Nadezhda (given name)
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Nadezhda or Nadežda is a Slavic female given name popular in Russia
, Bulgaria
, Serbia
and other Slavic countries. It means "hope". A Ukrainian
version of this name is Nadiya (or Nadija), Cyrillic Надія. Czech version is Naděje.
Nadezhda is the name of:
In politics and news media:
In sports and gaming:
In the arts:
In the military
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and other Slavic countries. It means "hope". A Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
version of this name is Nadiya (or Nadija), Cyrillic Надія. Czech version is Naděje.
Nadezhda is the name of:
In politics and news media:
- Nadezhda Mihaylova Bulgarian foreign minister 1997-2001, also leader of the UDFUnion of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name...
from 2002 to 2005 - Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901–1932), second wife of Joseph Stalin
- Nadezhda Konstantinovna KrupskayaNadezhda Konstantinovna KrupskayaNadezhda Konstantinovna "Nadya" Krupskaya was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician. She married the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in 1898. She was deputy minister of Education in 1929–1939, Doctor of Education....
(1869–1939), Russian Marxist revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin - Nadezhda JoffeNadezhda JoffeNadezhda Adolfovna Joffe was a Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of early Soviet leader Adolph Joffe.Joffe joined the Trotskyist Left Opposition within the Soviet Communist Party shortly after it was formed in 1923 and was first exiled from Moscow in 1929...
(1906–1999), Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of Soviet leader Adolph Joffe - Nadezhda SigidaNadezhda SigidaNadezhda Konstantinovna Sigida was a Russian revolutionary, heroine of the Kara katorga tragedy of 1889.-Background:...
(1862–1889), Russian revolutionary and central figure of the Kara katorga tragedy - Nadezhda Bondarenko, Transnistrian politician and candidate for President in the 2006 election
- Nadezhda VasilyevaNadezhda VasilyevaNadezhda Ivanovna Vasilyeva was one of several women who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Vasilyeva first surfaced in Siberia in 1920, as she was trying to travel to China. She was arrested by the Bolshevik authorities and was imprisoned in succession at Nizhny Novgorod,...
(died 1971), one of several women claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia - Nadezhda TylikNadezhda TylikNadezhda Tylik is a Russian citizen and mother of the submariner Lt. Sergei Tylik, who lost his life in the Kursk disaster - a Russian submarine that sank after an onboard explosion on August 12, 2000....
, a Kursk sailor's mother who was forcibly sedated on an internationally distributed news clip - Nadezhda ChaikovaNadezhda ChaikovaNadezhda Chaikova was a correspondent for the Russian weekly Obshchaya Gazeta. A college of Anna Politkovskaya, she had traveled frequently to Chechnya and neighbouring regions...
(died 1996), Russian correspondent known for exposés of Russian military atrocities and close contacts with the Chechen rebels
In sports and gaming:
- Nadezhda OlizarenkoNadezhda OlizarenkoNadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva...
(born 1953), Olympic gold and bronze medal-winning Soviet middle distance runner - Nadezhda TkachenkoNadezhda TkachenkoNadezhda Vladimirovna Tkachenko is a former pentathlete. She won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in 1980. A three-time Olympian Tkachenko trained at VSS Avanhard in Donetsk Oblast.-References:*...
(born 1948), Olympic gold medal-winning Soviet pentathlete - Nadezhda ChizhovaNadezhda ChizhovaNadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova is a Soviet shot putter who won three Olympic medals and set seven new world records. Nadezhda Chizhova trained at VSS Spartak. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barrier...
(born 1945), Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal-winning Soviet shot putter - Nadezhda BelonenkoNadezhda BelonenkoNadezhda Mitrofanovna Slavinskaya-Belonenko , was a Soviet Russian tennis player, four-time Soviet Union Champion....
(1911–1964), Soviet-Russian tennis player - Nadezhda BesfamilnayaNadezhda BesfamilnayaNadezhda Besfamilnaya is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...
(born 1950), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter - Nadezhda EvstyukhinaNadezhda EvstyukhinaNadezhda Alexandrovna Yevstyukhina is a Russian weightlifter.In the 69 kg category, she won the silver medal at the 2005 Junior World Championships, and the gold medal at the 2006 Junior World Championships.Yevstyukhina participated in the women's -75 kg class at the 2006 World...
(born 1988), Russian weightlifter - Nadezhda FrolenkovaNadezhda FrolenkovaNadezhda Frolenkova is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Mikhail Kasalo. They are the 2011 Ukrainian silver medalists.-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level-References:...
(born 1989), Ukrainian ice dancer - Nadezhda GumerovaNadezhda GumerovaNadezhda Gumerova is a retired female long-distance runner from Kazakhstan, who represented the Soviet Union during her career. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon race at the 1986 Goodwill Games.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1949), Kazakhstani long-distance runner - Nadezhda IlyinaNadezhda IlyinaNadezhda Ilyina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Ilyina trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Inta Kļimoviča, Lyudmila...
(born 1949), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter - Nadezhda KosintsevaNadezhda KosintsevaNadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster....
(born 1985), Russian chess player - Nadezhda Khnykina-DvalishviliNadezhda Khnykina-DvalishviliNadezhda Pavlovna Khnykina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres and long jump.Khnykina trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi. She competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 200 metres where she won the bronze medal...
(1933–1994), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet track and field athlete - Nadezhda KonyayevaNadezhda KonyayevaNadezhda Konyayeva is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Javelin.Konyayeva trained at Burevestnik in Kiev. She competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in the Javelin where she won the bronze medal.-References:*...
(born 1931), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet javelin thrower - Nadezhda RallduginaNadezhda RallduginaNadezhda Ralldugina is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 1,500 metres on 1984-08-18 at a meet in Prague.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1957), Soviet middle distance - Nadezhda VinogradovaNadezhda VinogradovaNadezhda Vinogradova is a former heptathlete from the Soviet Union, who was born as Nadezhda Miromanova. She set the second official world record in the women's heptathlon, gaining a total number of 6181 points on May 5, 1981 at a meet in Kislovodsk...
(born 1958), Soviet heptathlete - Nadezhda WijenbergNadezhda WijenbergNadezhda Wijenberg is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands....
(born 1964), Russian-born long-distance runner who represented the Netherlands at the Olympics - Nadezhda YakubovichNadezhda YakubovichNadezhda Yakubovich is a retired female javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union during her career. She is best known for twice winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the Summer Universiade.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1954), Soviet javelin thrower
In the arts:
- Nadezhda MandelstamNadezhda MandelstamNadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam was a Russian writer and educator, and the wife of the poet Osip Mandelstam, who died in 1938 in a transit camp to the gulag of Siberia...
(1899–1980), Russian writer and wife of poet Osip Mandelstam - Nadezhda von MeckNadezhda von MeckNadezhda Filaretovna von Meck was a Russian businesswoman, who is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. She supported him financially for 13 years, enabling him to devote himself full-time to composition, but she stipulated that they were never to meet. ...
(1831–1894), Russian widow best known for her relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Nadezhda UdaltsovaNadezhda UdaltsovaNadezhda Andreeva Udaltsova was a Russian avant-garde artist and painter.-Biography:Nadezhda Udaltsova was born in town Orel in Russia. Udaltsova studied at private art studios in Moscow, then in Paris under André Segonzac....
(1886–1961), Russian avant-garde artist - Nadezhda TeffiNadezhda TeffiNadezhda Teffi, known simply as Teffi, was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi is a pseudonym. Her real name was Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya after her marriage Nadezhda Alexandrovna Buchinskaya...
(1872–1952), Russian humorist writer - Nadezhda Zabela-VrubelNadezhda Zabela-VrubelNadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel was a Russian opera singer. Vocally, she is best described as a lyrical soprano, with a particularly high tessitura....
(1868–1913), Russian soprano - Nadezhda RepinaNadezhda RepinaNadezhda Vasilyevna Repina was a Russian actress and singer .The daughter of a serf actor and musician, she was in the troupe of a landlord called Stolypin, from which she was redeemed in 1825 by the Directors of the Theatrical College...
(1809–1867), Russian actress and soprano - Nadezhda PlevitskayaNadezhda PlevitskayaNadezhda Vasilievna Plevitskaya was the most popular female Russian singer of the White emigration.-Early life and career:Plevitskaya was born Nadezhda Vasilievna Vinnikova to a peasant family in the village of Vinnikovo near Kursk...
(1884–1940), Russian singer - Nadežda PetrovićNadežda PetrovicNadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...
(1873–1915), Serbian painter
In the military
- Nadezhda DurovaNadezhda DurovaNadezhda Andreyevna Durova , also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. She was the first known female officer in the Russian military...
(1783–1866), woman who became a decorated soldier during the Napoleonic wars
See also
- Nadia (given name)
- Nadine (given name)
- Slavic names