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A child born at the end of November was named Summit in honor of the OSCE summit. I had heard of a child named Summitkhan so I wonder if this is the same child or if there’s another one out there.

Frankly, I would hate my parents (or in this case, my grandparents, since they’re the ones who gave the name to this child) if they gave me such an odd name. I wonder if 15 years from now, when he starts university, if anyone will remember the summit (or when it was). How often will he have to explain his name?

On the other hand, in communist times, he might have been named one of these Soviet Names, like: Dazdrasmygda short (relatively speaking for Da zdravstvuet smychka goroda i derevni (Glory to the ties between the city and the countryside) or Leundezh: Lenin umer, no delo ego zhivet (Lenin died but his work continues)!

Perhaps there is a Osprislak out there somewhere OBSE Sammit privoz slavu Kazakhstanu (The OSCE summit brought glory to Kazakhstan).