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Category:Hero Cities of the Soviet Union has been nominated for discussion
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equal marriages Romanov Bagration.
When Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna, daughter of G-D Konstantine Konstantinovich, obtained the consent of her father to marry Konstantine Bagration and of course the blessing of HIM Nicholas II, she signed an official renouncement to their future children's rights, and that was BEFORE the abdication of the Romanov dynasty. So did her niece Ekaterina Ioannovna, princess of the Imperial Blood, in the late thirties, when she married Ruggero, marchese (in italian, or marquess, it means the same,)  Farace di Villaforesta, for their children. Neither of these children : Nicoletta, Fiammetta and Ivan Farace ever considered themselves as heirs.... but Ivan, now marchese Farace di Villaforesta, is an active honorary member of the Family Association since his mother passed away in 2007. Like HM the King of Greece, Prince Michael of Kent, and other members of the Family, not necess arily of the Dynasty. If Konstantine was not equal to Tatiana Konstantinovna, Leonida was not equal to Vladimir Kirilovich.( Who was not a grand duke himself, according to the Laws, it was a "titre de courtoisie"...). This is simple and clear. Grand dukes, during the last years of the Empire, were only  brothers, children and grand children of the Emperor. The sons of GD Konstantine Konstantinovich were born as grand dukes, but became princes when the Laws were modified, before the end or the monarchy. The last Emperor was GD Mikhail for a very short time, and all the grand dukes and grand duchesses are now  dead, alas. Sources : myself, marchesa Farace di Villaforesta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a01:cb11:192:3f00:cc03:3d6f:ac49:d639 (talk • contribs)

Antarctica
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Good article reassessment for Kaunas Fortress
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Requested move at Talk:Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject.  ❯❯❯  Raydann  (Talk)   21:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Indigenous people
It seems that Unified list of Indigenous minority peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia is actually about the Unified Register of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples and for some reason 6 indigenous peoples not in the north are arbitrarily being ignored in the title and the text of the article. Is that a correct assessment? Marcocapelle (talk) 07:16, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Americans killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine for deletion
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RfC at Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
There is a discussion at Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) about the war memorial's naming history that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 15:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Capitalization of Indigenous
Capitalization of the word Indigenous is recommended on English Wikipedia when referring to Indigenous peoples by both INDIGENOUS and MOS:RACECAPS. Members of New Zealand's Maori taskforce have raised the question of whether these guidelines are US-centric or North America-centric. Does this ethnography taskforce have any guidelines on this matter? Thank you. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 20:22, 9 May 2024 (UTC)


 * "Indigenous people" is translated as "коренный народ", at least on the Russian Wikipedia, and doesn't seem to be capitalized there. In that context it would mostly come up in discussion of the Unified list of Indigenous minority peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia and other topics relating to the Indigenous peoples of Siberia, and I will say as someone living in Canada I would personally be much likelier to leave Indigenous uncapitalized in the context of Siberia than I would in the context of the First Nations, Inuit, or Metis. Orchastrattor (talk) 02:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The Sámi peoples come to mind for me as well, they could be an interesting comparison to make on this topic too. Orchastrattor (talk) 02:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Official administrative divisions
Does anyone know where to find detailed data about all the Russian administrative divisions in a level of detail similar to this Ukrainian codifier? Alexis Coutinho (talk) &#91;ping me&#93; 04:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Here, but it is often outdated. Please also have in mind that in Russia administrative and municipal divisions often do not coincide. Pinging for safety. Ymblanter (talk) 07:43, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ! Alexis Coutinho (talk) &#91;ping me&#93; 17:22, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * OKATO has much improved in recent years. Although it may not reflect the very latest changes, it generally suffices. For municipal divisions, consult the OKTMO, keeping in mind the same caveat as with the OKATO. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 12, 2024 ; 00:38 (UTC)

Stress marks in East Slavic words
Please join the work on the content of Stress marks in East Slavic words. - Altenmann >talk 12:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Discussion on Russian coats of arms
An editor has requested assistance regarding whether the coats of arms included in the article Coat of arms of Russia are the correct ones. Please see. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Developing Countries WikiContest
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Dmitri Shostakovich has an RfC
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Are there any Cultural Russian Orthodox Christians around?
In a moment of idle meddling, I am inviting those who qualify to join the ranks Category:Cultural Russian Orthodox Wikipedians! - Altenmann >talk 17:36, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Russian Orthodoxy
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Requested move at Talk:Mezhdunarodnaya (Moscow Metro)
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Talk:Anti-Normanism
Please join. - Altenmann >talk 16:45, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Sloboda
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Princess Olga Dolgorouky
Hello everyone,

If any AfC reviewers have the time and inclination, I have an article Draft:Princess Olga Dolgorouky, which is waiting for review. Princess Olga was a member of the Russian Imperial family, and was among those saved when George V sent HMS Marlborough to the Balkans to save what was left of the family of the Tsar, following the 1917 revolution.

Thanks in advance,

Mac Edmunds (talk) 07:55, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, colleague, the sources of your article are based on tabloids (which don't have their facts straight) and as such they cannot establish the notability of the person. Notability is not inherited, and being a wife is not enough. And she was not member of "Russian imperial family", simply member of Russian nobility. As for her being "princess: Her father was knyaz, which is confusingly translated as "prince" and not necessarily mean belonging to ruling family, simply a higher rank of nobility. Summarizing my opinion, she was a socialite and noble from the suffering Russia and hence popped up in news, but I dont think this makes her notable per wikipedia standards. - Altenmann >talk 17:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

translation correction?
This 1925 poster at Abortion is currently translated as "Miscarriages induced by either grandma or self-taught midwives not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death." An IP has come into the talk page and said a better translation would be "Miscarriages induced by either self-taught midwives or obstetricians not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death." Obviously this is a pretty major difference in intended meaning. Can anyone help? Thanks! Valereee (talk) 15:50, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes the first translation is wrong, but the second is not good either. "Babka" in this context means folk healer woman, who often act as midwive. "Akusherka" is a "false friend": "akusher" does mean obstetrician, but the feminine form "akusherka" means midwife nurse. So the correct corresponding piece would be "by a self-taught or professional midwife". - Altenmann >talk 16:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, @Altenmann! Valereee (talk) 21:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Altenmann, @Valereee. The English-language meaning of the revised translation is very different from the meaning of the Soviet poster. The background for the poster is that in 1925 abortion was legal in the USSR. (The history section of the abortion article mentions the Soviet legalization of abortion in 1920.) The poster warns women against the use of informal abortion providers, namely, midwives and what (in the African American dialect of English) are sometimes called "granny midwives" (older women who perform some midwife functions). Nothing in the Russian indicates "self-taught", which in current English usage means learning from books or videos. Typically they were not self-taught, but rather learned from the older generation of midwives, through woman-to-woman instruction or apprenticeship. Nothing in the Russian indicates "professional" or "obstetrician", both of which in current English usage indicate accreditation by the recognized medical establishment. The Soviet poster was not a warning about abortion performed by credentialed doctors, that is, obstetricians.
 * Please note that, according to WP:BRD and WP:ONUS, the stable version of the caption should remain while this matter is being resolved here or on the article talk-page. Thanks. NightHeron (talk) 10:11, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This should be discussed at the article talk page, @NightHeron. I'll answer there. Valereee (talk) 14:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:BRICS
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:BRICS that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 00:35, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Help with an article in Russian?
Hi, could someone who knows Russian help me with a cite-check of a journal article that I think is in Russian? It's cited in the article on Assault. The third paragraph in the lead has this sentence: "When this distinction is observed, battery refers to the actual bodily contact, whereas assault refers to a credible threat or attempt to cause battery." One of the cites in support of this statement, currently cite 9, is this: "Romanenko, Ya.O.; Marin, M.A.; Riabko, A.K.; Kartseva, A.S.; Silkina, M.V.; Zeninskaya, N.A.; Shemyakin, I.G.; Dyatlov, I.A.; Firstova, V.V. (2021). "Toxin neutralizing activity of monoclonal antibodies against Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin". Immunologiya. 42 (3): 232–242" From the title of the article and the name of the journal, I assume this is an article about immunology, not the criminal offence of assault, but the article itself is in Russian, I think, so I can't check it myself. Could someone take a look at it? If it has nothing to do with assault or battery, I would want to remove it from the Assault article. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:27, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Nonsense ref. removed. But here is a disturbing sign: I checked thru history to 's edits on MArhc 2w 2023. This user was caught on pumping chatbot-generated content into "Physica abuse" which was |ultimately reverted. Perhaps maybe you have thoroughly review "Assault" as well and do the same. - Altenmann >talk 04:51, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * P.S., see more in my post Village_pump_(miscellaneous). - Altenmann >talk 05:39, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You can ignore that reference in Russian. Whereas foreign citations are welcome in English Wikipedia when there are no sources at all in English of equivalent quality as foreign ones, for the Assault article, there are hundreds, or thousands, of sources that are as good, or better, than the Russian one. This means that you not only can, but should use English sources exclusively for this article. The fact that it is about immunology is just bizarre. Mathglot (talk) 08:46, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That is a wrong advice. The legal definition of "assault" may differ for various countries. - Altenmann >talk 15:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for comments and action, everyone. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 03:26, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Young Russia (liberal movement)
I just created a stub for Young Russia (liberal movement). Any help with expansion would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 20:56, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Should Tabasaran people be double-checked?
A relatively new editor who identifies as Tabasaran has added a huge amount of content to Tabasaran people in the past three months. When I sought to compare the new content with the corresponding article on Russian Wikipedia, I found that this user has been blocked indefinitely on ru-wiki for repeatedly deleting referenced content on articles related to Tabasarans, typically to remove any mention of links between Tabasarans and Azerbaijanis. I won't rush to judge an editor just because of their behavior on another wiki, but I do think that someone from this project should double-check the article. Huntthetroll (talk) 03:13, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I reverted article to old reasonably good version add added one more waring to user's page. If they continue ignoring our rules, we may reqest block. - Altenmann >talk 03:54, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Second Northern War
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Leonid Brezhnev has an RfC
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Requested move at Talk:International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova
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Russian Hawaii
There's a missing article, Russian Hawaii or Russian colonization of Hawaii, which should summarize the at least three Russian settlements and fortifications that were historically there. This is briefly covered (little more than bare mention) at Russian colonization of North America, but Hawaii is not in North America, even if presently an overseas state of a country the capital of which is in North America. PS: Actually, I guess it should be Hawaiʻi, since the Hawaii spelling was imposed by the US later (and the ʻokina is not a ' or ‘ or ’ apostrophe/quotemark). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  21:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)