Alyokhin (russian: Алёхин also transliterated as Alekhin or Alekhine or Aljechin) is a Russian-language surname derived form the given name "Alyokha", a

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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.) *

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 *

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 *

Nikolai Alekhin Nikolai Alekhin (; 1913–1964) was a Soviet Union rocket A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to ...

(1913–1964), Soviet Union rocket designer *

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

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