Volkov (russian: Во́лков), or Volkova (feminine; Во́лкова), is a common
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
surname. It is derived from the word волк (''volk'', meaning "
wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...
").
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 79.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Volkov'' were residents of
Russia
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(frequency 1:646), 6.5% of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
(1:2,493), 3.9% of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
(1:868), 3.8% of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
(1:1,613) and 3.3% of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
(1:3,351).
In
Russia
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, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:646) in the following subjects of the Russian Federation:Volkov surname distribution /ref>
* 1.
Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast (russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, ''Kostromskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,97 ...
(1:266)
* 2.
Ivanovo Oblast
Ivanovo Oblast (russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, ''Ivanovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census.
Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the ...
(1:270)
* 3.
Mari El
The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...
(1:308)
* 4.
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast (russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть, ''Yaroslavskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma ...
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast (russian: Ульяновская область, ''Ul’janovskaja oblast’'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. Populatio ...
(1:338)
* 7.
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative cen ...
(1:364)
* 8.
Chuvashia
Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...
(1:366)
* 9.
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 Meter, km east of central Moscow, the administrative cen ...
(1:371)
* 10.
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...
(1:382)
* 11.
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...
(1:399)
* 12.
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, (ЕАО); yi, ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, ; )In standard Yiddish: , ''Yidishe Oytonome Gegnt'' is a federal subject ...
(1:414)
* 13.
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904.
G ...
(1:427)
* 14.
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
(1:446)
* 15.
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
(1:461)
* 16.
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Geo ...
(1:468)
* 17.
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...
(1:486)
* 18.
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, ''Smolenskaya oblast''; informal name — ''Smolenschina'' (russian: Смоле́нщина)) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of ...
(1:487)
* 19.
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...
(1:487)
* 20.
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk ...
(1:499)
* 21.
Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Geogr ...
(1:532)
* 22.
Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202,444 ...
(1:544)
* 23.
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the K ...
(1:559)
* 24.
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
(1:568)
* 25.
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...
(1:578)
* 26.
Pskov Oblast
Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...
(1:588)
* 27.
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...
(1:594)
* 28.
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...
(1:603)
* 29.
Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...
(1:614)
* 30.
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities ...
(1:624)
* 31.
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population:
History
At the turn of the 17th cent ...
(1:646)
People
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Adrian Volkov
Adrian Markovich Volkov (russian: Адриан Маркович Волков; 19 August 1827 – 1 February 1873) was a Russian genre painter.
Biography
Adrian Volkov was born on 19 August 1827, in , Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
The artist stu ...
(1827–1873), Russian genre painter
* Aleksei Volkov, see there for complete list
* Alexander Volkov, see there for complete list
*
Anatole Volkov
Anatole Boris Volkov (October 29, 1924 – November 28, 2000) was an American physicist, allegedly serving as a courier for the FBI Silvermaster File, Silvermaster spy ring between Washington, D.C., and New York City. Volkov taught both abroad and ...
, courier for the Silvermaster spy ring
* Anatoly Volkov (1909–?), Soviet literary critic
* Boris Volkov (1900–1970), Soviet stage designer
* (1894–1954), Russian poet
* Dmitry Volkov, Russian volleyball player
* Dmitry Volkov, Soviet swimmer
* Dmitry Volkov (1718–1785), Russian statesman
* Esteban Volkov, grandson of Leon Trotsky
*
Fyodor Volkov
Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov () ( in Kostroma – in Moscow) was a Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater.
Life
The stepson of merchant Polushkin from Kostroma, Fyodor Volkov received a versatile education. He estab ...
, "the father of the Russian theater"
*
Fyodor Volkov
Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov () ( in Kostroma – in Moscow) was a Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater.
Life
The stepson of merchant Polushkin from Kostroma, Fyodor Volkov received a versatile education. He estab ...
(1847–1918), Ukrainian ethnographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist
* Fyodor Andreyevich Volkov (1898–1954), Soviet army officer and
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
Alexandrov Ensemble
The Alexandrov Ensemble ( rus, Ансамбль Александрова, r=Ansambl' Aleksandrova; commonly known as the Red Army Choir in the West) is an official army choir of the Russian armed forces. Founded during the Soviet era, the e ...
*
Ilan Volkov
Ilan Volkov ( he, אילן וולקוב; born September 8, 1976, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli orchestral conductor.
Biography
Volkov's father, Alexander Volkov, was a concert pianist. He studied with the conductor Mendi Rodan at the Rubin Academy in ...
, Israeli conductor
*
Ivan Volkov
Ivan () is a Slavic languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...
Nora Volkow
Nora Volkow (born 27 March 1956) is a Mexican-American psychiatrist. She is currently the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Early life and education
Born in Mexico ...
, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States
* Oleksandr Volkov (b. 1989), Ukrainian footballer
*
Olga Volkova Olga Volkova may refer to:
* Olha Volkova (born 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier
* Olga Volkova (actress)
Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theatr ...
(b. 1939), Russian actress
*
Olha Volkova
Olha Volodymyrivna Volkova ( uk, Ольга Володимирівна Волкова; born 5 July 1986 in Mykolaiv) is a freestyle skier from Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is th ...
(b. 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier
* Semyon Volkov (1845–1924), Russian revolutionary
* Sergey Volkov, see there for complete list
*
Solomon Volkov
Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov (russian: Соломон Моисеевич Волков; born 17 April 1944) is a Russian journalist and musicologist. He is best known for ''Testimony'', which was published in 1979 following his emigration from the So ...
Valery Volkov
Valery Yakovlevich Volkov (russian: Валерий Яковлевич Волков; born 26 July 1947, in Yaroslavl) is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion.
He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mo ...
, Soviet horse rider
*
Vasily Volkov
Vasily Alekseyevich Volkov (Russian: Василий Алексеевич Волков; 21 March 1840, Saint Petersburg – 22 April 1907, Poltava) was a Russian-Ukrainian Academic painter; known primarily for portraits and historical scenes.
B ...
(1840-1907), Russian painter
*
Vasily Stepanovich Volkov
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to:
*Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
* Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...
(1922–?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
*
Vera Volkova Vera Volkova (russian: Bepa Boлкoвa; (31 May 1905 – 5 May 1975) was a Russian ballet dancer and expatriate dance teacher.
Born near Tomsk, she trained at Petrograd's Akim Volynsky's School of Russian Ballet with Maria Romanova (the mother of G ...
, Russian ballet dancer
* Viktor Volkov (1917–1998), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
*
Vitali Volkov
Vitali Vladimirovich Volkov (russian: Виталий Владимирович Волков, born 22 March 1981) is a former Russian footballer.
Club career
He finished as top scorer in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
The 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup ...
, FC Torpedo Moscow midfielder
*
Vladimir Volkov
Vladimir Volkov ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a retired professional footballer. Born in Serbia, Volkov represented Montenegro internationally.
Club career Early career
Born in Serbian capital Belgrade,
(born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
*
Vladimir Volkov (musician) Vladimir Volkov may refer to:
* Vladimir Volkov (athlete) (1921-1986), Russian decathlete
*Vladimir Volkov (politician) (born 1954), Russian politician
*Vladimir Volkov (footballer) (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
See also
*Vladimir Volkoff
...
(born 1960), Russian
contrabass
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player and jazzman
*
Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukra ...
(b. 1954), Chairman of the Government of the
Republic of Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...
, Russia
*
Vladislav Volkov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Во́лков; 23 November 193529 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally.
, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
**
Volkov (crater)
Volkov is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the north of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy, and east-southeast of Dobrovol'skiy. Overlying the southeastern rim of Volkov is the satellite crater Volkov J, and the two ...
, a lunar crater bearing his name
**
1790 Volkov
1790 Volkov, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 9 March 1967, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at Crimean Astrophy ...
, an asteroid bearing his name
*
Yefim Volkov
Yefim Yefimovich Volkov (Russian: Ефим Ефимович Волков; 4 April 1844— 17 February 1920) was a Russian landscape painter.Frida Roginskaya, ''List of members of the Peredvizhniki: Historical Essays'', Moscow, Искусство ...
(1844–1920), Russian landscape painter
*
Yulia Volkova
Yulia Olegovna Volkova (russian: Юлия Олеговна Волкова; born 20 February 1985), better known by the alternative spelling of Julia, is a Russian singer best known for being a member of the Russian girl group t.A.T.u., along ...
, member of the group t.A.T.u.
*
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Lvovna Volkova (née Bronstein; russian: Зинаи́да Льво́вна Во́лкова; 27 March 1901 – 5 January 1933) was a Russian Marxist. She was Leon Trotsky's first daughter by his first wife, Aleksandra Sokolovskaya, a mar ...
cyborg
A cyborg ()—a portmanteau of ''cybernetic'' and ''organism''—is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.
supersoldier
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Overview
Supersoldiers are common in military ...
created by the
Soviet Union
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Quidditch
Quidditch is a fictional sport invented by author J.K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). It is a dangerous but popular sport played by witc ...
player featured in
J.K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
's 2000 fantasy novel ''
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and W ...
''.
* Ivan Volkov, a fictional powerful Russian (probably born Soviet) memorabilia collector played by Savannah's actor father in ''
Swindle
A swindle is a kind of fraud or confidence trick.
Swindle may also refer to:
People
* Swindle (surname)
Places
* Swindle Island, British Columbia, Canada
* 8690 Swindle, an asteroid
Films
* ''Il bidone'' (English titles ''The Swindle'' or ' ...