Oladyi may be served with caviar, similarly to blini. Generally, the term "oladyi" in Eastern Slavic cuisines may also denote fritters made with other ingredients, e.g. potato pancakes (картофельные оладьи), carrot fritters (морковные оладьи), bean pancakes (оладьи из бобовых), rice pancakes (рисовые оладьи), summer squash fritters (кабачковые оладьи) etc. Syrniki (quark pancakes) may also be considered a type of oladyi. The Old East Slavic word "oladya" as a proper noun is first attested in 1470. As a dish it is first mentioned in "Domostroy", the 16th-century Russian book of household rules, instructions and advice. The word derives from Ancient Greek ἐλάδιον,
Russian given name Lada (), and Lyubava (). Soviet-era names include Vilen (), Avangard (), Ninel (), and Era (). Names borrowed from other languages include Albert (), Ruslan (), Zhanna (), and Leyla (). The number of currently used names is relatively small. According to various estimations no more than 600 masculine and feminine names more or less regularly appear in modern generations: the main body of given names doesn't exceed 300-400. The history of Russian given name is usually divided in three stages: Before adoption of Christianity till the end of the 10th century, eastern Slavs (ancestors of modern Russians, Ukrainians