Russian place names...

[grobelaar]

Wonderin' if any of the No-Future members from Russian/former Soviet Union can help me with some Russian Names. I'm trying to populate my fictitious former Soviet Republic for this computer game I'm working on with names for shops, houses, parks, blocks of flats etc etc...

...and was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers to groups of famous Russian/former soviet names.

I've already done Russian Gymnasts, Composers, Doggie Cosmonausts (my fave).

Any ideas or pointers to websites with inspiration would be greatly appreciated...

ta, Grobs

[M H]

One things for sure, after my recent trip to poland, they have to be unpronouncable, or at least pronounced copletely differently to the way you thought...

[owain_k]

Grobs...

I reckons u'll be needin a special keyboard for that man :)

Alternatively, drink yerself a nice litre of Vodka n i swear u'll be speakin like a native in no time ;)

[grobelaar]

Hey guys this making shit up is a serious business - try and get with the programme yeah! - its not like I'm some techno producer you know - I can't just sit there bashing away at any old buttons, twiddling a few nobs and sliders until it sounds good... :-)

[pille'ocheoni]

russian name dictionary (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/a.html)

[grobelaar]

Cheers dude, got that already - I'm actually looking for groups of names - so I can theme say all the apartment blocks in an area with names of a particular theme...

[pille'ocheoni]

oh ok...sorry bout that.......but at the bottom it sayd names by cities...........maybe that 'll help

[tsr_tomas]

VANJA.. great Male name, i was stund to see FARBROR VANJA (uncle vanja) on a big board in central stockholm.. coz most often name´s that end´s with an A is a female name. i´ve a friend at work who is named Vanja, and it´s a she... so i asked her. Vanja, why dos it say Farbror vanja.. isn´t vanja a female name... then she answer. nah, in russia it´s a Male name.... [burn] excellent [burns/]

this is not a House name or anything like that.. still.


Mocka... some subway in russia ey ?

[daimon]

:.)
It means Moscow.

> Mocka... some subway in russia ey ?

[actionjetzon]

but its written and called Mockba!...yeah it means Moscow. look at Neil Landstrumms "Mockba" ep on Sativae

[tsr_tomas]

haha, i´ve just notice that i wrote Mocka.
of course i meant Mockba.
good to know what i mean´s =)


(mocka in swedish means Cowshit).

[JE:5]

What about "Whodya Nickabollokov"? ;)

[JE:5]

No, seriously...Have you read "crime and Punishment" by Dovstoyevsky? Excellent source of Russian names there.

[bionoid]

Vasiliy
Ivan
Alexander
Sergei
Petr
Vladimir
Danila
Victor
it s real names of russians =) i m Andrey

[Marolo]

read Anton Checkov too

[tsr_tomas]

where is Phono when you need him ?

[actionjetzon]

but Moscow is speaken "Mosquwa" in Russia, right bionoid?

[bionoid]

yes mosquwa =)
phono name Maxim

[phono]

who calling me? :))

hey, ask me everything what you need, globelaar!

GUM - state universal shop (if this is ok?...:)
CUM - central universal shop
Krasnaya Ploshyad - Red Square
Park Gorkogo - Gorkiy park
Mavzoley, Vodka, Seledka, Balalayka... hahaha :))

so....

[moorekk]

some words wich I know

obshcheyobrazovatzelnuy litzey - high school (nice toung-twister ! ha!)
prystanock - bus stop


here are some url's to russian pages:
www.ru (also in english)
www.online.ru
www.rambler.ru

bcego xopowego!

[fiby]

hi overthere!!!some of u so good at russian!!!=)))
i`ll try to help u....
i`ll think about your problem!
i`m russian.=)

[phono]

wonderful!
hey, fiby, where're you in ru?

[fiby]

i`m in saint-petersburg!

[fiby]

phono!!!r u russian???

[fiby]

ah! i see you are.
so who r u????what r u doing here????

[fiby]

look here (http://eng.gov.spb.ru/culture/shops) if you are interested in shops(russia,saint-petersburg)