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surname. It is derived from the word волк (''volk'', meaning "

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People

* Adrian Volkov (1827–1873), Russian genre painter * Aleksei Volkov, see there for complete list * Alexander Volkov, see there for complete list * Alla Volkova *

Anastasia Volkova Anastasia Volkova (born c.1991) is a Ukrainian agricultural innovator using satellite and autonomous drone technology to give an early indication of disease in crops. She studied in Ukraine, Poland and Australia. In 2020 she was living in Austra ...

* Anatole Volkov, courier for the Silvermaster spy ring *

Anatoly Volkov Anatoly Volkov (born 23 December 1952) is a Russian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded ...

(1909–?), Soviet literary critic *

Anna Volkova Anna Feodorovna Volkova (; died 1876) was a Russian chemist known for her work in organic chemistry. Volkova was the first chemist to prepare pure ortho-toluene sulfonic acid, its acyl chloride, and its amide (1870). She was also the first chemis ...

* Anna Volkova (athlete) * Boris Volkov (1900–1970), Soviet stage designer * (1894–1954), Russian poet *

Bronislava Volková Bronislava Volková (born Bronislava Fischerová; May 15, 1946) is a Czech-American poet, translator, scholar and collage artist. She emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1974 and spent more than forty years in the United States. Life and work Her ...

* Dmitry Volkov, Russian volleyball player * Dmitry Volkov, Soviet swimmer * Dmitry Volkov (1718–1785), Russian statesman *

Ekaterina Volkova (rhythmic gymnast) Ekaterina "Katja" Volkova (born 2 July 1997) is a Finnish former individual rhythmic gymnast. A daughter of Russian parents, she is also Russian citizen. Career Volkova started gymnastics in 2004. 2013 At the 2013 Finnish championships, she ...

Elena Volkova (basketball) Elena Veniaminovna Volkova (, born 9 April 1983) is a Russian basketball shooting guard The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is ...

* Elena Volkova (painter) * Esteban Volkov, grandson of Leon Trotsky *

Fyodor Volkov Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov () ( in Kostroma – in Moscow) was a Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater. Life The stepson of Merchant Polushkin from Kostroma, Fyodor Volkov received a versatile education. He estab ...

, "the father of the Russian theater" *

(1847–1918), Ukrainian ethnographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist *

Fyodor Andreyevich Volkov Fyodor, Fedor () or Feodor is the Russian-language form of the originally Greek-language name "Theodore" () meaning "God's gift" or "god-given". Fedora () is the feminine form. "Fyodor" and "Fedor" are two English transliterations of the same Ru ...

(1898–1954), Soviet army officer 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 ...

* Igor F. Volkov, a Russian soloist with the

Alexandrov Ensemble The Alexandrov Ensemble (), commonly known as the Red Army Choir in the West, is an official army choir of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Russian armed forces. Founded during the History of the Soviet Union, Soviet era, the ense ...

Ilan Volkov Ilan Volkov (; born September 8, 1976, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli orchestral conductor, who has been chief conductor and guest conductor of a number of orchestras. Biography Volkov's father, Alexander Volkov, was a concert pianist. He studied with t ...

, Israeli conductor *

Ivan Volkov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bul ...

(b. 1954), Russian saxophone and clarinet player and jazzman *

Julia Volkova Yulia Olegovna Volkova (; born 20 February 1985), better known by the alternative spelling of Julia, is a Russian singer best known for being a member of the Russian girl group t.A.T.u., along with Lena Katina. Formed in Moscow, Russia by Ivan ...

, Russian singer, best known as a member of the girl group t.A.T.u. * Konstantin Volkov, see there for complete list * Leonid Volkov, Russian politician *

Liliya Volkova Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova, née Shagbalova, Divorced name Volkova, (; born 13 November 1977) is a Russian long-distance runner who competed in marathon races. She previously specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres track events. She served a d ...

* Lotta Volkova *

Lyubov Volkova Lyubov Volkova (15 October 1932 – 16 August 2015) was a Soviet alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1 ...

Mikhail Volkov Mikhail Antonovich Volkov (; born 10 April 2003) is a Russian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Torpedo Moscow. Club career Volkov was the third goalkeeper of Spartak Moscow in the 2022–23 season, behind Aleksandr Maksimenko and Aleks ...

(1922–?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union * Nadezhda Volkova (1920–1942), Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union * Nikolay Volkov (disambiguation), see there for complete list *

Nora Volkow Nora D. Volkow (born 27 March 1956) is a Mexican-American psychiatrist. She is currently the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Early life and education Born in Mexi ...

, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States * Oleksandr Volkov (b. 1989), Ukrainian footballer *

Olga Volkova Olga Volkova may refer to: * Olha Volkova (born 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier * Olga Volkova (actress) (born 1939), Russian actress {{Hndis, Volkova, Olga ...

(b. 1939), Russian actress *

Olha Volkova Olha Volodymyrivna Volkova (; born 5 July 1986 in Mykolaiv) is a freestyle skier from Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which ...

(b. 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier * Semyon Volkov (1845–1924), Russian revolutionary * Sergey Volkov, see there for complete list *

Shulamit Volkov Shulamit Volkov (; born October 12, 1942) is an Israeli historian, specializing in the history of German Jews and anti-Semitism. She is professor emerita for modern European history at Tel Aviv University. Biography She was born in Tel Aviv, studie ...

, Israeli historian *

Solomon Volkov Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov (; born 17 April 1944) is a Russian journalist and musicologist. He is best known for ''Testimony'', which was published in 1979 following his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1976. According to him, the book was the ...

, Russian musicologist * Valentin Volkov (painter) (1881–1964), Soviet painter *

Valery Volkov Valery Yakovlevich Volkov (; born 26 July 1947, in Yaroslavl) is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List ...

, Soviet horse rider * Vasily Volkov (1840–1907), Russian painter * Vasily Stepanovich Volkov (1922–?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union *

Vera Volkova Vera Volkova (; (31 May 1905 – 5 May 1975) was a Russian ballet dancer and expatriate dance teacher. Born near Tomsk, she trained at Petrograd's Akim Volynsky's School of Russian Ballet with Maria Romanova (the mother of Galina Ulanova). She als ...

, Russian ballet dancer * Viktor Volkov (1917–1998), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union * Vitali Volkov, FC Torpedo Moscow midfielder *

Vladimir Volkov Vladimir Volkov may refer to: * Vladimir Volkov (athlete) (1921-1986), Russian decathlete * Vladimir Volkov (politician) (born 1954), Russian politician *Vladimir Volkov (footballer) Vladimir Volkov ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Волков; bor ...

(born 1986), Montenegrin footballer * Vladimir Volkov (musician) (born 1960), Russian

contrabass Contrabass (from ) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family ...

player and jazzman * Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov (b. 1954), Chairman of the Government of the

Republic of Mordovia Mordovia ( ),; Moksha and officially the Republic of Mordovia,; ; is a republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians ( ...

, Russia *

Vladislav Volkov Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (; 23 November 193530 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, t ...

, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union ** Volkov (crater), a lunar crater bearing his name **

1790 Volkov 1790 Volkov, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 March 1967, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at Crimean Astrop ...

, an asteroid bearing his name * Yefim Volkov (1844–1920), Russian landscape painter *

Yekaterina Volkova (runner) Yekaterina Gennadiyevna Volkova () (born 16 February 1978 in Zheleznogorsk Kursk Oblast) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In her major international debut Volkova won the silver medal at the ...

Yekaterina Volkova (swimmer) Yekaterina Volkova may refer to: * Yekaterina Volkova (actress) (born 1982), Russian actress * Yekaterina Volkova (runner) (born 1978), Russian long-distance runner * Ekaterina Volkova (rhythmic gymnast) Ekaterina "Katja" Volkova (born 2 July 1 ...

Yekaterina Volkova (actress) Yekaterina Valeryevna Volkova (; born 15 January 1982) is a Russian actress of theater, film and television. She is known for her television role in a Russian sitcom '' Voronin's Family'' ('' Воронины'') — adaptation of the American TV ...

Yekaterina Volkova (actress and singer) Yekaterina Yuryevna Volkova (, born 16 March 1974) is a Russian actress of theatre and cinema, singer, songwriter, and model. Biography Yekaterina Volkova was born in the city of Tomsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She grew up in the city of To ...

Yelena Volkova (swimmer) Yelena Volkova (Елена Юрьевна Волкова), born 27 May 1968, is a former swimmer from the Soviet Union who won the gold medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia. She represen ...

* Yelena Volkova (volleyball) *

Zinaida Volkova Zinaida Lvovna Volkova (née Bronstein; ; 27 March 1901 – 5 January 1933) was a Russian Marxist. She was Leon Trotsky's first daughter by his first wife, Aleksandra Sokolovskaya, a Marxist from Nikolaev (Ukraine). She was raised by her aunt ...

, Russian Marxist, daughter of Leon Trotsky *

Yuliya Volkova (swimmer) Yuliya Volkova is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S12 events. Yuliya competed as part of the Ukrainian paralympic swimming team at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Pa ...

* Yuri Volkov, retired Soviet ice hockey player

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* Volkov, a

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created by the

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in the computer game '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert''. * Ivan Volkov, a Bulgarian

Quidditch Quidditch () is a fictional sport invented by author J. K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). In the series, Quidditch is portrayed as a dang ...

player featured in

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's 2000 fantasy novel ''

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. It follows Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwar ...

''. * Ivan Volkov, a fictional powerful Russian (probably born Soviet) memorabilia collector played by Savannah's actor father in ''

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''. *Alex Volkov, from Twisted Love, written by Ana Huang

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