Gerald Abraham stated flatly in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians that "they never called themselves, nor were they ever called in Russia, 'The Five'" (although today the Russian equivalent "Пятёрка" ("Pyatyorka") is occasionally used to refer to this group).
Gerald Abraham suscitou no Grove Dictionary of Music que eles nunca se chamaron a se mesmo, nin foron chamados en Rusia «Os Cinco», aínda que o seu equivalente en ruso «Пятёркa» («Piatiorka») pode atoparse para referirse a este grupo.