Khlebnikov

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proper noun

A transliteration of the Russian surname Хле́бников (Xlébnikov).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Хле́бников (Xlébnikov).

    The ship's Russian captain, Vitaly Khlebnikov, told reporters that the boarding was "dangerous."

    2000 August 4, AP [Associated Press], “Canadian navy boards ship carrying military supplies”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2012
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    Poets have been ill-fated in Russia ever since the Revolution: Vladimir Mayakovsky and Sergei Esenin, among the two great poets of the Revolutionary era, were suicides; Viktor Khlebnikov starved to death during the Civil War; […]

    1980 December 21, James Atlas, “A Poetic Triumph”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2025

    Though born in New York, he was motivated by a passionate identification with Russia and its culture - he was known to his Russian readers as Pavel Khlebnikov.

    2004 July 15, Carolynne Wheeler, Christopher Reed, “Paul Klebnikov”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2013

    Poet Oleg Khlebnikov has lived in the old writers' retreat north of the birch alley for 20 years, penning his verse on an oil cloth-covered wooden table on the veranda of a dacha he leases from the Literary Fund, a cultural heritage bureaucracy that inherited the enclave after the demise of the Soviet Union.

    2015 October 14, Carol J. Williams, “Doctor Zhivago's humble beginnings have turned into billionaires' playground”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2015

    Dmitry Khlebnikov, a passenger seated in the 10th row, later told journalists at Sheremetyevo airport that he was only alive thanks to the crew.

    2019 May 6, Alec Luhn, “Moscow plane crash: hero steward died helping passengers escape as calls mount for Sukhoi Superjet 100 to be banned”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2019
Cite this entry
APA

Khlebnikov. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khlebnikov

MLA

“Khlebnikov.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khlebnikov. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Khlebnikov,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khlebnikov.

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