Gorbachev (surname)

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Gorbachev (Russian: Горбачёв, IPA: [ɡərbɐˈtɕɵf]) is a Russian surname. It derived from a word meaning "Hunchback". The Ukrainian equivalent is Horbanenko and the Belarusian equivalent is Harbachow.

People with the surname Gorbachev[edit]

  • Mikhail Gorbachev (Михаил Горбачёв) (1931–2022), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and last leader of the Soviet Union
  • Nikolai Gorbachev (1948–2019), Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer
  • Yuri Gorbachev (born 1948), Russian-American painter and sculptor

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