Gorbachev (surname)

Gorbachev (Russian: Горбачёв, IPA: [ɡərbɐˈtɕɵf]) is a Russian surname. It derived from a word meaning "Hunchback". The Ukrainian equivalent is Horbanenko and the Belarusian equivalent is Harbachow.

People with the surname Gorbachev

  • Mikhail Gorbachev (Михаил Горбачёв), last head of state of the Soviet Union
  • Nikolai Gorbachev (1948–2019), Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer
  • Yuri Gorbachev, Russian-American painter and sculptor, nephew of Mikhail Gorbachev

Other variants

See also

  • Gorbachevo, a place in Belarus
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