Brezhnev

Borrowed from Russian Бре́жнев (Bréžnev).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛʒnɛv/, /ˈbɹɛʒnəv/, /ˈbɹɛʒnɛf/, /ˈbɹɛʒnəf/

Brezhnev (plural Brezhnevs)

1. a transliteration of the Russian surname Бре́жнев (Bréžnev); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Leonid Brezhnev.
   • 2025 May 8, Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii, “The never-ending war : How have Putin’s Victory Day speeches evolved over the past quarter of a century?”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe‎^[1]:

     Victory Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union to mark the 20th anniversary of the German defeat in 1965. What had until then been just another workday became a public holiday which, as Russian historian Kirill Kobrin argues, was used from the outset as a political tool, with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev keen to use the event as a means of boosting the USSR’s image internationally.

2. a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)

• Brezhnev Doctrine
• Brezhnevian
• Brezhnevite

• Brežnev

Borrowed from Russian Бре́жнев (Bréžnev).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛz.njev/, /ˈbrɛz.njef/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛznjev, -ɛznjef
• Hyphenation: Brèzh‧nev

Brezhnev m

1. a transliteration of the Russian surname Бре́жнев (Bréžnev)