Petrov
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Petrov or Petroff (masculine) or Petrova (feminine) is one of the most popular last names in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (both equivalent to English Peter). It is the last name of the following people:
- Alexander Petrov, a Russian chess player who analyzed Petrov's Defence
- Aleksandr Petrov, a Russian animator
- Alexei Zinovievich Petrov, a Russian physicist and mathematician
- Borislava Petrova, a Bulgarian curler
- Daniel Petrov, a Bulgarian boxer
- Evdokia Petrov, a Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia
- Georgi Petrov, a Bulgarian economist
- Gjorche Petrov, a Bulgarian revolutionary
- Igor Petrov, a Czech senator
- Ilia Petrov, a Bulgarian painter and graphic artist
- Ivailo Petrov, a Bulgarian writer
- Ivan Petrov, a Soviet Army General
- Konstantin Petrov, a Ukranian physicist
- Maria Petrova, see there for a list
- Martin Petrov, a Bulgarian footballer
- Nadia Petrova, a Russian professional tennis player
- Nikolai Petrov, a Russian pianist, founder of the Nikolai Petrov International Philanthropic Foundation
- Olga Petrova, stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performer
- Osip Petrov, a Russian opera singer
- Peter Petrov, a Bulgarian investment banker
- Stanislav Petrov, a Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchange.
- Stilian Petrov, a Bulgarian footballer
- Tatiana Petrova, a Russian water polo player
- Valeri Petrov, a Bulgarian poet
- Vasily Petrov, a Russian soldier
- Vassil Petrov, a Bulgarian musician/singer
- Vladimir Petrov, see there for a list
- Yevgeny Petrov, a Soviet writer of Ilf and Petrov duo
- Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, a Russian/Soviet painter
- Tudor Petrov-Popa, a Moldovan Romanian politician
[edit] Places
- Petrov (crater), a lunar crater
- Petrov (Brno), a cathedral in Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic
- Petrov (Blansko district), a village in Moravia, Czech Republic
- Petrov (Hodonín district), a village in Moravia, Czech Republic
- Petrov (Prague-west district), a village in the Czech Republic
- Petrov, Russia, a village (khutor) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia
- Petrova, Maramureş, a commune in Maramureş County, Romania
- Petrová, a village in Bardejov District, Slovakia
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