Vyacheslav

Also known as Wiatscheslav, Wjatscheslaw, Viatcheslav, Вячеслав

Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (, ; , ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацлаў (transliterated Viačaslaŭ/Vaclaŭ, or Viachaslau/Vaclau), Croatian Vjenceslav, Czech Václav, Polish Wacław and Więcesław — Latinised as Wenceslaus. Also: Romanian of Moldova Veaceslav.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Vyacheslav is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk, Vyacheslav Ionov and Viacheslav Senchenko.

It is catalogued under topics including Given names, Masculine given names and Russian masculine given names.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: male given name

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Russia
language of work or name: Ukrainian
writing system: Cyrillic script
native label: Вячеслав
Commons category: Vyacheslav (given name)
transliteration or transcription: Viatcheslav

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It is a Slavic dithematic name (that is, composed of two lexemes) derived from the Slavic words vyache, "great(er)", and slava, "glory, fame". Common short forms are Slava, Slavik.

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