Vladimir

From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous" [1] [2] [3] [4] . The second element has also been associated with mirŭ meaning "peace, world" [5] [6] .This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. It was also borne by an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv, Vladimir the Great, who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm. Other notable bearers include the revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), and the Russian president and prime minister Vladimir Putin (1952-).

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1. Moroshkin, Mikhail. Slavyanskiy Imenoslov Ili. Saint Petersburg, 1867, page 41.
2. Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 333.
3. Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 524.
4. Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 18). Moscow, 1974-, page 185.
5. Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 318.
6. Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 19). Moscow, 1974-, page 55.

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