Fadeyev

American  

[fuh-dey-ef, -ev, fuh-dye-yif] / fəˈdeɪ ɛf, -ɛv, fʌˈdyɛ yɪf /

Or Fadeev

noun

1. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 1901–56, Russian novelist.

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Example Sentences

On Saturday the head of the Kremlin's Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeyev, publicly announced that he had written to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with a request to "urgently resolve" problems of the mobilisation.

From Reuters

“New faces – soldiers, doctors, military correspondents, volunteers – will be our elite,” Fadeyev wrote.

From Seattle Times

In early 1951, Alexander Fadeyev, the chairman of the Union of Soviet Writers, sent Grossman a number of demands.

From The New Yorker

Fadeyev and Tvardovsky wanted to remove Shtrum because it was a time of extreme Russian chauvinism, and it was unacceptable for the hero of a novel about the Battle of Stalingrad to be anything but a purebred Russian.

From The New Yorker

A third autoworker, identifying himself only as Y. Fadeyev, 41, said that he would not vote, although Mr. Grudinin had added some “intrigue” to the race.

From New York Times