Yezhov

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ежов (Ježov).

Proper noun

Yezhov

1. 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.

Translations

Yezhov

• Russian: Ежов (ru) m (Ježov)

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.