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:
In the military
- Nadezhda Durova (1783–1866), woman who became a decorated soldier during the Napoleonic wars
See also