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"Maksym Igor Popov" name sounds so fake.

paganel 10y ago
It comes from a 7th century Christian Orthodox monk and theologian called Maximus the Confessor who has a good reputation among Christian Orthodox faithful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor
- vsss 10y ago
  What a bs. Russians/Ukrainians do not have second names.
  - venomsnake 10y ago
    Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin will like to have a word with you. There are both surnames and hyphenated second names.
    - reality_hacker 10y ago
      Name from the article would sound like Maxim Igorovich Popov.
    - vsss 10y ago
      Vladimirovich is not a second name, it's patronymic (name of his father)
  - ausvisaissues 10y ago
    Usually when Russians write their name, they write: Given Name + Patronymic Name + Surname Given name: Vladimir Patronymic name: Alexandrovich (son of Alexandr) Surname: Putin The patronymic name and surname changes between male and female. What is not clear is why Igor is not written as Igorevich. Perhaps a Russian/Ukrainian user can weight in?
    - gonzoua 10y ago
      It may be the name he provided as his legal name when applying for visa/permit. Patronymic name is foreign concept for US/Canadian legal system so for immigration purposes it is treated as middle name AFAIK and quite liberally at that. Canadian immigration service, for one, just cuts patronymic name if total length of first + patronymic + last names exceeds certain limit (my guess - the limi tis length of the field in some form/database). So "Igorevich" becomes "Igore" or "Igorev" depending on you first/last names lengths. US may have more flexible rules and lets you provide your version of middle name or drop it altogether. I wouldn't attach too much importance to this detail
      - vsss 10y ago
        There are no patronymics in Russian passports at least, not sure about Ukrainian. But even if they are, it would be Igorevich 100%. And it's always written on American visas as in national passport.
    - vsss 10y ago
      Russian user here. Yes, that's weird. I would expect something like Maxim Igorevich Popov.

It comes from a 7th century Christian Orthodox monk and theologian called Maximus the Confessor who has a good reputation among Christian Orthodox faithful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor

vsss 10y ago
What a bs. Russians/Ukrainians do not have second names.
- venomsnake 10y ago
  Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin will like to have a word with you. There are both surnames and hyphenated second names.
  - reality_hacker 10y ago
    Name from the article would sound like Maxim Igorovich Popov.
  - vsss 10y ago
    Vladimirovich is not a second name, it's patronymic (name of his father)
- ausvisaissues 10y ago
  Usually when Russians write their name, they write: Given Name + Patronymic Name + Surname Given name: Vladimir Patronymic name: Alexandrovich (son of Alexandr) Surname: Putin The patronymic name and surname changes between male and female. What is not clear is why Igor is not written as Igorevich. Perhaps a Russian/Ukrainian user can weight in?
  - gonzoua 10y ago
    It may be the name he provided as his legal name when applying for visa/permit. Patronymic name is foreign concept for US/Canadian legal system so for immigration purposes it is treated as middle name AFAIK and quite liberally at that. Canadian immigration service, for one, just cuts patronymic name if total length of first + patronymic + last names exceeds certain limit (my guess - the limi tis length of the field in some form/database). So "Igorevich" becomes "Igore" or "Igorev" depending on you first/last names lengths. US may have more flexible rules and lets you provide your version of middle name or drop it altogether. I wouldn't attach too much importance to this detail
    - vsss 10y ago
      There are no patronymics in Russian passports at least, not sure about Ukrainian. But even if they are, it would be Igorevich 100%. And it's always written on American visas as in national passport.
  - vsss 10y ago
    Russian user here. Yes, that's weird. I would expect something like Maxim Igorevich Popov.