Kovalyov (russian: Ковалёв), often written as Kovalev, or its feminine variant Kovalyova, Kovaleva (), is a common

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, an equivalent of the English surname Smithson (derived from the

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

word koval' (), which means "

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"). Due to the ambiguous status of the

Cyrillic letter , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

'' yo'', the surname may be written with the Cyrillic letter '' ye'' (russian: Ковалев/) instead, though literate Russian speakers always pronounce it ''yo''. The surname may refer to: * Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kovalyov (b. 1982), Russian footballer *

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov (russian: Александр Владимирович Ковалёв, born March 2, 1975) is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed from 1997 to 2005. Having just missed out on a medal at the Sydney Olympics ...

(b. 1975), Russian sprint canoer *

Alexei Kovalev Alexei Vyacheslavovich Kovalev ( rus, Алексей Вячеславович Ковалёв, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ kəvɐˈlʲɵf; born February 24, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former pr ...

(born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey player *

Anton Kovalyov Anton Kovalyov (born 4 March 1992) is a Ukrainian-born Canadian (formerly representing Argentina) chess grandmaster. Chess career In 2004, he finished equal first at the Pan American Under-12 Championship and thanks to this result he was awarded ...

(born 1992), Ukrainian-born Canadian chess grandmaster *

Gennady Kovalev Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev (russian: Геннадий Геннадиевич Ковалёв; born 17 May 1983 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai) is a boxer from Russia. Career Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing ...

(born 1983), Russian boxer *

Mikhail Kovalyov Mikhail Prokofievich Kovalyov (russian: Михаил Прокофьевич Ковалёв; – 31 August 1967) was a Soviet military officer. Mikhail Kovalyov was born to family of a peasants in stanitsa Bryukhovetskaya, Kuban Oblast. In 191 ...

(1897–1967), Soviet military leader *

Nikolay Kovalyov (politician) Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov (russian: Николай Дмитриевич Ковалёв; 6 August 1949 – 5 April 2019) was a Russian politician and member of the State Duma, where he chaired the Duma's Veterans' Committee. Kovalyov was the Di ...

(born 1949), Russian politician, Chair of the State Duma's Veterans' Committee, former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) *

Nikolay Kovalev (fencer) Nikolay Anatolyevich Kovalev (russian: Николай Анатольевич Ковалёв; born 28 October 1986) is a Russian sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and a gold medal in the 2014 World Champio ...

(born 1986), Russian sabre fencer *

Oleksii Kovalov Oleksiy Ivanovych Kovalov ( uk, Олексій Іванович Ковальов, ; 19 January 1989 – 28 August 2022) was a Ukrainian politician. A few months before his death, he had started collaborating with Russia during the 2022 Russian i ...

(1989–2022), Ukrainian politician *

Pasha Kovalev Pavel "Pasha" Kovalev (russian: Па́вел "Па́ша" Ковалёв) is a Russian professional Latin and ballroom dancer. Kovalev started dancing at the age of eight, and in 2001, moved to the United States with his professional dance par ...

(born 1980), Russian professional Latin and ballroom dancer *Kovalyova is the real surname of a Russian serf actress and opera singer

Praskovya Zhemchugova Praskovia Ivanovna Kovalyova-Zhemchugova also Kovaleva or Kovalyova, Kovaleva-Zhemchugova, Zhemchugova-Sheremeteva, and Sheremeteva or Sheremetyeva (''Прасковья Ивановна Жемчугова'', ''Ковалёва'', ''Шерем ...

Sergey Kovalev Sergey Alexandrovich Kovalev (russian: Сергей Александрович Ковалёв (Ko-va-LYOV); born 2 April 1983) is a Russian professional boxer. He has held multiple light-heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Undi ...

(born 1983), Russian boxer * Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov (1930–2021), Russian human rights activist and politician, first

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in the Russian Federation (1994–95) *

Sergei Nikitich Kovalev Sergei Nikitich Kovalev (russian: Серге́й Ники́тич Ковалёв; 15 August 1919, Petrograd – 24 February 2011, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian engineer and architect who designed nuclear submarines for the Soviet Navy while le ...

(Petrograd, August 15, 1919 – St. Petersburg, February 24, 2011), Russian designer of the U.S.S.R. nuclear submarine *

Valentin Kovalyov Valentin Alekseyevich Kovalyov (russian: Валенти́н Алексе́евич Ковалёв; born January 10, 1944, Dnepropetrovsk) is a Russian statesman, Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation (1995-1997). Career Graduated from the ...

(born 1944), Russian politician * Valery Kovalev (24 April 1970,

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) — Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist and

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Vladimir Kovalyov Vladimir Nikolayevich Kovalyov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Ковалёв; born 2 February 1953) is a retired figure skater who competed internationally for the USSR. He is an Olympic silver medalist and 2-time World champion. ...

(born 1953), Soviet figure skater *

Vladislav Kovalev Vladislav Vladimirovich Kovalev (russian: Владислав Владимирович Ковалёв; born 6 January 1994) is a Belarusian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He was Belarusian Chess Champion in 2016. Chess ...

(born 1994), Belarusian chess grandmaster In fiction: :Central character of Nicolai Gogol's The Nose

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