Svetlana Chmakova: Hi, my name is Svetlana Chmakova. I get quite a few mispronunciation of my last name, and sometimes my first name as well, so I thought I would give a little primer on how to pronounce it. Last name is pronounced with the sh sound at the beginning even though it's C-H. It's a french spelling, so it's Chmakova. Then, my first name is Svetlana. It's pronounced phonetically. It means light in Russian, and if you have trouble saying the S V combination, I'm also fine with people calling me Lana.