Polyakov or Poliakov, (, , , ), or Polyakova, Paliakova (feminine; ) is a

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surname. It may be transliterated as '' Poliakoff''. Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksei Poliakov (born 1974), Russian/Uzbek goalkeeper * Alexander Polyakov (disambiguation), multiple individuals * Alla Polyakova (born 1970), Russian politician * Anatoly Polyakov (born 1980), Russian swimmer * Andrei Polyakov (1950–2021), Russian diplomat *

Dmitri Polyakov Dmitri Fyodorovich Polyakov (; 6 July 1921 – 15 March 1988) was a Major General in the Soviet GRU during the Cold War. According to former high-level KGB officer Sergey Kondrashev, Polyakov acted as a KGB disinformation agent at the FBI's New ...

(1921–1988), Soviet General and a spy for the CIA * Boris Poliakov, Russian scientist and mechanical engineer * Dzyanis Palyakow (born 1991), Belarusian footballer *

Elena Polyakova Elena Polyakova (; born 22 March 1981) is a Russian female ultramarathon runner, and formerly a female bodybuilder. Elena Polyakova was born on 22 March 1981 in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, a closed city in Russia. She performed sports in athle ...

(born 1981), Russian ultramarathon runner * Ella Polyakova (born 1941), Russian human rights activist * Georgi Polyakov, Bulgarian sports shooter * Germaine Poliakov, Ottoman-born French music teacher and Holocaust survivor * Grigory Polyakov (1876–1939), Russian ornithologist * Igor Polyakov (1912–2008), Soviet rower * Ivan Alexeyevich Polyakov (1886–1969), Russian Cossack military leader * Ivan Jaŭcejavič Paliakoŭ (1914–2004), Belarusan politician *

Lazar Polyakov Lazar Solomonovich Polyakov (, born 1843 in Dubroŭna – died 1914) was a Russian entrepreneur. Polyakov founded his first bank in 1872 and by the 1890s owned an influential financial group; he was informally named "Rothschild of Moscow". His b ...

(1843–1914), Russian entrepreneur *

Léon Poliakov Léon Poliakov (; 25 November 1910 – 8 December 1997) was a French historian who wrote extensively on the Holocaust and antisemitism. He is the author of ''The Aryan Myth''. Biography Born into a Russian Jewish family, Poliakov lived in Italy ...

(1910–1997), French historian * Maria Palyakova (born 1974), Ukrainian volleyball player *

Maria Polyakova Maria Yuryevna Polyakova (; born 8 May 1997) is a Russian diver. She is a European Games and European champion. Polyakova also competed in NCAA diving for the UCLA Bruins, becoming UCLA’s first national champion in women’s diving, and graduat ...

(born 1997), Russian diver *

Moshe Poliakov Moshe (Mosta) Poliakov () was an Israeli football player, footballer and manager (association football), manager, one of the founders of Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv and the first captain (sports), captain of the club, and one of the mos ...

, Israeli footballer and manager * Mykola Polyakov (1946–2020), Ukrainian scientist * Oleg Polyakov (born 1990), Russian footballer *

Samuel Polyakov Samuel (Shmuel) Polyakov (also Poliakoff, Poliakov, ) was a Russian businessman, informally known as the "most famous railroad king" of the Russian Empire, the senior member of the Polyakov business family, a philanthropist and a Jewish civil rig ...

(1837–1888), Russian businessman * Sergei Polyakov (born 1968), Russian sport shooter * Serhii Polyakov (born 1953), Ukrainian politician * Sergey Polyakov (born 1951), Russian-American scientist * Shlomo Poliakov, Jewish footballer *

Valeri Polyakov Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (, ; born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov []; 27 April 1942 – 7 September 2022) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut. He is the record holder for the Timeline of longest spaceflights, longest single stay in space, stay ...

(1942–2022), Russian cosmonaut * Veronika Polyakova (born 1999), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Viktor Polyakov (born 1981), Ukrainian boxer *

Vladimir Polyakov (pole vaulter) Vladimir Polyakov (; born 17 April 1960) is a retired Soviet pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. On 26 June 1981 he managed to clear 5.81 metres, beating Thierry Vigneron's six-day-old world record. Two years later Pol ...

(born 1960), Soviet/Russian pole vaulter *

Vladimir Polyakov (rower) Vladimir Polyakov (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Поляков; born 9 July 1952) is a Soviet rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. ...

Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Vitalyevich Polyakov (also ''Vlad Polyakov'', ; born 30 November 1983 in Petropavlovsk) is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He swam for his native Kazakhstan at three Olympic Games (2004, 2008, and 2012), a ...

(born 1983), Kazakhstani swimmer *

Yevgeni Viktorovich Polyakov Yevgeni Viktorovich Polyakov (; born 29 September 1980) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. He is the manager of FC Oryol FC Oryol () is a Russian association football, football club based in the city of Oryol. F ...

(born 1980), Russian footballer *

Yevgeniya Polyakova Yevgeniya Andreyevna Polyakova () (born 29 May 1983 in Moscow) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Polyakova represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round h ...

(born 1983), Russian sprinter * Yisrael Poliakov (1941–2007), Israeli comedian and actor * Yael Poliakov (born 1977), Israeli actress, comedian, and screenwriter * Yuriy Polyakov (born 1980), Russian-American scientist * (, ) **

(1837–1888), Russian businessman **

(1843–1914), Russian-Jewish entrepreneur ** (1832–1909), Russian financier, entrepreneur, and merchant

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