Everything is in the title, sorry if I misspelled it.
Why do Russian speakers call Vladimir Putin "Vladimir Vladimirovich" ?
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1Is Wikipedia allowed in the answers? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic#Russian – bipll Mar 15 '17 at 22:06
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1Not only Russians, during Putin's visit to North Korea anchors on DPRK's TV referred him using fully qualified name: "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin". With Korean accent, of course. – ttaaoossuu Mar 16 '17 at 7:38
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1Related russian.stackexchange.com/questions/14025/… – V.V. Mar 16 '17 at 10:12
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Also related: russian.stackexchange.com/questions/11598/… – Vitaly Mar 16 '17 at 13:47
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1In Russia, when you speak face-to-face with someone older than you, or higher by status, or to emphasize respect - you name him by First - Patronymic. When you mention someone in absentia, this form is used to emphasize respect. – iTollu Mar 17 '17 at 21:42
A full Russian name consists of:
First name
Patronymic (derived from father's first name)
Last name, also known as family name.
Russian president's full name is: Vladimir (first name) Vladimirovich (patronymic) Putin (last name).
The following combinations of names are used in a formal environment:
First Patronymic Last - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin - very formal
First Patronymic - Vladimir Vladimirovich - moderately formal
First Last - Vladimir Putin - moderately formal, the same level of formality as #2.
More information on the order of Russian names is available here: What order are the parts of a full Russian name in?
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4I disagree, #2 and #3 are not interchangeable. #2 is used to address the person, #3 is use way rarely for that purposes. – shabunc♦ Mar 16 '17 at 13:52
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I agree that #3 is not a proper way to address someone formally. But it's an acceptable form to refer to someone formally. For example: "...сообщил «Известиям» участник работы над докладом член-корреспондент РАН Иван Иванов..." The answer does not state that all 3 forms can be used to address someone. – Vitaly Mar 16 '17 at 13:59
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Journalists address to Putin: “Владимир Владимирович, бла-бла-бла ?” And, I think, it is the most popular way. Informal, you can address or refer to everyone whatever you like. If you create political meme about Вован or Donald, no-one will think about the pranker or the Duck. How journalists address to Trump by name? – yalov Mar 31 '17 at 18:15
Well, in Russia, your second name is your father's full name+vich/ovich For example, my name is Mikhail and my dad's name is vladimir (coincidentally). So, my full name is Mikhail Vladimirovich+family name. For females, the second name will have vna/ovna instead of vich/ovich. Hope this helps)
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1It's called "patronymic", not "second name". Come on, comments is full of it already. – Oleg V. Volkov Apr 7 '17 at 10:38
Russian names have a first name "imya" (Vladimir), second name "otchestvo" (Vladimirovich (the name of father)) and third name "familiya" (Putin).
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It's called "patronymic", not "second name". Come on, comments is full of it already. – Oleg V. Volkov Apr 7 '17 at 10:38
