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    Olja (Olga,Olgita, Olichka) commented  · 

    Hello, my Friend, and welcome. You may wonder why I have so many names?
    "Olga" is a very common Slavic name, which became prominent when the last Czar of Russia named his daughter by that name. Many a times when I was in Europe people would sympathetically comment that hopefully I would not fare as badly as the princes did - as you know she was shot by the communists together with her siblings and parents. Such remark, as you may imagine, did not make me feel good about the name, so I somewhat disliked it and enjoyed it when I was called "Olgita".

    I was baptized Olha, which is in Ukrainian or in Russian the official name. When a person is grown up people use this name and combine it with the person's father's name (patronymic - showing descent. In my case Peter) and I would be referred to as Olha Petrovna (If I were a boy it would be Petrovich), In Russian the letter "H' is not pronounced as "H" in "House" but as "G" in "Global" :), hence it became Olga, but this is the official name to be used with the paternal Name. Otherwise I am called "Olja".
    When suffixes such as "ich" or "en'ka" are inserted the name get transformed in Olichka or Olen'ka, which is equivalent to "Dear Olga" or Olgita in Spanish.

    Since I lived a few years in South America most people called me by that name - it's an expression of affection/endearment and it sounds "warmer".

    I was born under the communist regime in the U.S.S.R. when religion was forbidden, but in some villages, at the time, it was possible to find a priest and baptize children illegally.

    So, here you have it - the history of my name!
    If you have any questions concerning the name or otherwise please email me and would be happy to comply to the best of my ability,

    Have a wonderful day, my Dear Friend, and God Bless.

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