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susie123 · 03-04-2012, 10:54

Alexander Constantine Liperindi Luders Goetshakoff Manchakoff Oloff Brounow Soukyponet Broughton

If he was 24 in 1880 he would have been born around 1856, just after the end of the Crimean War. I think his father (?or his mother) had an interest in Russian history, looking at those names.

Allowing for transliteration/illiteracy:

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia from 1855
Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Constantine: Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Alexander's brothr and head of the navy during the Crimean War
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Luders: Count Alexander Nikolajewitsch von Lüders, active in the Napoleonic Wars and after
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...on_L%C3%BCders

Goetschakoff: Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, Foreign Minister when the Crimean War was drawing to a close and represented the Tsar at the Paris Congress of 1856
Gorchakov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Manchakoff: Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menschikov, commander-in-chief on land and sea at the start of the Crimean War
Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orloff: Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, played a part in both the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars
Orlov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Still working on Liperindi, Brounow and Soukyponet!

03-04-2012, 10:54	#7
susie123 Resting In Peace Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Morecambe Posts: 4,208 Liked: 416 times Rep Power: 36416	Re: Unusual names Alexander Constantine Liperindi Luders Goetshakoff Manchakoff Oloff Brounow Soukyponet Broughton If he was 24 in 1880 he would have been born around 1856, just after the end of the Crimean War. I think his father (?or his mother) had an interest in Russian history, looking at those names. Allowing for transliteration/illiteracy: Alexander II, Tsar of Russia from 1855 Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Constantine: Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Alexander's brothr and head of the navy during the Crimean War Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Luders: Count Alexander Nikolajewitsch von Lüders, active in the Napoleonic Wars and after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...on_L%C3%BCders Goetschakoff: Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, Foreign Minister when the Crimean War was drawing to a close and represented the Tsar at the Paris Congress of 1856 Gorchakov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Manchakoff: Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menschikov, commander-in-chief on land and sea at the start of the Crimean War Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orloff: Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, played a part in both the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars Orlov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Still working on Liperindi, Brounow and Soukyponet! __________________ Let sleeping polar bears lie...