Talk:Artem Mikoyan

Please read my remark at Anastas Mikoyan discussion page. His relatives in Sanahin strictly pronounce his name as "Artem" so I don't know how "Артём" (Artyom) in his Russian transcription arose.

Russians generally take the Armenian name Artem to be the same as Russian name Artyom, because e/yo (е/ё) are seldom distinguished in Russian writing.  So Soviet encyclopedias give "Артём" for Mikoyan.  Btw, what is the place of accent in Artem? — Monedula 07:49, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Those relatives place accent to 'A' (the first sylable).

Politician

I included him as a politician since the article indicates he was six times a member of the Supreme Soviet, which, according to that article, was a policy-making body. Maybe there should be instead a category "Members of the Supreme Soviet" which may or may not be a sub-category of Politicians. But even if these Soviet "celebrities" were conscripted into service (like Roman plebian senators), I don't think Category:Politicians intends to distinguish between conscription and election. Fleminra 16:29, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)

In the Soviet Union, the term "politician" was never used at all (more exactly, it was used for Western politicians only).  For a Soviet citizen, applying the term "politician" to a member of the Supreme Soviet would sound really strange. — Monedula 17:03, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

OK. —Fleminra 19:07, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)