Korolyov, also transliterated as Korolev or Korolov (russian: Королёв, link=no), or its feminine variant Korolyova, Koroleva, Korolova (), is a common Russian surname, and the name of multiple places in
Russia. It is derived from the word ''korol'' (), meaning "
king".
Korolyov may refer to:
People
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Aleksandr Korolyov (disambiguation) Aleksandr Korolyov may refer to:
* Aleksandr Ivanovich Korolyov (born 1958), Transnistrian politician
* Aleksandr Petrovich Korolyov (born 1953), Russian football coach
See also
* Korolyov (disambiguation)
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Alexey Korolev
Alexey Korolev ( kz, Алексей Королев) (born June 20, 1987) is a Kazakhstani ski jumper who has competed since 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 12th in the team large hill event at Turin in 2006 wh ...
(born 1987), Kazakhstani ski jumper
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Andrey Korolev (1944–1999), Russian linguist
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Anton Korolev, Russian ice hockey player
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Boris Korolev
Boris Danilovich Korolyov (russian: Борис Данилович Королёв; 1884/85–1963) was a Soviet sculptor-monumentalist, teacher and public figure.
Biography
As an artist Korolyov stood at the origins of the Soviet school of sculptu ...
, Soviet sculptor
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Denis Borisovich Korolyov (born 1987), Russian footballer
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Dmitry Korolyov
Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Korolyov (russian: Дми́трий Вячесла́вович Королёв; born 15 April 1988) is a former Russian professional association football player.
Club career
He played in the Russian Football National League ...
(born 1988), Russian footballer
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Evgeny Korolev (born 1988), Kazakhstani tennis player
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Igor Korolev
Igor Borisovich Korolev (russian: Игорь Борисович Королёв; September 6, 1970 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian-Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Korolev played over 700 games in the National Hockey Leag ...
(1970–2011), Russian hockey player
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Lev Korolyov (disambiguation), multiple people
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Natasha Korolyova
Natalia Vladimirovna Poryvay (russian: link=no, Ната́лия Влади́мировна Порыва́й; uk, Наталія Володимирівна Порива́й) (born 31 May 1973), well known as Natasha Korolyova (russian: link=no, ...
(born 1973), Russian singer of popular music
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Nikolay Korolyov (sergeant) (1921–1943), Hero of the Soviet Union
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Nikolay Korolyov (boxer)
Nikolay Fyodorovich Korolyov (russian: Николай Фёдорович Королёв; 14 March 1917, Moscow – 12 March 1974, Moscow) was a Soviet boxer and trainer. Korolyov was the nine time heavyweight champion of the USSR.
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(1917–1974), Soviet boxer
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Oleg Korolyov
Oleg Petrovich Korolyov (russian: Олег Петрович Королёв) is a Russian politician. He served as the Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast in Russia between 1998 and 2018He became a member of the Federation Council of Russia, f ...
(born 1952), governor of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia
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Oleg A. Korolev (born 1968), Russian artist
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Sergei Borisovich Korolyov
Sergei Borisovich Korolev ( Russian: Сергей Борисович Королёв; born July 25, 1962) is a Russian intelligence officer currently serving as first deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB). He previously served as ...
, Russian official
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Sergei Korolev (disambiguation) Sergei Korolev was a Soviet rocket engineer.
Sergei Korolev may also refer to:
People
* Sergei Alexandrovich Korolev (1874–1932), a Russian microbiologist who founded industrial microbiology
* Sergei B. Korolev, Sergei Borisovich Korolev (1962 ...
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Sergei Alexandrovich Korolev (1874–1932), industrial microbiology creator
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Sergei Borisovich Korolev (1962–), Russian intelligence officer and deputy director of the
FSB
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907–1966), leading rocket engineer and designer of the Soviet Union
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Yaroslav Korolev (born 1987), Russian basketball player
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Yevgeni Korolyov (disambiguation) Yevgeni Korolyov may refer to:
* Evgeni Koroliov (born 1949), Russian pianist
* Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Evgenyevich Korolev ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Королёв; born 14 February 1988) is a retired Russian tennis player ...
, several people with this name
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Yuri Korolev (born 1962), gymnast
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Yuri Korolev (ice hockey) (born 1934), ice hockey administrator
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Korolova (DJ), Ukrainian music producer and DJ
Places
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Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, a City Under Oblast Jurisdiction in Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Korolev (lunar crater)
Korolev is a large lunar impact crater of the walled plain or basin type. It is named for Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev. It lies on the far side of the Moon, and the northern part of its floor crosses the lunar equator. Notable nearby cra ...
, a Lunar crater named after Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov
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Korolev (Martian crater)
Korolev is an ice-filled impact crater in the Mare Boreum quadrangle of Mars, located at 73° north latitude and 165° east longitude. It is in diameter and contains about of water ice, comparable in volume to Great Bear Lake in northern Canad ...
, a crater on Mars named after Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov
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1855 Korolyov
1855 Korolev ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. Discovered in 1969, it was later named after Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev.
Discovery ...
, an asteroid named in honour of Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov
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S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, an aerospace corporation named after Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov
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Korolyov RP-318, Russia's first rocket-powered aircraft, built by Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov
* "Korolev", a 2015 tune by
Public Service Broadcasting
* RFS ''Korolev'', a
Ropucha-class landing ship in the
Russian Navy
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Korolev, a spaceship in the TV series
Stargate-SG1
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