Bizarre Soviet Baby Names. Part 1. #history #marxist #babynames #ussr #interestingfacts

Stick around to see the bizarre Soviet baby-names.
The revolution of 1917 inspired many people to give their children very extravagant names associated with the leaders, such as Vladimir Lenin.
For example:
Vladlen (Vlahd-LEN) - A combination of "Vladimir" and "Lenin."
Ninel (Nee-NYEL) - Created by reversing the letters of "Lenin" in Russian (Нинель).
Vil (Veel) - Derived from the initials "V. I. Lenin" (В. И. Ленин).
Arlen(a) (AHR-len or AHR-len-a) - From the abbreviation of "Army of Lenin" (Армия Ленина).
Other famous communists also inspired baby names:
Engelsina (En-GEL-see-nah) - In honor of one of the founders of communism, Friedrich Engels.
Marlen(a) (MAHR-len or MAHR-len-a) - A combination of the surnames Marx and Lenin.
Marksen (MAHRK-sen) - Derived from the surnames Marx and Engels.
Marksa (MAHRK-sah) - Based on the surname of Karl Marx. Popular in the 1920s–1930s.
Frunze (FROON-zeh) - From the surname of M. V. Frunze, a Red Army commander during the Civil War.

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