some soviet-era names

In the Soviet period, names became a popular way to show commitment to the goals of the regime. This was done through renaming oneself or naming one’s children after Soviet heroes or contemporary innovations. Another popular form of tribute was names derived from abbreviations of organizations and movements of the period. For further reading, a lengthy list can be found here.

Аванга́рд - Avangard. (M) This is derived from the artistic movement, Avant-Garde.

Авксо́ма - Avksoma. (F) This is derived from Moscow, spelled backwards, and given a feminine ending.

Алгебри́на - Algebrina. (F) Algebra. 

Вилиор - Vilior. (M) This is derived from the initials in the phrase “Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the October Revolution.”

Гипотенуза - Gipotenuza. (F) This is derived from the geometrical term “hypotenuse.”

Индустри́на - Industrina. (F) Industry.

Кро́мвел - Kromvell. (M) after Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan leader of the anti-monarchical forces in the English Civil War.

Магни́та - Magnita. (F) Magnet.

Мэлс - Mels. (M) This is derived from the initials of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin.

Партиз́ан - Partizan. (M) Partisan.

Спарта́к - Spartak. (M) Spartacus.

Трактори́на -Tractorina. (F) Tractor.

Электро́н - Electron. (M) Electron. 

Юравкос - Yuravkos. (M) This is derived from the term “Юра В Космос” (Yuri in space) after Yuri Gagarin, the Russian cosmonaut and first man in space.

I personally knew one Владилен - Vladilen, from Vladimir Lenin.

omg these are just as good as Jacobin Names…

Before we got married, I floated the idea to my now-wife of naming a baby girl Olivia.

Middle name Cromwell.

She was less than enthused with this idea for some reason

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

knuckle tats say FOUC AULT

knuck tats saying POST, and on the other hand, having transcended the limitations of the form, STRUCTURALIST

I want y'all to know that the last time I did ritual magic, the insight I gained was "You are putting Jalapenos and red onions on your breakfast sandwiches. You should try pickling the onions with the jalapenos and using that instead."

My brain decided to deliver this information to me in the form of a doberman pinscher with a Red Dragon X 6K camera for a head.

Astral CameraDog Breakfast Bagel Recipe:

HEARTBREAKING: Poor girl has to get out of the soft warm bed even though she is so so so so comfy

HEARTWARMING: Since it is night, girl finally gets to crawl back underneath the covers and be so so so so comfy

HEARTWRENCHING: Morning has come again, poor girl suspects she might be stuck in a Sisyphean curse

Honestly, if you see an angel that’s all eyes and wings and wheels of fire, you should be worried. Like, not because it’s going to hurt you or anything, but because scripturally, angels invariably appear to ordinary people in human form. In general, they only show their inhuman true forms to prophets – which means if you’re seeing them like that, they come bearing responsibility.

I woke up today with the phrase “spooky scary seraphim” in my head today, looks like we’re on the same wavelength.

i made a new christmas carol

I think at this point, my Crow Time comic is a fantasy comic.

It’s the Velveteen Rabbit but stabby.

Who could forget the direct nod to Goncharov in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a movie steeped in the retelling of that story.

When you definitely didn't rob a worksite

This man is an honourable merchant and I’m sure these bars are of the highest quality

Turn the reblogs back on coward

i never realized cuneiform was made with the corner of a cuboid tool, i thought the wedge shapes were carved such that you would press straight down with the tool at a 90° angle to the clay

Wow! My mind is super into this new information

These are all so good. This is what the internet is for.

i love you cumin i love you chili powder i love you ginger i lovr you soy sauce i love you garlic

This post would do numbers on tumblr

do you really think so?

tejóég *-*