuba is a surname of Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian origins. It may refer to:
Vladlen is a masculine given name of Soviet origin, created after Vladimir Lenin's death as a way to advance his cult of personality. Notable people with the name include:
Vodopyanov is an East Slavic surname in the masculine form. Variants include: Vodopianov, Vodopianoff, Wodopjanow. The female variant is Vodopyanova (Водопьянова).
Zozulya, also spelled Zozulia and Zozula, is a Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kravets is a Ukrainian-language occupational surname meaning "tailor".
Willi Ivanovich Tokarev was a Russian-American singer-songwriter. In the 1980s, he became famous throughout the Soviet Union for his songs about life as a Russian émigré in New York in Brighton Beach.
Given names of Soviet origin appeared in the early history of the Soviet Union, coinciding with the period of intensive word formation, both being part of the so-called "revolutionary transformation of the society" with the corresponding fashion of neologisms and acronyms, which Richard Stites characterized as a utopian vision of creating a new reality by means of verbal imagery. They constituted a notable part of the new Soviet phraseology.
Kaszuba is a Polish-language surname, meaning "Kashubian". It may be transliterated as Kashuba, Kašuba (Lithuanian), Kachouba (French-style), or Kaschuba (German).
Antonina and Antoņina are feminine given names and nicknames. It is a Bulgarian, Latin, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian given name that is an alternate form of Antonia in use in Israel, Vietnam, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. It is a Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish diminutive form of Antonia in use in Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, parts of the Republic of Karelia, Germany, Italy, Northern Estonia, Austria, eastern Switzerland, and parts of Romania and Hungary. Antoņina is a Latvian alternate form of Antonia in use in Latvia. Notable people with this name include the following:
Hordiyenko is a Ukrainian-language surname. It may be transliterated in Russian as Gordiyenko and Romanian as Gordienco. It is a patronymic surname, derived from the first name Hordiy, derived from Saint Gordianus.
Vasilevich may refer to:
Melekhov, feminine: Melekhova is a Russian-language surname. The Ukrainian-language equivalent is Melekhiv, Belarusan: Melekhau/Melekhaw. It is a patronymic surname derived from the diminutive form Мелёха/Мелеха (Melyokha/Melekha) of the given name Yemelyan or Meletiy/Meletius.