1) Given name 
Many of Poland`s kings bore this name. Its variant in Russian is Vladislav; Belarusian - Ŭladzislaŭ (Ўладзіслаў); Czech - Ladislav. In Ukraine and Russia this name became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as Polish culture became popular, as a way to be connected to Western culture that was permitted by the Soviet regime for the Soviet p....