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VN Name Day.
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Today is St Vladimir's day (in the Orthodox calendar) VN's nameday,
*imeniny*, which in Russia was one's main personal day of celebration
(rather than one's birthday). In Nabokov's family it was of course a
double-feast, as on that day both VN and his father were *imeninniki*
("co-nominants of a saint").
Today is St Vladimir's day (in the Orthodox calendar) VN's nameday,
*imeniny*, which in Russia was one's main personal day of celebration
(rather than one's birthday). In Nabokov's family it was of course a
double-feast, as on that day both VN and his father were *imeninniki*
("co-nominants of a saint").