Etymology

Khrushchev

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Today it means: English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв (Xruščóv); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev. Full definition →

Russian Хрущёв
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromХрущёв
  2. English todayKhrushchev

From Russian Хрущёв (Xruščóv), usually written Хрущев (Xruščev) (see note about Russian letter ё (jo)).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.