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In Russian, the stress is on the second O, and so the name is pronounced /prə.ˈko.fjəfˑ/, roughly "pruh-KO-fyuff". English speakers often say it more like "PRO-kuh-fyev", a less-correct pronunciation that is evidently widespread enough to be recognized.

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