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Post by Mortimer on Sept 23, 2017 4:35:18 GMT
And how distant that ancestor can be? What if you are a similar ethnicity like serb (orthodox slavic etc.) do you have it easier to get russian citizenship? I have a russian ancestor, but only very distant (grandfather of my grandmother). I dont know his birthplace, neither his name and nothing. I was just told he was russian and my grandmother used to have a picture of him and they told me he was light/fair and that he was russian. But if I investigated I could probably find it out.
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 25, 2017 2:57:42 GMT
My uncle said his name was "Michael Kacanov". Do you know anything about that? Ка чанов? yes my uncle said mihajlo but thats the serbianised version of michael, i dont know his russian version. michael kacanov. maybe you know something here? thanks.
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Post by Epitimia on Sept 25, 2017 3:45:08 GMT
yes my uncle said mihajlo but thats the serbianised version of michael, i dont know his russian version. michael kacanov. maybe you know something here? thanks. Качанов — It is to my understanding that this surname belongs to the ancient type of Russian surnames, formed from personal nicknames which was common until around XVII century. Usually these names were descriptive of the person given the nickname. There were according to records countless names of this type and made it easy to distinguish the person in society. «Качан» or «Кочан» — «вилок капусты из плотно прилегающих друг к другу листьев» so we can assume this was the nickname of man of large, loose physical traits and maybe short in height, round in figure basically. Another possibility could be the riddle about the кочан капусты — «сорок одёжек, и все без застёжек» which may be possibly describing the man who likes to wrap himself in many layers of clothes throughout the year. This possibility would fit better with some south Russian uses of the word «кочан» початок кукурузы, не освобождённый от листьев, скрывающих его. Another possibility that is less likely if he was Cossack would be in the old Vyatka dialect's uses of «Качан» or «Кочан» that in older times apparently was used more describing characteristics of «петух» which could then possibly be the nickname of men with those characteristics, outwardly confident type of guy, maybe a fighter. These are some possibilities and maybe someone else has something to add.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Sept 25, 2017 9:23:32 GMT
Surname Kachanov characteristic of the Don and Terek Cossacks. my friend the Cossack said
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 25, 2017 22:09:11 GMT
Surname Kachanov characteristic of the Don and Terek Cossacks. my friend the Cossack said Makes sense, because I have been told he was a Cossack.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Sept 26, 2017 5:25:53 GMT
Surname Kachanov characteristic of the Don and Terek Cossacks. my friend the Cossack said Makes sense, because I have been told he was a Cossack. If you are from the Cossacks then you're in luck! This is a hospitable people who love their relatives. Wherever they veins
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 27, 2017 23:26:51 GMT
What I would be considered in Russia? A)Foreigner from Europe B)Foreigner outside Europe C)Russian D)One of the non-russian ethnics in Russian Federation (please specify which like caucasian or azeri) E)Romani Gypsy
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Post by Διαμονδ on Sept 28, 2017 21:30:51 GMT
for a true Romani Gypsy may not look! mixed type
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 28, 2017 21:31:40 GMT
for a true Romani Gypsy may not look! mixed type Are you a Russian, bro?
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Post by Διαμονδ on Sept 28, 2017 21:47:00 GMT
for a true Romani Gypsy may not look! mixed type Are you a Russian, bro? half. in general, Ukrainian!
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 28, 2017 21:59:10 GMT
half. in general, Ukrainian! Is your other half Ukranian or did I misunderstood here?
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Post by Διαμονδ on Sept 28, 2017 22:03:12 GMT
half. in general, Ukrainian! Is your other half Ukranian or did I misunderstood here? Yes! I am ukrainian/russian origin ))
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 28, 2017 22:14:19 GMT
Is your other half Ukranian or did I misunderstood here? Yes! I am ukrainian/russian origin )) cool bro.
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Post by Epitimia on Sept 28, 2017 23:01:20 GMT
I probably wouldn't pay any notice to you for ethnicity in public but if I did, would assume you were from Caucasus or maybe mixed Tajik and think nothing more. I would probably notice how you're wearing the ushanka than studying and assuming your ethnicity.
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Post by Mortimer on Sept 28, 2017 23:14:07 GMT
I probably wouldn't pay any notice to you for ethnicity in public but if I did, would assume you were from Caucasus or maybe mixed Tajik and think nothing more. I would probably notice how you're wearing the ushanka than studying and assuming your ethnicity. Nice bro. Many Russians probably wouldnt pay any notice to my ethnicity. I think many russians are hospitale and not racist. But do you think the racist ones would call me "black"? I heard the racist ones call caucasians "black". Could I get into troubles with skinheads or hooligans? I guess probably yes because in Austria I had troubles with Skinheads already.
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Post by Epitimia on Sept 28, 2017 23:21:15 GMT
I probably wouldn't pay any notice to you for ethnicity in public but if I did, would assume you were from Caucasus or maybe mixed Tajik and think nothing more. I would probably notice how you're wearing the ushanka than studying and assuming your ethnicity. Nice bro. Many Russians probably wouldnt pay any notice to my ethnicity. I think many russians are hospitale and not racist. But do you think the racist ones would call me "black"? I heard the racist ones call caucasians "black". Could I get into troubles with skinheads or hooligans? I guess probably yes because in Austria I had troubles with Skinheads already. The «skinhead» types in major cities are mentally disturbed, angry young men motivated by confused and misdirected rage and foreign ideologies. Yes, those types would probably think of you as «black». The real question is does anyone care what they think? Just stay away from certain areas of specific major cities at night and you're not likely to ever even see those idiots.
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