Helen, I'd like to clarify some words. The name Vladimir (stress is on second syllable!), short form - Volodya, children's form - Vova [Vo-vah, stress is on first syllable] is genuine ancient russian, not borrowed from any language and is not substituted form of a foreign name. It has two (dva;) roots - power, or govern and the world. Means "to govern the world" or "to possess the world". Closest name form is Waldemar, not Walter, although I couldn't find the meaning of them.

Viktor V. Trukov

Viktor V. Trukov