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Andreyev

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[ahn-drey-uhf, uhn-drye-yif] / ɑnˈdreɪ əf, ʌnˈdryɛ yɪf /

noun

  1. Leonid Nikolaevich 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.


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Tetyana's husband, Volodymyr Andreyev, 73, tells me he is “in a hole” - the household is falling apart without his wife, and he and his son only manage with the help of neighbours.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

Peter Andreyev, president of the New Jersey State Policemens’ Benevolent Association, issued a statement calling for changes in laws and procedures governing how police interact with disorderly teens and young adults.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Ambassador Sergei Andreyev, his face dripping and his shirt stained, said he was “proud of my country and my president”.

From Reuters • May 10, 2022

“I haven’t seen it, but that’s what people are saying,” Yegor Andreyev, 83, a villager in Magaras, said of the widely circulating rumors of unnamed “bosses” burning the forests to further various corrupt schemes.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021

The poignant irony of this story is not unusual with Andreyev.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge

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