Because there are too many Russians with "sky" in their surnames, "sky" has become synonymous with Russia internationally. When the Soviet Mi -28 helicopter gunship was first exposed, the West thought it was very similar to the American Apache helicopter gunship, so it jokingly called it "Apache", which means Russian Apache; For the same reason, the Soviet kh-55 cruise missile is called "Tomahawk".
But nowadays, there are few Russian surnames with "sky". What caused the disappearance of this surname? In fact, this is closely related to the social changes in Russia in the past hundred years.
It turns out that "Ski" is the suffix of Polish aristocrat's surname. In medieval Poland, it was a typical naming method to use "Ski" as the fixed suffix of surnames to indicate where people came from. Generally, "skiing" is added after aristocratic fiefs. If a Russian has "sky" in his surname, his ancestors can be traced back to a Polish aristocrat. For example, Dostoevsky's ancestors had a fief in Poland called Dostoevsky Village, so Dostoevsky's surname was obtained by adding "sky" after the village name, just like saying that someone is from Gaojiazhuang or Lijiatun in rural China, so "sky" is just like "Chinese".
Russian women should take their husbands' surnames after marriage. If her husband is a "Skye", then her surname should be changed from the "Skye" in her husband's surname to "Skaya", indicating that she is a "Skye" wife. Today, there are few "skies" in Russia, but "Skaya" can often be seen. For example, natalia poklonskaya, the beauty prosecutor in Crimea who provoked the Japanese to shout "Judge me", Vera Shimanskaya, the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion who later became the king of gambling, and Julia Lipnizkaya, the figure skating champion in the European Championship, and so on.
Poland and Russia belong to Slavic nationality, but Russia belongs to Eastern Slavic nationality, and Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia belong to Western Slavic nationality. Eastern Slavs and Yugoslavs believe in the Orthodox Church, while Western Slavs believe in Catholicism and Protestantism, so there is a long-term religious conflict between them, and their relationship is doomed to be disharmony.
In Eastern Europe, where Slavs live in concentrated communities, Poland has developed advanced civilization because of its proximity to the West, and neighboring Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus have all developed after receiving the radiation of Polish culture. Therefore, Poland is in a strong position in culture and is a cultural exporter among Slavic peoples.