Beketov is a Russian male surname. Its feminine counterpart is Beketova. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aleksandr Beketov
Aleksandr Beketov (born 14 March 1970) is a Russian fencing, fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition.
He won a gold medal in the épée individual and a team silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. (born 1970), Russian épée fencer and Olympic gold medalist
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Andrey Beketov
Andrey Nikolayevich Beketov (, 8 December 1825 — 1 July 1902) was a Russian botanist, an Honourable member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Beketov, the Meritorious Professor of Saint Petersburg University (which he was the head of ...
(1825–1902), Russian botanist
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Artyom Beketov
Artyom Viktorovich Beketov (; born 12 June 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2006 for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
FC Luch Vladivostok () was an association foo ...
(born 1984), Russian football player
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Mikhail Beketov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Beketov (; 10 January 1958 – 8 April 2013) was a Russian journalist who came to widespread attention when he was attacked in an assault thought to be connected with his coverage of the planned destruction of the Khimki Fore ...
(1958–2013), editor-in-chief of "Khimkinskaya Pravda", defender of the Khimki Forest
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Nikolay Beketov
Nikolay Nikolayevich Beketov (; , Alferovka (now Beketovka), Penza Governorate, Russian Empire – , St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian Imperial physical chemist and metallurgist.
He was the father of a well-known Russian architect ...
(1827–1911), Russian chemist
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Beketov (crater)
Beketov is a small lunar impact crater that lies in the northern reaches of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is named after Russian chemist Nikolay Beketov. To the south is the ghost crater Jansen R. Northeast of Beketov, along the edge of the mar ...
, a lunar crater named after Nikolay Beketov
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Pyotr Beketov
Pyotr Beketov (, c. 1600 – c. 1661) was a Cossack explorer of Siberia and founder of various fortified settlements in the region, which later developed into modern cities such as Yakutsk, Chita, and Nerchinsk.
Beketov started his military ser ...
, 17th-century Russian explorer and voevoda of Siberian Cossacks
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Sofia Beketova (born 1948), Russian rower
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Vladimir Beketov
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Arkhitektora Beketova (Kharkiv Metro), a metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Russian-language surnames