this doesn’t get mentioned enough either because it’s very blink and you’ll miss it but we do know goncharov’s first name.

throughout the film he’s only called by his last name because his first is “complicated.” we, the audience, think that’s just a rare cheeky line from an otherwise sullen, stoic character. it’s poking fun a bit at how he’s trying to keep a low profile AND how his first name might be difficult for his italian acquaintances to pronounce.

but briefly we’re shown some papers in his study addressed to vsevolod and in katya’s final chance for him to turn back and maybe change himself, she doesn’t call him goncharov like she usually does. it’s hard to catch but she whispers “sevochka” which is, you guessed it, a diminutive for vsevolod.

now this name is actually an interesting choice from scorsese. he could have just been picking a much more rare and interesting sounding russian first name BUT if he did this to be clever (which i believe to be the case), there’s quite a bit to unpack here.

vsevolod is an ANCIENT russian first name that directly translates to “ruler of everything.” it’s believed to maybe be the origin of the more modern name vladimir and was frequently used by royalty but is now considered very uncommon, even in russia.

this whole film is about goncharov’s misguided quest for power and structure and identity so him being given a prophetic name like vsevolod is certainly interesting and almost tragic. he’s quite literally destined for power but it keeps eluding him because of both his own flaws and the way others seem to not see him fully and clearly. he’s destined for greatness but he’s also turning away from it by forgoing his given name in favor of the simpler surname he possesses, goncharov.

it’s almost a wolf in sheep’s clothing kind of deal. he himself doesn’t always seem so sure in his fate either. he doesn’t realize until the very end when andrey comes for him but by that point it’s already too late. he accepts this, though. it’s beautiful the way he lets death come for him. it’s not just because its andrey of all people but because he’s finally making a choice. he’s not dying as some great and powerful leader like he always thought he would or even as sevochka the loving husband: he’s dying as simply goncharov, the man who wanted so much and fought so hard to be ruler and master over everything in his life but realized too late that none of it was worth it in the end.

Here are the current known junior entries for the first stage of the Russian Cup in Syzran:

Junior Men

Kirill Andrusik Timur Bederdinov Vsevolod Knyazev Oleg Morits Nikita Sentsov Georgy Shesternev Fedor Zonov V. Smirnov~ Semen Soloviev Nikolay Ugozhaev

Junior Ladies

Sofia Akatieva Maria Zakharova Maria Kryzhova Elizaveta Kuleshova Natalia Lagutova Yana Liventseva Elizaveta Medvedeva Anastasia Morozova Olga Nikonorova Elizaveta Osokina Maria Paramonova Violetta Filonets Maria Novikova Valeria Ovchinnikova Anastasia Samofalova Polina Sviridenko  Victoria Fedyanina Ekaterina Skulkina

Junior Pairs

Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk Daria Boyarintseva / Maxim Shagalov Milana Trubacheva / Vladislav Smirnov Tatiana Kuzmina / Alexey Khvalko Ekaterina Kobycheva / Zakhar Kazeev Alina Raskovalova / Artem Butaev Karina Safina / Sergey Bakhmat 

Junior Ice Dance

Alexandra Prokopets / Sergey Rvachev Anastasia Fedorova / Maxim Serov Anna Shcherbakova* / Evgeny Gurov Daria Gureeva / Vladimir Gladkikh Ksenia Davydova / Mikhail Antonov Tamara Zhukova / Daniil Karpov Stanislava Freytak / Vladislav Grishin Elizaveta Shanaeva / David Naryzhnyy Ekaterina Andreeva / Ivan Desyatov  Ekaterina Rybakova / Ivan Makhnonosov Anna Rumak / Gleb Goncharov Julia Churkina  Boris Frolov Sofia Aleksova / Ilya Vladimirov Julia Ermakova / Artem.Krylov

* - Yes, that is just a coincidence! This skater was born in 2006. What are the chances?

~ Sorry, unknown who is first name is, because only first initial was given on the announcement. 

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