What's In A Name? The Russian Naming System "In formal or official situations, Russians address each other by using both a person's first name and his or her patronymic. the patronymic invariably is derived from the first name of the person's father. For example, Sergey Ivanovich is literally Sergey, son of Ivan, and Tatyana Andreyevna is Tatyana, daughter of Andrey. Additionally, Russians