How many Israeli prime ministers have changed their names?
From A Year in Soviet Russia: Brief Account of the Legislative Work of 1917-1918 by
Goĭkhbarg, A. G. (Aleksandr Grigorʹevich)
On May 25th the right of citizens to change their surnames and other names was proclaimed.
In this case the names were changed to hide the ethnic/tribal identity of the leaders, most of which were not of Russian origin.
From A Year in Soviet Russia: Brief Account of the Legislative Work of 1917-1918 by
Goĭkhbarg, A. G. (Aleksandr Grigorʹevich)
On May 25th the right of citizens to change their surnames and other names was proclaimed.
In this case the names were changed to hide the ethnic/tribal identity of the leaders, most of which were not of Russian origin.