Gorbachev (surname)

Gorbachev (Russian: Горбачёв, IPA: [ɡərbɐˈtɕɵf]) is a Russian surname. It derived from a word meaning "Hunchback". The Ukrainian equivalent is Horbanenko and the Belarusian equivalent is Harbachow.

People with the surname Gorbachev

• Mikhail Gorbachev (Михаил Горбачёв) (1931–2022), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and last leader of the Soviet Union
• Nikolai Gorbachev (1948–2019), Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer
• Yuri Gorbachev (born 1948), Russian-American painter and sculptor

Other variants

• Raisa Gorbacheva (Раиса Горбачёва, 1932–1999), wife of Mikhail Gorbachev
• Aleksandr Gorbachyov (disambiguation), various people
• Boris Gorbachyov (1892–1937), Soviet komkor
• Igor Gorbachyov (1927–2003), Russian stage and film actor
• Ivan Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (1902–1941), Red Army major general
• Timofey Gorbachyov (1900–1973), Soviet scientist, mining specialist
• Mihail Harbachow (Belarusian Міхаіл Гарбачоў, Russian Михаил Горбачёв), Belarusian footballer

See also

• Gorbachevo, a place in Belarus