Alyokhin (russian: Алёхин also transliterated as Alekhin or Alekhine or Aljechin) is a Russian-language surname derived form the given name "Alyokha", a
diminutive
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Aleksey
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Al ...
". Feminine form: Alyokhina/Alekhina (russian: Алёхина.)
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Maria Alyokhina
Maria Vladimirovna "Masha" Alyokhina ( rus, Мария Владимировна "Маша" Алёхина, p=ɐˈlʲɵxʲɪnə; born June 6, 1988) is a Russian political activist. She is a member of the anti-Putinist punk rock group Pussy Rio ...
, Russian political activist
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Andrey Alekhin
Andrey Alekhin (russian: Андрей Анатольевич Алёхин; born February 9, 1959, Novosibirsk) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
After graduating from the Novosibirsk State Technical Universi ...
(born 1959), Russian politician
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Nikolai Alekhin
Nikolai Alekhin (; 1913–1964) was a Soviet Union rocket
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(1913–1964), Soviet Union rocket designer
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Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...
, Russian-French chess player
See also
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Alekhine (disambiguation) Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946) is a Russian-French chess master and former world champion.
Alekhine may also refer to:
* Alekhine's Defence, a chess opening introduced by Alexander Alekhine
* Alekhine's gun, a chess formation named after Alexande ...
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Alekhin (disambiguation) Alekhin may refer to:
* Andrey Alekhin (born 1959), Russian politician
* Nikolai Alekhin (1913–1964), a Soviet Union rocket designer
*Alekhin (crater), a lunar crater
*1909 Alekhin, an asteroid
See also
*Alexander Alekhine, a Russian-French Wor ...
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Russian-language surnames