Bogolyubov or Boholyubov (; ) is a surname in
Russia
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and
Ukraine
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, meaning "he who loves God". It is of
Old Russian
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origin. Spellings Bogoljubov and Bogoliubov are also used. The feminine form is Bogolyubova (). The following persons have this surname:
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Alexey Bogolyubov
Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov (; 16 March 1824 – 3 February 1896) was a Russian painting, Russian landscape art, landscape and seascape painter.
Biography
Bogolyubov was born in the Pomeranie village of Novgorod Governorate. His father was r ...
(1824–1896), Russian landscape painter
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(born 1938), Soviet Olympic medalist judoka
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Efim Bogoljubov
Efim Bogoljubow, also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow (April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952), was a Russian-born German Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster.
Early career
Bogoljubow learned how to play chess at 15 years old, and dev ...
(1889–1952), Ukrainian-German chess Grandmaster
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Gennadiy Bogolyubov
Gennadiy (Zvi Hirsch) Bogolyubov (, ; b. 20 January 1962) is a Ukrainian oligarch based in the United Kingdom. He controlled Privat Group, along with Ihor Kolomoyskyi and .
Early life
Gennadiy Bogolyubov is a native of Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dniprope ...
(born 1961/1962), a London-based Ukrainian billionaire
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Nikolay Bogolyubov (mathematician) (1909–1992), Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician
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Nikolay Bogolyubov (actor)
Nikolay Ivanovich Bogolyubov (; 22 October 1899 – 9 March 1980) was a Soviet Union, Soviet actor born in Lipetsk Oblast, Ivanovskoye, Russian Empire and a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1945). In 1933 he played in Boris Barnet's ''Okraina (1933 f ...
(1899–1980), Russian actor
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Russian-language surnames