Varvara
Proper noun
Meaning
Varvara
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Варвара (Varvára).
Examples
In 2000, Alexandra was canonized as a passion bearer, by the Russian Orthodox Church together with her husband Nicholas II, their children and others including her sister Grand Duchess Elizabeth and the Grand Duchess' fellow nun Varvara.
Makar's tender, sentimental adoration for Varvara and her confident, warm friendship for him explain their evident preference for a simple life, although it keeps them in humiliating poverty.
The cast also included Anton Sekar-Rozhansky (Pretender), Serafima Selyuk-Roznatovskaya (Marina), Varvara Strakhova (Fyodor), and Vasiliy Shkafer (Shuysky).
The secondary characters, Pyotr and Stepan Verkhovensky, are based on Nechayev and Timofey Granovsky respectively.sfn The novel takes place in a provincial Russian setting, primarily on the estates of Stepan Verkhovensky and Varvara Stavrogina.
He also met and married his wife Varvara Sokolovaya during this time.
His mother was Varvara Mikhailovna Bulgakova (nee Pokrovskaya), a former teacher.