Zakharchenko Explained

Zakharchenko (ru|Захарченко) is a Ukrainian-language surname, derived from the given name Zechariah. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Zakharchenko (1976–2018), Ukrainian separatist leader during the war in Donbas
• Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
• Stanislav Zakharchenko (born 1994), Russian footballer
• Vitaliy Zakharchenko (born 1963), Ukrainian government minister (suspended from duties by the Ukrainian parliament)
• Yevgeni Zakharchenko (born 1978), Russian footballer

It is also the name of a rural settlement in Ukraine: Zakharchenko, Shakhtarsk Raion.

See also

• • 4244 Zakharchenko, main-belt asteroid
• Mikhail Vaschenko-Zakharchenko (1825–1912), Ukrainian mathematician