I presume Orchid = Land? And Russia appears to be untranslatable, even when it's in Belarus.
The surnames one is interesting. I wouldn't have guessed Smirnov or Melnik (which I gather is Miller). I used to know a Melnyk, but hadn't realised his origins were Ukrainian.
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Date: 2013-08-15 12:37 pm (UTC)The surnames one is interesting. I wouldn't have guessed Smirnov or Melnik (which I gather is Miller). I used to know a Melnyk, but hadn't realised his origins were Ukrainian.