Yezhov
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Ежов (Ježov).
Proper noun
Yezhov
- A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Nikolai Yezhov, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architect of the Great Purge.
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Further reading
- “Yezhov”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Yezhov”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Yezhov”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Yezhov”, in Collins English Dictionary.