Nadezhda (given name)

Nadezhda or Nadežda (Cyrillic Надежда) is a Slavic female given name popular in Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia and other Slavic countries. It means "hope". A Ukrainian version of this name is Nadiya (or Nadija), Cyrillic Надія. Czech version is Naděje.

Nadezhda is the name of:

In politics and news media:

• Nadezhda Mihaylova Bulgarian foreign minister 1997-2001, also leader of the UDF from 2002 to 2005
• Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901–1932), second wife of Joseph Stalin
• Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869–1939), Russian Marxist revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin
• Nadezhda Joffe (1906–1999), Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of Soviet leader Adolph Joffe
• Nadezhda Sigida (1862–1889), Russian revolutionary and central figure of the Kara katorga tragedy
• Nadezhda Bondarenko, Transnistrian politician and candidate for President in the 2006 election
• Nadezhda Vasilyeva (died 1971), one of several women claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
• Nadezhda Tylik, a Kursk sailor's mother who was forcibly sedated on an internationally distributed news clip
• Nadezhda Chaikova (died 1996), Russian correspondent known for exposés of Russian military atrocities and close contacts with the Chechen rebels

In sports and gaming:

• Nadezhda Olizarenko (born 1953), Olympic gold and bronze medal-winning Soviet middle distance runner
• Nadezhda Tkachenko (born 1948), Olympic gold medal-winning Soviet pentathlete
• Nadezhda Chizhova (born 1945), Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal-winning Soviet shot putter
• Nadezhda Belonenko (1911–1964), Soviet-Russian tennis player
• Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (born 1950), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter
• Nadezhda Evstyukhina (born 1988), Russian weightlifter
• Nadezhda Frolenkova (born 1989), Ukrainian ice dancer
• Nadezhda Gumerova (born 1949), Kazakhstani long-distance runner
• Nadezhda Ilyina (born 1949), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet sprinter
• Nadezhda Kosintseva(born 1985), Russian chess player
• Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (1933–1994), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet track and field athlete
• Nadezhda Konyayeva (born 1931), Olympic bronze medal-winning Soviet javelin thrower
• Nadezhda Ralldugina (born 1957), Soviet middle distance
• Nadezhda Vinogradova (born 1958), Soviet heptathlete
• Nadezhda Wijenberg (born 1964), Russian-born long-distance runner who represented the Netherlands at the Olympics
• Nadezhda Yakubovich (born 1954), Soviet javelin thrower

In the arts:

• Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), Russian writer and wife of poet Osip Mandelstam
• Nadezhda von Meck (1831–1894), Russian widow best known for her relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Nadezhda Udaltsova (1886–1961), Russian avant-garde artist
• Nadezhda Teffi (1872–1952), Russian humorist writer
• Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (1868–1913), Russian soprano
• Nadezhda Repina (1809–1867), Russian actress and soprano
• Nadezhda Plevitskaya (1884–1940), Russian singer
• Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), Serbian painter

In the military

• Nadezhda Durova (1783–1866), woman who became a decorated soldier during the Napoleonic wars

See also

• Nadia (given name)
• Nadine (given name)
• Slavic names

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