Kaganovich

Kaganovich (Russian: Каганович, romanized: Kaganovich; Ukrainian: Каганович, romanized: Kahanovych) is a Jewish surname. It comes from the Hebrew word “Cohen” which means Priest.

Kaganovich may refer to:

People

  • Ida Rosenthal (born Ida Kaganovich, 1886–1973), a Russian-American dressmaker, businesswoman
  • Der Nister (1884–1950), pen name of Pinchas Kaganovich (Kahanovich), a Yiddish author, philosopher, translator, and critic
  • Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), Soviet politician

Other

  • 16131 Kaganovich (1999 XV97), a main-belt asteroid
  • Qaraçuxur (also Imeni Kaganovicha, Kaganovich, Kaganovicha), a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Soviet cruiser Kaganovich, a Kirov-class battlecruiser
  • Poliske, a town in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone named Kaganovichi Pervye or Kahanovychi Pershi during the Soviet era

See also

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