Yeah he's a cute little guy
He's actually lost at the moment (don't worry - this happens all the time, he's just crawled underneath a cupboard or somethign when we let him wander around downstairs before - he'll be out in the morning)
and yeah that's where the name came from on wp 
well initially it came from a film my friend liked - Lilja 4-Ever
one of the characters in that is called Volodja
I love volodja. He is a damned fine tortoise. and he won the war 
Indeed he did, he is our plodding-but-valiant little hero!

*offers him a strawberry*