nikolay bruise together with vice-rector for academic affairs jan panfei and chief.s international relations marketing department and then a short video instruction for those who have decided to officially change their first and last name. i want a different surname, name or even patronymic, but how to do it, we’ll find out right now an application to change the surname of your own name and patronymic can be submitted by citizens of the republic of belarus who have reached the age of sixteen, if a citizen permanently resides outside the republic of belarus and, uh, is registered with a consular officer, then he can submit application for a change of surname, first name and patronymic to the competent authorities foreign institutions outside the republic of belarus it is possible to change the surname of one’s own name or patronymic only if the citizen argues his desire, the most popular reasons are, of course, the desire to be in the surname, spouse, in case the marriage was registered outside the republic of belarus or return your premarital surname if it was not. i