Yezhov

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian Ежов (Ježov). === Proper noun === Yezhov A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Nikolai Yezhov, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architects of the Great Purge. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Yezhov”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Yezhov”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Yezhov”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “Yezhov”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.