Korsakov, Korsakoff (russian: Ко́рсаков), or Korsakova (feminine; Ко́рсакова), is a Russian surname. It is a patronymic derivation from the nickname
Korsak. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov (1820–1893), Russian knyaz, cavalry general, Imperial Commissioner in Bulgaria
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Andrey Korsakov (1916–2007), Russian and Ukrainian linguist and language philosopher
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Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov (1753–1840), Russian infantry general
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Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov (1878–1940), Russian musicologist, son of the composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Dmitry Korsakov (1843–1920), Russian historian
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Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919), Russian pianist and composer
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer
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Pyotr Korsakov (1790–1844), Russian writer
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Semyon Korsakov (1788–1853), Russian homeopath and inventor
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Sergei Korsakoff
Sergei Sergeyevich Korsakov (russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Ко́рсаков; 22 January 1854, Gus-Khrustalny – 1 May 1900, Moscow) was a Russian neuropsychiatrist, known for his studies on alcoholic psychosis. His name is lent t ...
(1854–1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist
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Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disease caused by chronic alcoholism named after Sergei Korsakoff
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Vera Korsakova
Vera Korsakova (born 21 March 1941) is a Kyrgyzstani hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of t ...
(born 1941), Kyrgyzstani hurdler
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Vera Korsakova (politician) (1920–2022), Soviet-Russian politician
* The Korsakov family, who owned the building that now occupies the
Lensovet Theatre
Lensovet Theatre, officially Saint Petersburg State Academic Lensoviet Theatre (in russian: link=no, Санкт-Петербургский академический театр имении Ленсовета, literally St Petersburg Academic The ...
in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, in the early 20th century. The last heir was Sofya Alekseevna Korsakova, who married a prince of the
House of Golitsyn
The House of Golitsyn or Galitzine was one of the largest princely of the noble houses in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire. Among them were boyars, warlords, diplomats, generals (the Mikhailovichs), stewards, chamberlains, the richest ...
.
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Russian-language surnames