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Re:Pëtr Kropotkin and Mutual Aid by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:44AM (#34092026)
When it comes to English kings, Charles becoming Karl is not that bad, comparing to James, which somehow becomes Яков (Iakov?!). It is also a mostly one way effect, as Russian names are usually transliterated into English without some special weirdness, even royal names.

Anyway, it is very common to transliterate Пётр as Peter, though Pyotr seems even more common.

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Re:Pëtr Kropotkin and Mutual Aid by Jorengarenar on Thursday December 22, 2022 @06:00AM (#34092128)
>James, which somehow becomes Яков (Iakov?!)

Quoting Wikipedia: "It is a modern descendant, through Old French James, of Vulgar Latin Iacomus, a derivative version of Latin Iacobus, Latin form of the Hebrew name Jacob"

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Re:Pëtr Kropotkin and Mutual Aid by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday December 22, 2022 @06:22AM (#34092273)
Well thanks, Cap! ;)
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