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I'm looking for large lists of diminutives in Russian in a format such as this:

Base Name | [Diminutive1, Diminutive2, ...]

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    You'll be surprised to find out many popular Western names are actually Russian diminutives. :) – bipll Jun 09 '16 at 16:02
  • This site maintains a small example list of names... I was looking for a more comprehensive one: http://www.russian-language-for-lovers.com/russian-female-names.html – TomSchober Jun 09 '16 at 16:49

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It looks like by "nicknames" you mean diminutive forms of personal names. If so, then you can find a thorough list of them.

In the book "Справочник личных имен народов РСФСР" starting from this page, there is a list of personal names (first go male names, then female ones) together with their etymologies and diminutive forms. You can read the book online or download it.

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