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"Which Sergei Aksenov is which in Crimea?"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve, those are two different guys, but they do have the same surname. The correct transliteration of that surname is Aksyonov. The original in both cases is Аксёнов. The Russian letter ё is pronounced as an o (i.e. aw). It does other things besides that, but explaining them would unnecessarily complicate things. E without the dots is pronounced as an e (like the e in the English word let). Confusingly, Russians usually omit the dots of the ё. Every native speaker knows which pronunciation (e or o) is meant in which word anyway. The dropping of the dots only confuses foreigners. The ones who first transliterated Gorbachov's name as Gorbachev were confused by the lack of dots over the e in his name. They do belong there, but are usually omitted. Same with Khruschov's name. And with Aksyonovs'. There's no e (as in met, get) sound in any of those names. It's an o (like the aw in law) sound in every one of them.

3/1/14, 3:40 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The two eagles' heads refer to the double-headed eagle which appears on the Russian coat of arms. It's not a particularly controversial symbol in Russia.

3/1/14, 3:48 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, and in every one of the names I talked about (Gorbachov, Khruschov, Aksyonov) the stress falls on the aw sound.

3/1/14, 5:46 AM

Blogger Paul said...

I don't think there was confusion in the transliteration of Gorbachev, rather that the convention is to transliterate "ye" as "ye" whether it is accented or not. Seeing an "o" follow K, Ch, Shch violates the genitive declension that forms Russian surnames (the "ov" or "ev" implies "of the") and seems dissonant.

3/1/14, 6:51 AM

Anonymous Whiskey said...

I thought you liked the Nazis?

Oh wait, that was your commenters. ;)

3/1/14, 6:58 AM

Blogger Whiskey said...

Ironically the Kaisers emblem was double eagles. Its a Roman thing. OT massstabbing in Kunming China killing 28! and wounding over 100. Rumored to be Uighurs AQ. Major embarrassment for Beijing.

3/1/14, 11:19 AM

Anonymous Reg Cæsar said...

… (Gorbachov, Khruschov, Aksyonov) the stress falls on the aw sound. --анонимный

But to Western ears, that sounds ëful.

3/1/14, 11:46 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

In an interesting coincidence, there is also the novelist Vasiliy Aksyonov, who is the son of Evgenia Ginzburg who was in Stalin's labour camps and wrote "Into the Whirlwind" about the Stalinist camps. Ironic in view of the situation today, Vasiliy Aksyonov wrote a novel "The Island of Crimea" about an independent Crimean state that remained a White (anti-bolshevik) enclave after the Russian Civil War and never joined the Soviet Union---but which is now being invaded by the Soviet Union.

3/1/14, 11:47 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

@3:48

Perhaps not controversial in Russia. But perhaps controversial in Ukraine.

3/1/14, 2:34 PM

Anonymous Skip G. said...

Steve, your picture of the National Bolshevik babe reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode: "Two",where Elizabeth Monygomery plays the role of a post-apocalyptic warrior hottie who hooks up with Charles Bronson,an apparent Eastern-Bloc solder of the future.

http://bewitchvic.tripod.com/two05.jpg

3/1/14, 4:58 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mono
additional info Aksyonov: one of the leaders of Crimea organized crime group "Salem" with nick name "Goblin". Active in the group from 1990. Some leaders were killed: Chavich and Slatvinskyi, some - Aksyonov - turned into politics for legal immunity which political activity provides.. Leader of political party Russian Unity who had 4% votes in Crimea Parliament. Elected head of government by this 4% "majority" ...

3/1/14, 8:17 PM

OpenID scottlocklin said...

Definitely the latter: Сергей Аксёнов, though it would be much, much more awesome if Eduard Limonov's lot were in charge of Crimea. The NYT is generally full of beans. The entire Western media seems to be just making stuff up. It's quite funny to watch. I'm no expert. I read a travel book, spent a month there, and retain pals who live there. Apparently, that makes me vastly more qualified to comment on the place than 99.9% of the establishment media dopes. Really, anybody with google should be able to figure it out.

3/3/14, 2:55 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok, and?
what is your point EXACTLY yankee?

3/24/14, 2:08 AM

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