Shcherbak (
Georgian: შჩერბაკ,
Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
: Шчербак)
is a Ukrainian-language surname. Shcherba (Щерба) is a Ukrainian term for certain kinds of soup and is related to the Persian word "
shorba
Chorba ( ; ) or shorba ( ; ) is a broad class of stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Algeria, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia. It is often prepared with added in ...
" with the same meaning.
The name is most prevalent in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, where 17,275 people had the surname Shcherbak in 2014.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Denis Shcherbak
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Dmytro Shcherbak
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Oksana Shcherbak
*Vladimir Shcherbak:
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Vladimir Shcherbak (footballer, born 1970)
Vladimir Anatolyevich Shcherbak (; born 26 January 1970) is a Russian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unquali ...
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Vladimir Shcherbak (footballer, born 1959) Vladimir Shcherbak may refer to:
* Vladimir Shcherbak (footballer, born 1970), Russian football manager and player
* Vladimir Shcherbak (footballer, born 1959), Russian footballer
* Vladimir Shcherbak (painter) (1947–2018), Russian-Bulgarian p ...
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Vladimir Shcherbak (politician)
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Yuriy Shcherbak
Yuriy Mykolayovych Shcherbak (; born 23 October 1934) is a Ukrainian writer, screenwriter, publicist, epidemiologist, politician, diplomat, environmental activist and political analyst. Doctor of Medicine (1983), Laureate of Y. Yanovsky Litera ...
See also
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Shcherba
Shcherba, Ščerba, Scherbo, or Szczerba is a Slavic-language surname. It has the same form for both genders in most languages, except Czech and Slovak. The word means "gap", "dent", or "nick" in some languages such as Polish. In Ukraine, it is als ...
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Shcherbakov (disambiguation) Shcherbakov or Scherbakov (), feminine: Shcherbakova or Scherbakova (Щербако́ва), is a Russian surname. It may refer to:
Surname
* Albert Shcherbakov (born 1976), Russian footballer
* Aleksandr Shcherbakov (born 1998), Russian footballe ...
References
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Ukrainian-language surnames