Chirkov (, from чирок (''chirok'') meaning "teal") is a Don Cossack Russian masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Chirkova.
The exact origin of the family traces to the river Chir, a tributary of the Don river, and its age and its position are documented.
Ennobled as princes, the Chirkov family is featured in Leo Tolstoy's ''Anna Karenina'', where a member of Karenin's family is mentioned as having married Princess Chirkova.
Following the revolution, the family was dispersed, but its members have held influential posts in post-Soviet and Russian society, including the current admiral of the Russian fleet.
The name may refer to
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Boris Chirkov
Boris Petrovich Chirkov (13 August 190128 May 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. Chirkov was born in Brianka. He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. He was awarded four USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes: in 1941 ...
(1901–1982), Soviet actor
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Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaya
Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as t ...
(born 1945), Soviet fencer
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Viktor Chirkov
Viktor Viktorovich Chirkov (; born 8 September 1959) is a Russian admiral and the former commander of the Baltic Fleet. On 6 May 2012, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, succeeding Vladimir Vysotsky, who had occupied the p ...
(born 1959), Russian admiral
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Denista Chirkova (1909–1977), Bulgarian Folk Dancer, Burlesque Artist
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