Alexeyev, Alekseyev, Alexeiev, Alexeev or Alekseev () is a common

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that is derived from the male

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Alexey Alexey ( ; ), is a Russian and Bulgarian male given name derived from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олек ...

(Алексей) and literally means ''Alexey's''. Often the same name appears in English in several different

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s. Similarly, Alexeyeva, Alekseyeva, Alexeeva and Alekseeva are female versions of the same last name.

People

Alekseev

* Alekseev (singer) (born 1993), Ukrainian singer * Anton Alekseyev (born 1984), Ukrainian-born professional footballer in Russia * Anton Alekseev (mathematician) (born 1967), Russian mathematician *

Evgeny Alekseev (chess player) Evgeny Vladimirovich Alekseev (; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian champion in 2006. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 and the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. Career He won ...

(born 1985), Russian chess-grandmaster * Evgeny Alekseev (basketball) (1919–2005), Russian basketball-player and coach * Mikhail Alekseev (1857–1918), Russian military officer * Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev (1949–2014), Soviet and Russian Caucasian-language specialist * Nikolai Alekseev (Catholic priest) (1869–1952), Russian Greek-Catholic priest * Nikolai Alekseev (born 1977), Russian gay-rights activist *

Oleg Alekseev Oleg Aleksandrovich Alekseev (Russian:Олег Александрович Алексеев) (27 March 1953 – 30 July 2015) was a Soviet wrestler. An ethnic Buryat, he engaged in wrestling as a child under influence from his elder brother ...

(1953–2015) Soviet wrestler * Vladimir Mikhailovich Alekseev (1932–1980), Russian mathematician

Alekseeva

* Alena Alekseeva (born 1989), Russian swimmer *

Svetlana Alekseeva (figure skater) Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva (; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games ...

(born 1965), Russian ice dancer * Svetlana Alekseeva (model) (born 1999/2000), Russian model and burns survivor

Alexeev

* Alexander Alexeev (conductor) (1938–2020), Russian conductor * Dmitri Alexeev (pianist) (born 1947), Russian pianist *

Nikita Alexeev Nikita Sergeyevich Alexeev, sometimes transliterated as Alexeyev, (, born December 27, 1981) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward who last played in the Kontinental Hockey League with Severstal Cherepovets. He formerly played in ...

(born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *

Vadim Alexeev Vadim Alekseyev (, ; born April 11, 1970) is a retired Olympic breaststroke swimmer who competed for first the Soviet Union, then Israel. Alexeev was born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. He is Jewish and immigrated to Israel in 1992. He sp ...

(born 1970), Israeli breaststroke swimmer

Aleksejev

Marko Aleksejev Marko Aleksejev (born 14 February 1979) is a retired Estonian high jumper. He was selected to compete for the Estonian squad in the men's high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also trained throughout his athletic career for Audentese Sport C ...

(born 1979), Estonian high jumper *

Tiit Aleksejev Tiit Aleksejev (born 6 July 1968) is an Estonian novelist and playwright. Aleksejev was born in Kohtla-Järve. He studied history at the University of Tartu, and served as a diplomat in France and Belgium. His debut novel was a thriller called ...

(born 1968), Estonian writer

Alekseyev

Aleksandr Alekseyev (boxer) Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Alekseyev (, born 30 April 1981 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2013. He challenged for the IBF and the '' Ring'' magazine cruiserweight titles in 2013, and ...

(born 1981), Russian boxer *

Dmitri Alekseyev Dmitri Vadimovich Alekseyev (; born 28 February 1973) is a former Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), als ...

(born 1973), Russian professional footballer *

Fyodor Alekseyev Fyodor Yakovlevich Alekseyev ( Russian: Фёдор Яковлевич Алексеев; c.1753–1755 – 23 November 1824) was a Russian painter. His contemporaries often called him the Russian Canaletto, in recognition of his masterful vedu ...

(c. 1753–1824), Russian landscape painter *

Nikolay Alekseyev (mayor of Moscow) Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alekseyev (, 1852 –25 ( OS 13) March 1893) was the elected mayor of Moscow in 1885–1893. Alekseyev is credited with construction of the city's first sanitation system, the first pressurized water supply network reachin ...

(1852–1893), Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and public figure *

Valentin Alekseyev Valentin Mikhaylovich Alekseyev () (1924–1994) was a Soviet historian from St.Petersburg. His major works could not pass censorship during the Soviet times and their publications began only during the ''perestroika'' times, although they have ...

(1924–1994), Russian historian *

Valeri Alekseyev (disambiguation) Valery Alekseyev may refer to: * Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist) (1929–1991), Soviet anthropologist * Valery Alekseyev (footballer) (born 1979), Russian footballer * Valery Alexeev (mathematician) (born 1964), American mathematician and aca ...

, several people * Vasiliy Alekseyev (1942–2011), Russian superheavyweight weightlifter *

Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev (, , in Saint Petersburg – May 12, 1951, in Leningrad (''ibidem'')) was an eminent Soviet sinologist and a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1902 he graduated from the Saint Petersburg University and bec ...

(1881–1951), Russian philologist, sinologist, and academician *

Vladimir Alekseyev (general) Vladimir Stepanovich Alekseyev (; born 24 April 1961) is a Russian lieutenant general who has served as first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) since 2011. He was awarded the title Hero of ...

(born 1961), Russian general * Yevgeni Alekseyev (disambiguation), several people

Alexeyev

* Alexeyev family, Russian merchant dynasty in the 18th and 19th centuries * Alexander Alexeyev (ice hockey) (born 1999), Russian ice hockey player *

Alexander Alexeyev (diplomat) Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev (, born Shitov (Шитов); 14 August 1913 – 19 June 2001, in Moscow) was a Soviet intelligence agent who posed first as a journalist and later a diplomat. His arrival in Havana on 1 October 1959 inaugurated a new e ...

, Soviet intelligence agent and diplomat, ambassador to Cuba *

Alexander Nikolayevich Alexeyev Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Serbia * Alexander Yuryevich Alexeyev, Russian diplomat, ambassador to the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

* Alexander Alexeyev (1891–1975), Russian scientist in the field of electrical engineering *

Anatoly Alexeyev Anatoly ( , ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'' (), meaning "sunrise." Saint Anatolius of Constantinople was a fifth-century saint who became the first patriarch of Constantinople ...

(1902–1974), Soviet aviator 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 ...

* Andrey Alexeyev (officer) (1920–1943), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union * Boris Alexeyev (navy officer) (1909–1972), Soviet navy officer and Hero of the Soviet Union * Boris Alexeyev (pilot) (1913–1942), Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union * Boris Alexeyev (1911–1973), Soviet actor,

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

* Georgy Alexeyev (sculptor) (1881–1951), Russian sculptor and graphic artist * Georgy Alexeyev (pilot) (1917–1943), Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union * Grigory Alexeyev (1903–1944), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union *

Kirill Alexeyev Kirill Alexeyev, also transliterated as Alexeev, (born February 27, 1981) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. Following five seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Alexeyev played briefly in the United Hockey League wi ...

(born 1981), Russian ice hockey player * Mikhail Nikolayevich Alexeyev (1918–2007), Soviet writer * Mikhail Pavlovich Alexeyev (1896–1981), a Soviet literary critic and academician * Nikolay Alexeyev (pilot) (1919–1943), Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union * Pavel Alekseyev (pilot) (1912–1985), Soviet aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union * Pyotr Alexeyev (1731–1801), Russian ecclesiastic figure and writer * Pyotr Alexeyevich Alexeyev (1849–1891), Russian revolutionary * Pyotr Petrovich Alexeyev (1840–1891), Russian chemist *

Rostislav Alexeyev Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev (; December 18, 1916 – February 9, 1980) was a Russian Soviet Director & Chief of Design known for his pioneering work on hydrofoil ships and ground-effect vehicles. Alexeyev was an accomplished designer of hydro ...

(1916–1980), pioneering Russian Ground effect vehicle designer *

Semyon Alexeyev Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. It is a cognate of the name Simo ...

, aeronautical engineer and head of the

Alexeyev OKB Alexeyev, Alekseyev, Alexeiev, Alexeev or Alekseev () is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Alexey (Алексей) and literally means ''Alexey's''. Often the same name appears in English in several different translit ...

Sergei Alexeyev Sergei Sergeyevich Alexeyev (; 28 July 1924 – 12 May 2013) was a Soviet and Russian legal theorist, scholar of civil law and politician. He was the first and only chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Supervision of the USSR from 199 ...

(1924–2013), Russian politician * Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alexeyev (serviceman) (1900–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union * Vasily Petrovich Alexeyev (1896–1919), one of the founders of Communist youth organizations in Russia * Viktor Alexeyev (1914–1977), Soviet athlete and trainer * Vladimir Alexeyev (scientist) (1852–1919), Russian chemist and physicist * Vladimir Alexeyev (admiral) (1912–1999), Soviet admiral and Hero of the Soviet Union

Alekseyeva

* Alla Alekseyeva (born 1934), Russian rower * Tatyana Alekseyeva (born 1963), Russian 400 metre runner

Alexeyeva

Lidiya Alekseyeva Lidiya Vladimirovna Alekseyeva (, 4 July 1924 – 26 June 2014) was a Russian basketball player and basketball coach, coach. Alekseyeva was born in Moscow. Alekseyeva was inducted into the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fam ...

(1924–2014), Russian basketball player and coach *

Lyudmila Alexeyeva Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva (, ; 20 July 1927 – 8 December 2018) was a Russian historian and human-rights activist who was a founding member in 1976 of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group and one of the last Soviet dissidents active in post-S ...

(1927–2018),

Moscow Helsinki Group The Moscow Helsinki Group (also known as the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, ) was one of Russia's leading human rights organisations. It was originally set up in 1976 to monitor Soviet compliance with the Helsinki Accords and to report to the West ...

founder and Chairwoman since 1996

Others

* Alexandre Alexeieff (1901–1982), Russian artist, filmmaker and illustrator *

Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( rus, Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj, links=yes; ; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian and Sovie ...

(1863–1938), stage name of actor and director Konstantin Sergeievich Alexeiev

Other

* 9933 Alekseev, minor planet

References

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