Yershov (russian: Ершов), Ershov (masculine) or Yershova, Ershova (feminine) is a popular
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derived from the word for a
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(''ёрш'') (a type of fish), which may refer to:
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Andrey Ershov
Andrey Petrovich Yershov (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Ершо́в; 19 April 1931, Moscow – 8 December 1988, Moscow) was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research ...
(1931–1988), Soviet computer scientist
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Galina Yershova (born 1955), Russian academic historian, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Yershov (born 1986), Russian footballer
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Nikolay Grigoryevich Yershov
Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff, also Nikolaj Grigor'jevitsch Erschov, Erschow or Yershov (russian: Николай Григорьевич Ершов; 23 April 1837 in Moscow – 12 March 1896 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian entomologist mainly int ...
(1837–1896), Russian entomologist
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Pyotr Yershov (disambiguation), several people
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Vasily Yershov (1672 – after 1729), governor and vice governor of Moscow
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Victor Ershov (born 1958), Russian wheelchair curler
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Yury Yershov
Yury Leonidovich Yershov (, born 1 May 194 is a Soviet and Russian mathematician.
Yury Yershov was born in 1940 in Novosibirsk. In 1958 he entered the Tomsk State University and in 1963 graduated from the Mathematical Department of the Novosib ...
(born 1940), Russian mathematician
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Ivan Yershov
Ivan Vasiliyevitch Yershov or Ershov (russian: Иван Васильевич Ершов) (November 8, 1867 – November 21, 1943), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian opera singer. He earned renown for his brilliant performances at the Mariinsky Theat ...
(1867–1943), Russian opera singer
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Giennadij Jerszow
Giennadij Jerszow ( uk, Геннадій Олексійович Єршов, translit=Hennadiy Yershov) is a Polish–Ukrainian sculptor, jewelry designer and art teacher. He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and the ...
(born 1967), Polish and Ukrainian sculptor
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* Yershov Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of
Yershov and four rural localities in Yershovsky District of Saratov Oblast are incorporated as
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Yershov (inhabited locality) (or ''Yershova''), several inhabited localities in Russia
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