Tikhonov (; masculine), sometimes spelled as Tychonoff, or Tikhonova (; feminine) is a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

surname that is derived from the male given name

Tikhon Tikhon (, , ) is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin, related to Western European Tycho. *Tikhon Bernstam (born 1979), American Internet entrepreneur *Tikhon Chicherin (1869–1904), Russian entomologist * Tikhon Dzyadko (born 1987), Russian j ...

, the Russian form of the Greek name Τύχων (Latin form:

Tycho Tycho is a masculine given name, a latinization of Greek Τύχων, from the name of Tyche (), the Greek goddess of fortune or luck. The Russian form of the name is '' Tikhon'' (Тихон). People Given name * Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Dan ...

), and literally means ''Tikhon's''. It may refer to:

People

Tikhonov

Alexander Tikhonov Alexander Ivanovich Tikhonov (; born 2 January 1947) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete. He is a four-time Olympic champion, winning his gold medals in relays. On 23 July 2007, he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and senten ...

(born 1947), Russian biathlete *

Alexei Tikhonov Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov (; born 1 November 1971) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova, he is the 2000 World champion and a two-time (1999, 2000) European champion. Career Tikhonov began skating in his hometown, Samara ...

, Russian figure skater *

Andrey Tikhonov (footballer) Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov (; born 16 October 1970) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who is the manager of Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Tikhonov is primarily known for having played for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national footb ...

, Russian football player and coach *

Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (; 17 October 1906 – 7 October 1993) was a leading Soviet Russian mathematician and geophysicist known for important contributions to topology, functional analysis, mathematical physics, and ill-posed problems ...

, Russian mathematician * Ivan Tikhonov, Russian-born Azerbaijani gymnast *, Soviet army officer and

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...

Mikhail Tikhonov Mikhail Fyodorovich Tikhonov (; 11 November 1900 – 11 February 1971) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Tikhonov fought in the Russian Civil War and the Winter War. He commanded the 39th Guards Rifle Corps durin ...

, Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union *Nikita Tikhonov, suspect in

Stanislav Markelov Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov ( rus, Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов, , stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number ...

murder case *

Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov ( – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985, and as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, ...

, former Premier of the Soviet Union *

Nikolai Tikhonov (cosmonaut) Nikolay Vladimirovich Tikhonov (Russian Cyrillic: Николай Владимирович Тихонов; born May 23, 1982) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He was scheduled to make his first space flight in 2020, onboard Soyuz ...

, Russian cosmonaut *

Nikolai Tikhonov (writer) Nikolai Semenovich Tikhonov (; – 8 February 1979) was a Soviet writer, poet and public figure. Biography Born of parents who were petty tradesmen of serf descent, Tikhonov trained as a clerk, graduating from the Petersburg School of Commerce ...

, Russian writer *, Soviet pilot and

* Vasily Tikhonov (rower), Soviet rower * Vasily Tikhonov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey coach *, Russian soldier and

Viktor Tikhonov (politician) Viktor Mykolayovych Tikhonov, also spelled Viktor Tykhonov (; 5 March 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Ukrainian politician. Biography Born in Antratsyt Raion, Tikhonov served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994 and again from 2006 to 2014. He ...

, Ukrainian politician *, Soviet pilot and

Viktor Tikhonov (born 1930) Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov (Russian language, Russian: Виктор Васильевич Тихонов; 4 June 1930 – 24 November 2014) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow fr ...

, Russian ice hockey player and coach * Viktor Tikhonov (born 1988), Russian ice hockey player, Viktor Tikhonov's namesake and grandson *

Vladimir Tikhonov Vladimir Ilyich Tikhonov (; born 4 February 1947) is a Russian politician and has been a leading member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Tikhonov served as the manager of the Russian airline Aeroflot during the 1990s and helped ...

, Russian politician *

Vladimir Tikhonov (gymnast) Vladimir Valeryevich Tikhonov (born 31 October 1956) is a Russian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded a ...

, Soviet Olympic gymnast *

Vyacheslav Tikhonov Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (; 8 February 1928 – 4 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy Stierlitz in the television series ''Seventeen Moments of Spring''. He was a recipient of numerou ...

(1928–2009), Soviet actor

Tikhonova

Anastasia Tikhonova Anastasia Vadimovna Tikhonova (; born 21 January 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Tikhonova has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 151 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with f ...

, Russian tennis player *

Katerina Tikhonova Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova ( rus, Катерина Владимировна Тихонова, , kətʲɪˈrʲinə ˈtʲixənəvə, Putina, Путина; born 31 August 1986) is a Russian scientist, manager, and former acrobatic dancer. S ...

, Russian scientist and manager * Nina Tikhonova (1910–1995), Russian choreographic artist and dance instructor * Sofia Tikhonova, Russian ski jumper *

Tamara Tikhonova Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova (; born 13 June 1964) is a Soviet-Russian former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992. She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she won three medals with golds in the ...

, former Soviet Russian cross-country skier

Mathematics

* Tikhonov distribution, a random variable distribution *

Tikhonov regularization Ridge regression (also known as Tikhonov regularization, named for Andrey Tikhonov) is a method of estimating the coefficients of multiple- regression models in scenarios where the independent variables are highly correlated. It has been used in m ...

, a method of regularization of ill-posed problems *

Tychonoff space In topology and related branches of mathematics, Tychonoff spaces and completely regular spaces are kinds of topological spaces. These conditions are examples of separation axioms. A Tychonoff space is any completely regular space that is also a ...

s, a completely regular topological spaces *

Tychonoff's theorem In mathematics, Tychonoff's theorem states that the product of any collection of compact topological spaces is compact with respect to the product topology. The theorem is named after Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (whose surname sometimes is tra ...

, a result on topological spaces * Tychonoff separation axioms, in topology

Other uses

* Tikhonov (rural locality), a ''khutor'' in the Republic of Adygea, Russia {{Dab cleanup, date=December 2024 Russian-language surnames