page_title: Eastern Slavic naming customs
section_title: Colloquial diminutives
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Slavic naming customs / Given names / Forms / Diminutive forms / Colloquial diminutives
caption_attribution_description: English: Vasily Chapayev, Anka, Maxim M1910Rus on graffiti. Kharkov, 2008. Русский: Анка-пулемётчица и Чапаев на граффити на бетонном заборе. Харьков. Харьковская набережная (левый берег).
context_page_description: Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name and patronymic name in countries formerly part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.
  They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and to an extent in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia. It is named after the East Slavic language group that the Russian language belongs to. They are also found occasionally in the Balkans among older generations.
context_section_description: Colloquial diminutives are derived from short names by the -к- ("-k-") suffix. Expressing a highly familiar attitude, the use may be considered rude or even pejorative outside a friendly context.
caption: In the Soviet film Чапаев (Chapayev) Анка-Пулемётчица (Anka the Machine Gunner) is depicted as a bold, active, and resolute girl who takes part in the Russian Civil War, shoulder-to-shoulder with her male comrades-in-arms. In this case, Анка (Anka) is a colloquial diminutive of the name Anna, emphasizing that she is "one of the guys".
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