Where does “Gorbachev” come from?
Gorbachev is derived from Russian горба́ч, a word referring to a hunchbacked person, from which the surname Горбаче́в developed as a patronymic or descriptive family name.
Gorbachev is derived from Russian горба́ч, a word referring to a hunchbacked person, from which the surname Горбаче́в developed as a patronymic or descriptive family name.