The editorial board of the journal Voprosy Onomastiki (Problems of Onomastics) is pleased to inform you of the publication of Vol. 13 (2016), Issue 2. The issue is available on the journal’s website.
Articles
Reszegi, K. The Acquisition of Place Names in Mother Tongue Learning: Some Observations on Children’s Spatial Cognition
Vasilyev, V. L. Once Again on the Origin of the River Name Vyatka and the City Name Vyatka (Modern Kirov)
Sukhachev, N. L. On the Etymology of the Place Name Brăíla
Kuzmin, D. V. Christian Names of Karelians
Kyurshunova, I. A. The Pre-National Period’s Swedish Documents as a Source for the Study of the Russian Anthroponymy of Karelia
Khisamitdinova, F. G. On the Reflection of Mythological Beliefs in the Anthroponymic System of Bashkirs (Based on Service records of the officers and clerks of the 9th Bashkir Canton as of 1837)
Agapkina, T. A. Names of Demons in the South Slavic Versions of St Sisinnius’s Apocryphal Prayer
Petrosyan, A. Ye. Armenians’ Self-Appellation Hay
Brief communications
Namitokova, R. Yu., Neflyasheva, I. A., Shishkhova, N. M. On the History of the Name Ruslan
Book reviews
Napolskikh, V. V. A Breakthrough in the Study of the Merya Problem. Review of the book: Matveyev, A. K. (2015). Substratnaia toponimiia Russkogo Severa [Substrate Toponymy of the Russian North] (Vol. 4: Toponimiia merianskogo tipa [Merya-like Toponymy]). Ekaterinburg: Ural University Press
Goryaev, S. O., Spiridonov, D. S. Results and Perspectives in the Study of Names: A Look from Oxford. Review of the book: Hough, C., & Izdebska, D. (Eds.). (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming. Oxford: Oxford University Press