Nadezhda (given name)

• Nadezhda Alliluyeva (Надежда Аллилуева, 1901–1932), second wife of Joseph Stalin • Nadezhda Bondarenko (Надежда Бондаренко, born 1950), Transnistrian politician and presidential candidate in the 2006 election • Nadezhda Chaikova (Надежда Чайкова, 1963–1996), Russian correspondent known for exposés of Russian military atrocities and close contacts with the Chechen rebels • Nadezhda Joffe (Надежда Иоффе, 1906–1999), Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of Soviet leader Adolph Joffe • Nadezhda Krupskaya (Надежда Крупская, 1869–1939), Russian Marxist revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin • Nadezhda Neynsky, (Надежда Нейнски, born 1962; formerly Nadezhda Mihaylova, Надежда Михайлова), MEP since 2009, Bulgarian foreign minister 1997–2001, also leader of the Union of Democratic Forces from 2002 to 2005 • Nadezhda Sigida (Надежда Сигид, 1862–1889), Russian revolutionary and central figure of the Kara katorga tragedy • Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895), early Russian feminist and educator • Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Надежда Толоконникова, born 1989), political activist and artist, nicknamed Nadya Tolokno (Надя Толокно); member of the feminist punk-rock collective Pussy Riot • Nadezhda Tylik, a Kursk sailor's mother who was forcibly sedated on an internationally distributed news clip • Nadezhda Vasilyeva (Надежда Васильева, died 1971), one of several women claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia ==Sports==

• Nadezhda Alexandrova (, born 1986), Russian ice hockey player • Nadezhda Belonenko (, 1911–1964), Soviet-Russian tennis player • Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (, born 1950), Soviet-Russian sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist • Nadezhda Chizhova (, born 1945), Soviet-Russian shot putter and Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist • Nadia Comăneci (born 1961), Romanian gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist • Nadezhda Evstyukhina (, born 1988), Russian weightlifter • Nadezhda Frolenkova (/, born 1989), Ukrainian ice dancer • Nadezhda Gumerova (, born 1949), Soviet-Kazakhstani long-distance runner • Nadezhda Ilyina (, 1949–2013), Soviet-Russian sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist • Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (, , 1933–1994), Soviet-Georgian track and field athlete and Olympic bronze medalist • Nadezhda Konyayeva (, born 1931), Soviet javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medalist • Nadezhda Kosintseva (, born 1985), Russian chess player • Nadia Marcinko (also Naďa, Nadežda Marcinková, born 1986), Slovak-American pilot • Naďa Mertová, Czechoslovak orienteering competitor • Nadezhda Morozova (, born 1996), Russian ice hockey player • Nadezhda Morozova (, born 1998), Kazakhstani speed skater • Nadezhda Olizarenko (, , 1953–2017), Soviet middle distance runner and Olympic gold and bronze medalist • Nadia Petrova (, born 1982), Russian tennis player • Nadezhda Ralldugina (/, born 1957), Soviet-born Ukrainian-Russian middle distance runner • Nadezhda Stepanova (, born 1959), Soviet-Russian long-distance runner • Nadezhda Torlopova (, born 1978), Russian boxer and Olympic silver medalist • Nadezhda Vinogradova (, born 1958), Soviet heptathlete • Nadezhda Wijenberg (, , born 1964), Soviet-born Russian-Dutch long-distance runner who represented the Netherlands at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 • Nadezhda Yakubovich (/, born 1954), Soviet-Belarusian javelin thrower == In the arts ==

• Nadezhda Babkina (born 1950), Russian and Soviet folk singer • Nadežda Čačinovič (born 1947), Croatian philosopher, sociologist and author of Slovene descent • Naďa Konvalinková (Naděžda Konvalinková; born 1951), Czech actress • Nadezhda Kadysheva (Надежда Кадышева, born 1959), Russian folk-rock pop singer, lead singer of the Golden Ring ensemble. Honorary Citizen of Bugulma. People's Artist of Mordovia, Honored Artist of Tatarstan. "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" (1993) • Nadezhda Vladimirovna Lermontova (1885–1921), Russian painter • Nadezhda Mandelstam (Надежда Мандельштам, 1899–1980), Russian writer and wife of poet Osip Mandelstam • Nadezhda von Meck (Надежда фон Мекк, 1831–1894), Russian widow best known for her relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Nadezhda Mikhalkova (Надежда Михалкова, born 1986), Russian actress and daughter of Nikita Mikhalkov • Nadezhda Misyakova (Надежда Мисякова, born 2000), Belarusian singer • Nadezhda Obukhova (Надежда Обухова, 1886–1961), Russian mezzo-soprano • Nadežda Petrović (Надежда Петровић, 1873–1915), Serbian painter • Nadezhda Plevitskaya (Надежда Плевицкая, 1884–1940), Russian singer • Nađa Regin (Nadežda Poderegin, 1931–2019), Serbian singer • Nadezhda Repina (Надежда Репина, 1809–1867), Russian actress and soprano • Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Надежда Румянцева, 1930–2008), Soviet and Russian actress • Nadezhda Teffi (Надежда Тэффи, 1872–1952), Russian humorist writer • Nadezhda Udaltsova (Надежда Удальцова, 1886–1961), Russian avant-garde artist • Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Надежда Забела–Врубель, 1868–1913), Russian soprano == In the military ==

• Nadezhda Durova (Надежда Дурова, 1783–1866), woman who became a decorated soldier during the Napoleonic wars • Nadezhda Popova (Надежда Попова, 1921–2013), squadron commander during World War II awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union == Fictional characters ==

• Nadezhda, original Russian name of Elizabeth Jennings on the TV series The Americans • Nadezhda, on the TV series Dexter, who goes by the diminutive Nadia • Nadia, on the TV series LOST, is Sayid's love interest • Nadia, the main character on the Netflix TV series Russian Doll ==See also==