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A city in Russian called Sainte-Genevieve des Bois

The capital of Russia there is a river, it is called - the Moscow River.
Name.

But every Russian-speaking, hearing this name, understands the value of the second part of it.
Yes?

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Сообщение от Guriev , Igor ; 1614381 "

None.
In Russian it is a holy Genevieve

In Russian may be so, and that way : Genevieve from Fr . Geneviève and Genevieve from Lat . Genovefa.
For example , in Paris, Russian Orthodox prefer to say Saint Genevieve , locally venerated saints of the Orthodox Church in France .
I understand that they emphasize their " nekatolitsizm , some cute and funny provincialism .
Although this general these confessions saint lived for five centuries before the split into western and eastern churches .