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Old 26th August 2005, 13:43
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Hi Franek

"Litvyak - if it is a Jewish name "

Litvak is the current Jewish word for Lithuania - the country - I do not know the origin - though it is likely from Yiddish & not Hebrew

In much English literature about the Soviet aviatrix it is spelled thus, without the 'y'

I cannot read Russian - I suppose that translating Russían into Polish or English etc - can mean inserting or omitting letters to enable a more correct 'sound'

Graham
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