Zinoviev, Zinovyev, Zinovieff (russian: Зино́вьев), or Zinovieva (feminine; Зино́вьева), as a Russian surname, derives from the personal name Zinovi, from Greek '' Zenobios''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Dmitrievich Zinoviev Alexander Dmitrievich Zinoviev, in russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Зино́вьев, born in Koporye on 16 May 1854 and died in Rome on 7 February 1931, was a Russian politician, privy counsellor (1906), Civil Governor of S ...

(1854–1931), Russian politician (Governor of St Petersburg) under Nicholas II * Alexander Zinoviev (1922–2006), Russian logician, sociologist, writer, and satirist *

Aleksandr Zinovyev (footballer) Aleksandr Vladimirovich Zinovyev (russian: Александр Владимирович Зиновьев; born 20 February 1979 in Tobolsk) is a former Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanni ...

(born 1979), Russian footballer *

Grigory Zinoviev Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, . Transliterated ''Grigorii Evseevich Zinov'ev'' according to the Library of Congress system. (born Hirsch Apfelbaum, – 25 August 1936), known also under the name Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky (russian: Ов ...

(1883–1936), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician *

Ivan Zinoviev Ivan Dmitrievich Zinoviev (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Зиновьев; 17 January 1905 – 1942) was a Red Army colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union. Zinoviev began his military service with the OGPU Border Troops and fought against ...

(1905–1942), NKVD captain 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 ...

* Peter Zinovieff (1933–2021), British inventor * Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907), a Russian writer *

Sauli Zinovjev Sauli Zinovjev (born 1988) is a Finnish composer. Zinovjev was born in Lahti, and studied composition in Sibelius Academy (2010–15) and in HfM-Karlsruhe (2013–14) under guidance of Tapio Nevanlinna and prof. Wolfgang Rihm. Zinovjev's works a ...

(b. 1988), Finnish composer *

Sergei Zinovjev Sergei Olegovich Zinovjev (russian: Серге́й Олегович Зиновьев; born March 4, 1980) is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre and General Manager of his original club, Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hocke ...

, Russian ice hockey player * Sofka Zinovieff (b. 1961), a British journalist and author * Nikolai Zinoviev, fictional character from the video game '' Resident Evil 3: Nemesis''

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{{surname, Zinoviev Russian-language surnames

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