Gerasimov (russian: Герасимов) or Gerasimova (feminine; Герасимова) is a Russian surname, derived from the given name
Gerasim Gerasim (Russian Герасим; ) is a male given name, derived from Greek γεράσιμος (cf. Gerasimos), meaning "Respectable", "Honorable Elder".
First name
* Gerasim Izmailov, Russian navigator
* Gerasim - deaf and mute serf, a character i ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aleksei Gerasimov (disambiguation), multiple people
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Aleksandr Gerasimov (painter)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Гера́симов; 12 August 1881 – 23 July 1963) was a Soviet and Russian painter. He was a leading proponent of socialist realism in the visual arts, a ...
(1881–1963), Russian/Soviet painter
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Aleksandr Gerasimov (footballer) (born 1969), former Russian professional football player
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Anatoly Gerasimov (1945–2013), Russian/American musician
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Dmitry Gerasimov
Dmitry Gerasimov (russian: Дмитрий Герасимов; also known as ''Demetrius Erasmius'', ''Mitya the Translator'' and ''Dmitri the Scholastic''; c. 1465 – after 1535), was a Russian translator, diplomat and philologist; he also pr ...
(c.1465–after 1535), Russian translator, diplomat, and philologist
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Egor Gerasimov
Egor Alekseyevich Gerasimov ( be, Ягор Аляксеевіч Герасімаў; russian: Егор Алексеевич Герасимов; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP s ...
(born 1992), Belarusian tennis player
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Gennadi Gerasimov
Gennadi (or Gennady) Ivanovich Gerasimov (Russian, ''Геннадий Иванович Герасимов'', 3 March 1930, – 14 September 2010) was the last Soviet, and then Russian ambassador to Portugal from 1990 to 1995. Previously he was for ...
(1930–2010), Soviet diplomat
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Innokentiy Gerasimov (scientist) (1905–1985), a Soviet geographer, geomorphologist, soil scientist, and academician
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Innokenty Gerasimov (1918–1992), a Soviet army officer and
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
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Ivan Gerasimov (footballer) (born 1985), Russian footballer
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Ivan Gerasimov (botanist) (1867–about 1920), Russian botanist
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Ivan Gerasymov (1921–2008), Soviet military general and Ukrainian politician
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Kirill Gerasimov
Kirill Gerasimov (russian: Кирилл Герасимов, born June 5, 1971 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional poker player.
Personal life
Gerasimov worked as an insurance salesman in Moscow, and started entering poker tournam ...
(born 1971), Russian professional poker player
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Konstantin G. Gerasimov, a Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (; 2 September 1907 – 21 July 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who discovered the Mal'ta–Buret' culture and developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of an ...
(1907–1970), a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist
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Mikhail Gerasimov (poet)
Mikhail Prokofyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Михаи́л Проко́фьевич Гера́симов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil prɐˈkofʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf, a=Mihail Prokof'yevich Gyerasimov.ru.vorb.oga; 12 October 1889, Buguruslan – 26 June ...
(1889–1939), Russian/Soviet poet
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Mikhail Gerasimov (viticulturist) (1884–1966), a Soviet viticulturist
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Nikolay Gerasimov (1911–1960), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
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Pavel Gerasimov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian athlete
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Pavel Gerasimov (diplomat)
Pavel Aleksandrovich Gerasimov (russian: Павел Александрович Герасимов, b. May 29, 1979, Aleksin, Tula Oblast) is a Russian athlete competing in the pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a trac ...
, a Soviet diplomat and Ambassador
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Pyotr Gerasimov (1877–1919), a Russian politician
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Sergey Gerasimov (disambiguation) Sergey Gerasimov may refer to:
* Sergey Vasilyevich Gerasimov (1885–1964), Russian painter
*Sergei Gerasimov (film director) (1906–1985), Russian actor, film director and screenwriter
* Sergei Gerasimov (swimmer), Russian gold medalist in swimm ...
, multiple people
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Vadim Gerasimov Vadim Viktorovich Gerasimov (russian: Вадим Викторович Герасимов, born 15 June 1969) is an engineer at Google. From 1994 to 2003, Vadim worked and studied at the MIT Media Lab. Vadim earned a BS/MS in applied mathematics from ...
, co-developer of the famous video game Tetris
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Valentin Gerasimov
Valentin Pavlovich Gerasimov (Russian: Валентин Павлович Герасимов; born on 28 May 1940), is a Russian politician and party figure, who had served as the first Governor (Head) of Kurgan Oblast from 1991 to 1995.
Biograp ...
(born 1940), Russian politician
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Valery Gerasimov
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General Sta ...
, Russian
Chief
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
of the
General Staff
A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military un ...
since 2012
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Vitaly Gerasimov
Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov (russian: Виталий Петрович Герасимов; born 9 July 1977) is a Russian Ground Forces major general (one-star rank), the chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army. ...
(born 1977), Russian general
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Vladimir Gerasimov (footballer, born 1975)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Gerasimov (russian: Владимир Владимирович Герасимов; born 22 March 1975) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalins ...
, Russian professional football coach and former player
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Vladimir Gerasimov (footballer, born 1989)
Vladimir Dmitriyevich Gerasimov (russian: Владимир Дмитриевич Герасимов; 12 April 1989 – 9 March 2018) was a Russian professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of th ...
, Russian professional footballer
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Yakov Gerasimov (1903-?), a Soviet physical chemist
See also
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Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning
''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...
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Gerasimov Merchant Shop
Gerasimov Merchant Shop is an architectural monument in Kamensk-Uralsky
Kamensk-Uralsky (russian: Ка́менск-Ура́льский) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kamenka and Iset Rivers ( Ob's ...
Russian-language surnames
Bulgarian-language surnames
Patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names
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