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Konev

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[kawn-yef, kaw-nyif] / ˈkɔn yɛf, ˈkɔ nyɪf /

noun

  1. Ivan Stepanovich 1897–1973, Russian general and politician.


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He said he had nothing to do with Pushwoosh and had only agreed to allow Konev to use his address to receive mail.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2022

This one, though, is very much official - a bronze statue of Ivan Stepanovich Konev, the Soviet general whose forces liberated much of the country from the Nazis.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2019

Only the top two scores from the three-man teams count, so he was bailed out by his teammates - Konstantin Surikov was 95 over and Alexey Konev was 117 over.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2012

"The Russian team seemed like it just didn't want to fight," said Ruslan Konev, the pub's 55-year-old coat check attendant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2010

Lower even, and more noticeably, more pretentiously, than the rest does a certain "needy" native of Tula named Konev salute each Cossack.

From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.