Help! Need to recall the author and title

Jack Kollmann jack.kollmann at STANFORD.EDU
Tue May 24 06:13:36 UTC 2005


A good candidate would be Boris Ottokar Unbegaun, Russian Surnames, Oxford
at the Clarendon Press, 1972.  Also published in Russian translation as
Russkie familii, Moscow, Progress, 1989.  No need for embarrassment.
Jack Kollmann


At 11:03 PM 5/23/2005, you wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>I am having an awful senior moment.  I remember a reference book on
>Russian family names, e.g., last names, familiji, I thought it was in
>English and by Max Vasmer.  But I can't find it through google.  It was
>very comprehensive, and especially interesting was a section on the
>non-Russian names of famous Russians, e.g., Dal'.  WHAT am I thinking
>of?  Please respond privately so as not to embarrass me any further.
>Jules Levin
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