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>>>> Our last name was actually Popov, which, from what I've been told, may be the single most common Russian surname.
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>>>AFAIK, the most common Russian surname is Ivanov. Popov would be the second one and Sidorov - third. :)
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>>Damn!! So Close! Does it help that my middle name is Ivan? ;)
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>I knew you were "Terrible"! :)

No, no. You have it mixed up. His name was Ivan T. Terrible. The Terribles live across the road from me. We're not related.