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0 pointsgggggg53y ago0 comments

Of course Турыгин is a Russian name. Spelling it using Estonian script doesn't change anything.

Looking up other Turõgins in Estonia, they all have very obviously Russian first names and zero obviously Estonian names.

There's no doubt that Ivan Turõgins parents fully intended to give him a Russian name, even if Estonia requires Estonian script on Estonian identity documents.

Even Estonians call these names "Russian names", that's what they are. If someone in Estonia decides to name their kid Muhamed, that doesn't magically become an Estonian name.

> Calling Estonians Russians is not taken well at all

I suspect that your comment wouldn't be taken very well by Estonian Turõgins

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icepat3y ago

> If someone in Estonia decides to name their kid Muhamed, that doesn't magically become an Estonian name.

Correct, but it does not suddenly make them another nationality. Also, it's not spelled as you spelled it for a reason -- it's Estonian you're looking at. Not Russian. The reason it looks different, is because they're Estonian, so the name will be different.

My second point, which is pretty clear in the first place, is that a nation of people illegally occupied by Russia for decades, isn't keen on being labelled as Russian.

gggggg5OP3y ago

Nobody was called Russian. _throwawayaway correctly called it a Russian name, you incorrectly replied with "That's an Estonian name", which it isn't.

Most of the Estonians with Russian names do identify as Russian, even if they aren't necessarily Russian nationals. It's an ethnic group, these are ethnic Russians.

> The reason it looks different, is because they're Estonian, so the name will be different

This is false. It's spelled the way it is spelled because that's how Estonian government wants names spelled. Also, because it would be awkward to interact with a society where most people do not know the Cyrillic alphabet.

icepat3y ago

> This is false. It's spelled the way it is spelled because that's how Estonian government wants names spelled.

He's quite literally an Estonian national, go check the FBI report that was released.

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0 pointsgggggg53y ago0 comments

Of course Турыгин is a Russian name. Spelling it using Estonian script doesn't change anything.

Looking up other Turõgins in Estonia, they all have very obviously Russian first names and zero obviously Estonian names.

There's no doubt that Ivan Turõgins parents fully intended to give him a Russian name, even if Estonia requires Estonian script on Estonian identity documents.

Even Estonians call these names "Russian names", that's what they are. If someone in Estonia decides to name their kid Muhamed, that doesn't magically become an Estonian name.

> Calling Estonians Russians is not taken well at all

I suspect that your comment wouldn't be taken very well by Estonian Turõgins

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icepat3y ago

> If someone in Estonia decides to name their kid Muhamed, that doesn't magically become an Estonian name.

My second point, which is pretty clear in the first place, is that a nation of people illegally occupied by Russia for decades, isn't keen on being labelled as Russian.

gggggg5OP3y ago

Nobody was called Russian. _throwawayaway correctly called it a Russian name, you incorrectly replied with "That's an Estonian name", which it isn't.

Most of the Estonians with Russian names do identify as Russian, even if they aren't necessarily Russian nationals. It's an ethnic group, these are ethnic Russians.

> The reason it looks different, is because they're Estonian, so the name will be different

icepat3y ago

> This is false. It's spelled the way it is spelled because that's how Estonian government wants names spelled.

He's quite literally an Estonian national, go check the FBI report that was released.

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