The end of the Russian world

In Tajikistan, a ban on the surname and patronymic with the Russian endings "-ov", "-ov", "-ovich" and "-ovna" entered into force. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the Registration Department of Civil Acts by Jalolliddin Rakhimov, Radio Ozodi reports .

The ban applies exclusively to persons of indigenous nationality, that is, Tajiks. Representatives of national minorities can call their children at their discretion.

In March, President of the country Emomali Rahmon signed a law on changes in the rules of state registration of acts of civil status. "According to this law, the surnames will be formed using the Tajik endings" -sod "," -zda ","-"," -IN "," -Far ". These are the indigenous Tajik endings. For example," Karimzod ", or" Kamzoda ". But the end" -zod "is not forced, citizens can choose such endings as"-Puri ","-" Rakhimov.

Harshes of Russified surnames can continue to use them. However, when replacing documents, their names will be changed in accordance with the law.

The new law prescribes to give children names "taking into account the values ​​of the national Tajik culture." It is forbidden to use the names of objects, animals and birds, as well as "words that belittle human dignity and dividing people into estates." In particular, “Mullo”, “Caliph”, “Khoja”, “Shaykh, Amir”, “Sufi” fall under the ban.

He denied reports of some media that the country's authorities officially banned surnames and patronymics with Russian endings.

Later, Rakhimov said that there is no direct ban on Russian endings in the surname and patronymic in law, rather, in this case, it is about its recommendatory nature. According to him, the document says that "the name of the child at the state registration of birth is recorded by the name of the father or mother or surname formed on behalf of the father." “So, if the surname of the child’s parents ends, for example,“ OV ”,“ Ev ” - Petrov, Karimov, they have the right to give this name to their child,” Rakhimov explained.

"The call to cancel the Russian endings sounded from the lips of the President of Tajikistan in the spring of 2007, who changed his name Rakhmonov Emomali Sharifovich to Emomali Rahmon. After this decision of the president, many officials redid their names to the Tajik manner. But after some Tajik citizens began to experience problems due to their national names at Russia's airports, Russian ending in Russian ending in Russian endings. Tajikov’s surnames became relevant again, ”said Radio Ozodi.

On April 21, a member of the Federation Council from Khakassia Valentina Petrenko introduced a bill to the State Duma governing the choice of names for newborns . The Family Code is proposed to include this norm: "The name of a citizen is understood as a means of individualization of a citizen who cannot consist of digital, letter designations, numerals, symbols or any combination, abbreviations, abnormal vocabulary, contain indications of ranks, positions."

In an explanatory note to the document, Petrenko states that his purpose is to “not limit the right of parents to choose a name for a child, but to find a method of legal support for the balance between their right and the right of their child in the name that would not violate his own interests.”