Nadezhda
Proper noun
Meaning
Nadezhda
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Надежда (Nadéžda).
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By the end of 1737 the Gabriel had been refitted; additionally, two new ships, the Archangel Michael and the Nadezhda, had been constructed and were rapidly readied for a voyage to Japan, a country with which Russia had never had contact.
In 1803–1806, the Russian navigator Adam Johann von Krusenstern while sailing across the globe in the ship Nadezhda also explored, in passing, the Sea of Japan and the eastern shores of Japanese islands.
One of the leaders of the Belarusian national biathlon team Nadezhda Skardino said that the emotions were through the roof after the race.
Warrack, Tchaikovsky'', 120. Years of wandering Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's patroness and confidante from 1877 to 1890 Tchaikovsky remained abroad for a year after the disintegration of his marriage.
Nadezhda died in 1932, officially of illness.
"Thanks in large part to Nadezhda von Meck", Wiley writes, "he became the first full-time professional Russian composer."