Yanukovych (surname)
| Language(s) | Ukrainian |
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| Meaning | "son of Yanuk" |
| Region of origin | Belarus |
Yanukovych (Ukrainian: Янукович) is a Ukrainian-language spelling of the Belarusian[1] surname Yanukovich (Belarusian: Януковіч) , a patronymic surname derived from the given name Yanuk, a diminutive of Yan, Polish: Jan, i.e., Ivan. The Polish-language spelling is Janukowicz. Notable people with the surname include:
- Viktor Yanukovych (born 1950) is a Ukrainian politician of Belarusian, Polish and Russian descent who served as 4th President of Ukraine from 2010 until his overthrow in the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution
- Lyudmyla Yanukovych, ex-wife of Viktor Yanukovych, former First Lady of Ukraine
- Oleksandr Yanukovych (born 1973), Ukrainian businessman
- Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych (1981–2015), Ukrainian politician
- Zofia Janukowicz-Pobłocka (1928–2019), Polish opera singer, soprano
References
[edit]- ^ (in Belarusian) Бiрыла, М. В. (1966). Беларуская антрапанiмiя. Уласныя iмёны, iмёны-мянушкi, iмёны па бацьку, прозвiшчы. Мінск: Навука i тэхнiка. с. 85–86.
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