English Explanatory Dictionary

Yezhov

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Nikolai Yezhov, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architects of the Great Purge.

Word forms

Yezhov

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ежов (Ježov).

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