Kryukov () and Kryukova (; feminine) is a common

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 derived from the word "" (''kryuk''). While the literal meaning of the word is "hook", the surname stems from the figurative meaning of "finicky person", a "quibbler", but also a "stoop-shouldered person".Федосюк Ю. А. "Русские фамилии. Популярный этимологический словарь"
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6-е изд., испр. Москва, Флинта: Наука, 2006. 240 с. People with this surname include: * Andrei Krukov (born 1971), Kazakh and Azerbaijani skater * Artem Kryukov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player * Fyodor Kryukov (1870–1920), Russian writer and soldier * Irina Kryukova (born 1968), Russian women chess grandmaster * Mikhail Kryukov (1932–2024), Soviet and Russian anthropologist and historian *

Nikolai Kryukov (gymnast) Nikolai Vyacheslavovich Kryukov (; born 11 November 1978 in Voronezh) is a Russian artistic gymnast. A three-time Olympian, he was also the all-around champion at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin. See also *List of Oly ...

(born 1978), Russian artistic gymnast *

Nikolai Kryukov (actor) Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov (; 8 July 1915 – 17 April 1993) was a Soviet film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991).Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 13 мая 1991 г. «О пр� ...

(1915–1993), Soviet film and theater actor *

Nikolai Kryukov (composer) Nikolai Nikolayevich Kryukov (; 2 February 1908 – 5 April 1961) was a Russian composer active in the Soviet era. Kryukov was prominent in the Soviet film industry, with more than 40 film score credits for films released between 1949 and 1962. ...

(1908–1961), Russian composer *

Vladimir Kryukov (general) Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov (; – 16 August 1959) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Kryukov joined the Imperial Russian Army after the beginning of World War I, fighting on the Western Front and becoming ...

(1897–1959), Soviet Army general *

Yevgeni Kryukov Yevgeni Vladimirovich Kryukov (; 3 August 1963 – 2 December 2024) was a Russian professional football coach and a player. He died in Sochi on 2 December 2024, at the age of 61. Career Kryukov made his professional debut in the Soviet Second L ...

(1963–2024), Soviet and Russian footballer and coach

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