Tarasov (russian: Тарасов), Tarasoff (masculine), or Tarasova (feminine) is a popular

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 that is derived from the male given name

Taras Taras may refer to: Geography * Taras (ancient city) of Magna Graecia, modern-day Taranto * Taras, Iran, a village in Tehran province * Taras, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland * Taraš, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia * Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in ...

and literally means ''Taras' or belonging to Taras''. It may refer to:

People

Alexander Tarasov Alexander Nikolaevich Tarasov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Тара́сов; born March 8, 1958) is a Soviet and Russian left-wing sociologist, politologist, culturologist, publicist, writer, and philosopher. ...

, Russian left-wing sociologist *

Alla Tarasova Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (russian: А́лла Константи́новна Тара́сова; – 5 April 1973) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress and pedagogue. She was a leading actress of Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow ...

, Russian theater actress *

Anatoly Tarasov Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov (russian: Анато́лий Влади́мирович Тара́сов; 10 December 1918 – 23 June 1995) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and e ...

, ice hockey coach * Boris Tarasov, Russian military officer *

Denis Tarasov Denis Tarasov (born 31 July 1993) is a Paralympic swimmer from Russia competing mainly in category S8 events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he won five medals, including gold in the 50 metre freestyle S8 event. He has represented Russ ...

, Russian Paralympic swimmer *

Dmitri Tarasov (footballer) Dmitri Alekseyevich Tarasov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Тарасов; born 18 March 1987) is a Russian former footballer who played as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder. Career Club Tarasov began his career at FC ...

, Russian footballer * Dmitri Tarasov (ice hockey), Russia ice hockey player *

Evgenia Tarasova Evgenia Maksimovna Tarasova (russian: Евгения Максимовна Тарасова; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Vladimir Morozov, she is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (20 ...

, Russian figure skater *

Maksim Tarasov Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov (russian: Максим Владимирович Тарасов, born 2 December 1970 in Yaroslavl, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian pole vaulter. He is the Russian national record holder for pole vault, with 6.05, ...

, pole vaulter * Sergei Tarasov (biathlete), Russian biathlete *

Sofia Tarasova Sofia Mikhaylivna Tarasova ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Тарасова; born 31 March 2001) is a Ukrainian singer and actress. She represented Ukraine at the ''Junior Eurovision Song Contest'' 2013, with the song "We Are One", placi ...

, Ukrainian singer *

Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (; born 13 February 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students h ...

, Russian figure skating coach *

Vladimir Tarasov Vladimir Ilich Tarasov (russian: Владимир Ильич Тарасов; born 7 February 1939 in Moscow) is a Russian animator and animation director. He is best known for his Soviet-era science fiction short films, such as ''The Pass, Cont ...

, Russian director and animator

Places

* Tarasov, Rostov Oblast, a village in Orlovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia * Tarasov, Volgograd Oblast, a village in Ostrovskoye Rural Settlement, Danilovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia * Tarasova, a village in

Solonceni Solonceni is a commune in Rezina District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Solonceni and Tarasova. In the 1990s, Solonceni operated a small trolleybus system using ZiU-9s hired from Moldova's capital city A capital city or capital i ...

Commune,

Rezina district Rezina is a district ( ro, raion) in the east of Moldova, with the administrative center at Rezina. Rezina is situated on the western bank of the Nistru river. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 52,600. History The first human settlement ...

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

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