Volkov
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Volkov or Volkova (feminine; Волкова) is a common Russia
n last name, which is derived from the word volk (волк, or wolf), and may refer to:
Russia
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n last name, which is derived from the word volk (волк, or wolf), and may refer to:
- Aleksei Volkov, see there for complete list
- Alexander Volkov, see there for complete list
- Anatole VolkovAnatole VolkovAnatole Boris Volkov was an American physicist, allegedly serving as a courier for the Silvermaster spy ring between Washington, D.C. and New York City. Volkov taught both abroad and in America, retiring in the United States 1989. Though Volkov's name appears in the FBI's files, he was never...
, courier for the Silvermaster spy ring - Anatoly Volkov (1909-?), Soviet literary critic
- Boris Volkov (1900-1970), Soviet stage designer
- Dmitry Volkov, Soviet swimmer
- Dmitry Volkov (1718-1785), Russian statesman
- Esteban Volkov, grandson of Leon Trotsky
- Fyodor VolkovFyodor VolkovFyodor Grigorievich Volkov was a Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater.The stepson of merchant Polushkin from Kostroma, Fyodor Volkov received a versatile education. He established the very first public theater in Yaroslavl in 1750, which would later bring fame to the...
, "the father of the Russian theater" - Fyodor Volkov (1847-1918), Ukrainian ethnographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist
- Fyodor Andreyevich Volkov (1898-1954), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
- Igor F. Volkov, a Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
- Ilan VolkovIlan VolkovIlan Volkov is an orchestral conductor. His father, Alexander Volkov, was a concert pianist of Ukrainian ancestry. His mother, Professor Shulamit Volkov of The School of Historical Studies in Tel Aviv University, is of German ancestry...
, Israeli conductor - Ivan Volkov (b. 1954), Russian saxophone and clarinet player and jazzman
- Konstantin Volkov, see there for complete list
- Mikhail Volkov (1922-?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nadezhda Volkova (1920-1942), Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nikolay Ivanovich Volkov (1924-1983), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nikolay Mikhaylovich VolkovNikolay Mikhaylovich Volkov-Childhood and Education:Volkov was born in 1951 in Krasnoye village, in the Shablykinsky district of the Oryol Region. In 1973, Volkov graduated from a civil engineer institute in Odessa.-Politics:...
, governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia - Nora VolkowNora VolkowNora Volkow is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse . She is the great-granddaughter of Russian revolutionary leader and Head of the Fourth International, Leon Trotsky. Her father was the son of Leon Trotsky’s elder daughter.Born in Mexico City, Volkow and her three sisters grew up...
, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States - Olga VolkovaOlga VolkovaOlga Volkova is a Ukrainian freestyle skier specializing in aerials. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.-External links:*...
(b. 1939), Russian actress - Semyon Volkov (1845-1924), Russian revolutionary
- Sergey Volkov, see there for complete list
- Solomon VolkovSolomon VolkovSolomon Moiseyevich Volkov is a Russian journalist and musicologist. He is best known for Testimony, which was published in 1979 following his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1976...
, Russian musicologist - Valentin Volkov (painter) (1881-1964), Soviet painter
- Valery VolkovValery VolkovValery Volkov is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion, He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...
, Soviet horse rider - Vasily Volkov (1859 or 1860 - 1887), Russian revolutionary
- Vasily Stepanovich Volkov (1922-?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vera VolkovaVera VolkovaVera Volkova was an influential Russian ballet dancer and dance teacher. Born in Tomsk, she trained in Petrograd at Akim Volynsky's School of Russian Ballet, also studying with the renowned Russian ballet mistress Agrippina Vaganova. She danced professionally with the Imperial Russian Ballet,...
, Russian ballet dancer - Viktor Volkov (1917-1998), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vitali VolkovVitali VolkovVitali Vladimirovich Volkov is a Russian footballer. Currently he plays for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. From 2001-2006 he played at Torpedo Moscow and in 2007 he played for FC Rubin Kazan. He currently plays for FC Tobol in Kazakhstan Premier League....
, FC Torpedo Moscow midfielder - Vladimir VolkovVladimir VolkovVladimir Volkov is a Serbian footballer who plays for FK Partizan. Mainly a left back, he can also operate as a left winger.-Club career:...
(b. 1960), Russian contrabassContrabassContrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
player and jazzman - Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov (b. 1954), Chairman of the Government of the Republic of MordoviaMordoviaThe Republic of Mordovia , also known as Mordvinia, is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Saransk. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia...
, Russia - Vladislav VolkovVladislav VolkovVladislav Nikolayevich Volkov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally.-Biography:...
, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union- Volkov (crater)Volkov (crater)Volkov is a lunar crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the north of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy, and east-southeast of Dobrovol'skiy. Overlying the southeastern rim of Volkov is the satellite crater Volkov J, and the two have merged to form a figure-8 shape...
, a lunar crater bearing his name - 1790 Volkov1790 Volkov1790 Volkov is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1223.7667329 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 9, 1967.-References:...
, an asteroid bearing his name
- Volkov (crater)
- Yulia Volkova, member of the group t.A.T.u.
- Zinaida VolkovaZinaida VolkovaZinaida Volkova was a Russian Marxist. She was Leon Trotsky's first daughter by his first wife, Aleksandra Sokolovskaya.- Biography :...
, Russian Marxist, daughter of Leon Trotsky - Yuri VolkovYuri VolkovYuri Volkov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow and HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963....
, retired Soviet ice hockey player
In fiction
- Volkov, a cyborgCyborgA cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
supersoldierSupersoldierSupersoldier is a term often used to describe a soldier that operates beyond normal human limits or abilities. Supersoldiers are common in science fiction literature, films, TV programs, computer, conspiracy theories, and video games, but have also made appearances in other related genres, such as...
created by the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in the computer game Command & Conquer: Red AlertCommand & Conquer: Red AlertCommand & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy computer game of the Command & Conquer franchise, produced by Westwood Studios and released by Virgin Interactive in...
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