Chirkov (russian: Чирков, from чирок (''chirok'') meaning "teal") is a Don Cossack Russian masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Chirkova.
The exact origin of the family traces to the river Chir, a tributary of the Don river, and its age and its position are documented.
Ennobled as princes, the Chirkov family is featured in Leo Tolstoy's ''Anna Karenina'', where a member of Karenin's family is mentioned as having married Princess Chirkova.
Following the revolution, the family was dispersed, but its members have held influential posts in post-Soviet and Russian society, including the current admiral of the Russian fleet.
The name may refer to
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Boris Chirkov
Boris Petrovich Chirkov (russian: Борис Петрович Чирков; 13 August 1901, Brianka – 28 May 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. He was awarde ...
(1901–1982), Soviet actor
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Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaya (born 1945), Soviet fencer
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Viktor Chirkov (born 1959), Russian admiral
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Denista Chirkova (1909–1977), Bulgarian Folk Dancer, Burlesque Artist
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