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Nechaev

Nechaev proper noun: a transliteration of the Russian surname Неча́ев (Nečájev).

Proper noun

Nechaev

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Неча́ев (Nečájev).
    • “I don’t know how many informants there were, but it is something we were always aware of,” said Vladimir Nechaev, 19, a former Navalny staffer from St Petersburg, who said he was also pressured to work for the FSB after being arrested for attending an anti-government protest. Nechaev declined the...2022 August 26, Pjotr Sauer, “‘There were hundreds of us’: Navalny ex-staffer tells of being FSB informer”, in The Guardian

Forms of Nechaev

alternative formNechayev

Origin of Nechaev

From Russian Неча́ев (Nečájev).

Questions about Nechaev

What does Nechaev mean?
Nechaev means a transliteration of the Russian surname Неча́ев (Nečájev).
What part of speech is Nechaev?
Nechaev is a proper noun.

Words near Nechaev in the dictionary

  1. necessity is the mother of innovation
  2. necessity is the mother of invention
  3. necessity knows no law
  4. necessity money
  5. necessity moneys
  6. Nechaev
  7. Nechako
  8. Nechayev
  9. Neche
  10. Nechells
  11. Nechepurenko

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