Ah, the names. That can bother me too where I know the region and/or language.

I came across it when someone mentioned it on LJ and I thought it sounded interesting - and it was!

Another series I want to get into is a Russian one about a spy among the Germans,
Seventeen Moments of Spring. Several people have recced it and it's one of the most popular and best series ever made in the USSR. We got hold of it but there's a problem with the subtitles in our version at present.