Plekhanov

American  

[pli-kah-nawf, -nof, plyi-khah-nuhf] / plɪˈkɑ nɔf, -nɒf, plyɪˈxɑ nəf /

noun

1. Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.

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Plekhanov British  

/ pljɪˈçɑnof /

noun

1. Georgi Valentinovich (ˈɡjɪorɡji valɪnˈtjinəvjɪʃ). 1857–1918, Russian revolutionary; founder of Russian Marxism and leader of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party

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Example Sentences

According to Reuters, he graduated from the School of Physics at Moscow State University in 1993 and three years later graduated from Moscow’s School of Economics at Plekhanov Academy of Economics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2017

“Sechin is easily the most influential person in the country after Putin,” says Sergei Markov, a political analyst at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2014

“It makes him look strong, cool, tough and unyielding,” says Sergei Markov, a longtime Kremlin spinmeister who heads the Political Science Department at Moscow’s Plekhanov University.

From Time • Jun. 11, 2013

He attended the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, where he met his future business partner, Konstantin Rykov.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2013

Later, in the space lighter heading back for Genoa, Mayer said speculatively, "Did you notice anything about Leonid Plekhanov?"

From Adaptation by Schoenherr, John