Kazakov (), or Kazakova (feminine; ), is a

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surname meaning "of

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" (''kozak'', ). Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Kazakov Alexander Alexandrovich Kazakov (Kozakov, Kosakoff) () (2 January 1889 – 1 August 1919) (British Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross and the French Légion d'honneur) was the most successful Russian flying ace and fighter pilot durin ...

(1889-1919), Russian

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and fighter pilot during the

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* Alexander Vasilyevich Kazakov (1888-1950), Soviet lithologist and geochemist * Aristarkh Kazakov (1878-1963), Russian revolutionary * Grigori Kazakov (1913-1987), Soviet naval officer and

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* Ivan Kazakov (1873-1935), Russian painter * Konstantin Kazakov (1902-1989), Soviet artillery marshal *

Matvey Kazakov Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov (; 1738 – 7 November 1812) was a Russian Neoclassicism, Neoclassical architect. Kazakov was one of the most influential Muscovite architects during the reign of Catherine II of Russia, Catherine II, completing numerou ...

(1738-1812), Russian architect * Mikhail Ilyich Kazakov (1901-1979), Soviet military leader and army general * Mikhail Nikolayevich Kazakov (1920-1994), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union * Nikolai Kazakov (1918-?), Soviet poet from

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* Pavel Kazakov (1928–2012), Soviet football referee * Rodion Kazakov (1758-1803), Russian architect * Stepan Kazakov (1914-1964), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union * Vasily Kazakov (1898-1968), Soviet artillery marshal and Hero of the Soviet Union * Viktor Kazakov — several people * Yury Kazakov (1927-1982), Russian author of short stories

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