Semyonov
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Semyonov (masculine), also transliterated as Semenov, Semenoff, and Semionov (Russian: Семёнов), or Semyonova (Semenova, Semionova) (feminine) is a common Russian last name. Its etymology is the "son of Semyon" or "belonging to Semyon", where "Semyon" is a Russian given name that corresponds to Simeon, Simon.
The following people share this last name:
- Alexei Semenov, a Russian-born NHL player
- Alexei Semyonov, a leader of peasant rebellions in Kiev guberniya in the 1820s
- Fyodor Semyonov, a Russian astronomer
- Grigory Semyonov, a Commander of the White Army, an ataman
- Ivan Semyonov, a Russian graphic artist, People's Artist of the USSR
- Marina Semenova, a Russian prima ballerina
- Maxim Semyonov, a Russian wrestler
- Nikolay Semyonov, a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist
- Nikolai Petrovich Semyonov, a Russian statesman
- Piere Semyonov, a fictional personality in the Noon Universe
- Semyon Semyonov, a Russian KGB Case Officer
- Svetlana Semyonova, a Soviet athlete (rowing)
- Tatiana Semenova, a Russian-American ballet dancer
- Vladimir Semyonov, the Soviet military administrator in Eastern Germany
- Vladimir Nikolayevich Semyonov, a Russian architect
- Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov, a Soviet diplomat and party figure
- Yulian Semyonov, a Russian writer of spy fiction
- Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, a Russian/Soviet entomologist and explorer
- Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, a Russian geographer and explorer
- Veniamin Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, a Russian geographer and statistician
Semyonov also refers to
- Semyonov (town), a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia