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For example, if a man whose name is
Aндрей has a son and a daughter,
the middle
name
(
отчество) of the former will be
Aндреевич and that of the latter
Aндреевна.
But if a father's name is, say,
Иван, the middle names of his
children will be Иванович
and
Ивановна respectively.
Now we know that a full name of any person living in Russia has three mandatory
components:
имя, отчество, фамилия. All these components were present in the
internal passport issued to all Soviet citizens over 16 years old, in any application form
or official questionnaire. For
еxample:
Андрей Николаевич Иванов.
If the above person has two children:
a son
Пётр and a daughter
Наталья, their full
names will be, accordingly,
Пётр Андреевич Иванов and
Наталья Андреевна
Иванова.
Like
in English-speaking countries, the full name in Russia is used mainly in official
documents and at ceremonial occasions. Relatives and friends normally call each other
using nothing
more than diminutive names, e.g.
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