Nadeschda (first name)
Nadeschda ( Russian Надежда , in other transcription variants Nadjeschda , Nadeshda , Nadezhda , Nadežda ) is a female Russian given name that literally means "hope", one of the three Christian virtues (see also Wera "Faith" and Ljubow "Love") .
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Name bearers
- Nadeschda Sergejewna Alliluyewa (1901–1932), wife of Stalin
- Nadeschda Andrejewna Durowa (1783–1866), Russian cavalryman and author
- Nadeschda Adolfowna Joffe (1906–1999), Soviet Trotskyist
- Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaja (1869–1939), wife of Lenin
- Nadeschda Jakowlewna Mandelstam (1899–1980), wife of Ossip Mandelstam
- Nadeschda Michajlowa (* 1962), Bulgarian politician (SDS)
- Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (1831–1894), Russian patron and pen friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Nadezhda Konstantinowna Muravjowa (* 1980), Russian handball player
- Nadezhda Fyodorovna Muschta (married Olisarenko; 1953-2017), Soviet middle-distance runner
- Nadezhda Nikolajewna Patrakejewa (1959-2014), Soviet ski racer
- Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrowa (* 1982), Russian tennis player
- Nadeschda Skardino (* 1985), Belarusian biathlete (Russian form of name), Belarusian Nadseja Skardsina
- Nadeschda Prokofjewna Suslowa (1843–1918), Russian doctor and professor of medicine
- Nadezhda Vladimirovna Tschischowa (* 1945), Soviet athlete
- Nadeschda Andrejewna Tolokonnikowa (* 1989), Russian performance artist and political activist
- Nadeschda Andrejewna Udalzowa (1886–1961), Russian painter
- Nadeshda Brennicke (* 1973), German actress
- Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), Serbian painter