Nikolai Smirnov may refer to: * Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov (1917–1992), Soviet Navy Admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union * Nikolai Mikhailovich Smirnov, Governor of the Saint Petersburg Governorate, 1855–1861 * Nikolai Smirnov (cinematographer), Soviet film cinematographer that shot ''Aerograd'' * Nikolai Smirnov (water polo) (born 1961), Soviet water polo player who participated in the 1988 Olympics * Nikolai Smirnov (mathematician) (1900–1966), Soviet mathematician * Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov (?–?), head of the Office of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

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