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Goncharov

American  
[gon-chuh-rawf, -rof, guhn-chyi-rawf] / ˈgɒn tʃəˌrɔf, -ˌrɒf, gən tʃjɪˈrɔf /

noun

  1. Ivan Alexandrovich 1812–91, Russian novelist.


Goncharov British  
/ ˌɡʌntʃəˈrɔf /

noun

  1. Ivan Aleksandrovich (ɪˈvan alɛksanˈdrɔvɪtʃ). 1812–91, Russian novelist: his best-known work is Oblomov (1859)

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“My point of view is that we are sticking to the humanoid form too much,” said Max Goncharov, the chief technology officer at RemBrain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Alexander Goncharov, a physicist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, won’t go that far, but he thinks Hirsch’s concerns about AC susceptibility measurements are fair.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 21, 2021

When I asked Goncharov what Wireless Lab uses the photos for, he didn’t say.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2019

He’s currently rereading Trollope’s Palliser novels and “Oblomov,” a novel by the Russian writer Ivan Goncharov.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016

In 1858 Goncharov was appointed a censor, and in 1868 he published another novel called Obreev.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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