Vlasov or Vlasoff (russian: Вла́сов; masculine) is a common

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n surname formed from the first name ''Vlas'' or from the Greek Βλάσιος (Blaise) meaning simple.Фамилия Власов, значение фамилии Власов, анализ фамилии Власов
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genway.ru There is also a version that the family name can come from the Slavonic ''vlas'' meaning hair. According to some versions the surname correlates to the Slavonic

Veles (god) Veles,; Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovenian: ''Veles''; Ruthenian and Old Church Slavonic: Велесъ; be, Вялес, translit=Vialies also known as Volos, is a major god of earth, waters, livestock, and the underworld ...

. The feminine form of the surname is Vlasova (russian: Вла́сова). The surname is shared by: *

Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation) Aleksandr, Alexander or Alexandr Vlasov may refer to: * Aleksandr Vlasov (figure skater) (born 1955), former Soviet pair skater and coach * Aleksandr Vlasov (politician) (1932–2002), Soviet politician * Aleksandr Vlasov (cyclist) Aleksandr An ...

Andrey Vlasov Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (russian: Андрéй Андрéевич Влáсов, – August 1, 1946) was a Soviet Red Army general and Nazi collaborator. During World War II, he fought in the Battle of Moscow and later was captured at ...

(1901–1946), Russian general of

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

who later led

Russian Liberation Army The Russian Liberation Army; russian: Русская освободительная армия, ', abbreviated as (), also known as the Vlasov army after its commander Andrey Vlasov, was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Ru ...

against

U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

Andrey Vlasov (footballer, born 1965) Andrey Vladimirovich Vlasov (russian: Андрей Владимирович Власов; born 28 February 1965) is a former Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a ...

, Russian football player *

Anatoly Vlasov Anatoly Aleksandrovich Vlasov (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Вла́сов; – 22 December 1975) was a Russian, later Soviet, theoretical physicist prominent in the fields of statistical mechanics, kinetics, and es ...

(1908–1975), Soviet physicist, author of the

Vlasov equation The Vlasov equation is a differential equation describing time evolution of the distribution function of plasma consisting of charged particles with long-range interaction, e.g. Coulomb. The equation was first suggested for description of plasma b ...

and McKean–Vlasov process *

Dmitri Vlasov Dmitri Nikolayevich Vlasov (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Власов; born 2 January 1973) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B i ...

(born 1973), Russian football player *

Dmitry Vlasov Dmitry Vlasov (born 11 July 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Biography Vlasov, who is originally from Tula, was ranked as high as 11 in the world for singles during his junior career and had wins over future top players ...

(born 1982), Russian tennis player *

Evgenia Vlasova Evgenia Vlasova ( uk, Євгенія Власова) (russian: link=no, Евгения Власова) (born 8 April 1978 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter. Biography Her parents were artistically inclined (m ...

(born 1978), Ukrainian singer-songwriter *

Igor Vlasov Igor Vlasov is a Russian music producer and live PA, was born in 1980 in Volgograd. From early age he started interesting in music, but didn't try to make his own music that time. Igor's career began with creation of "Squid Project" (further r ...

(born 1980), Russian musician and music producer *

Ilia Vlasov Ilia Sergeyevich Vlasov (russian: Илья Сергеевич Власов) (born 3 August 1995) is a Russian volleyball player. He is part of the Russia men's national volleyball team. On club level, he plays for Dynamo Moscow. Sporting achieve ...

(born 1995), Russian volleyball player *

Ivan Vlasov Ivan Alekseyevich Vlasov (russian: Иван Алексеевич Вла́сов; – 1969) was a Soviet and Russian politician the nominal head of state of the RSFSR twice during the rule of Joseph Stalin. Vlasov was born in Nikolayevka, Te ...

(1903–1969), Soviet administrator, nominal head of state of Russian Federation *

Maxim Vlasov Maxim Sergeyevich Vlasov (russian: Максим Сергеевич Власов; born 11 September 1986) is a Russian professional boxer. He challenged for the WBO interim cruiserweight title in 2018, and the WBO light-heavyweight title in April ...

(born 1986), Russian boxer * Nikolai Vlasov (1916–1945), flying ace and leader of prisoner uprising in the

Mauthausen concentration camp Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with nearly 100 further subcamps located throughout Austria and southern Germany ...

Oleg Vlasov Oleg Sergeyevich Vlasov (russian: Оле́г Серге́евич Вла́сов; born 10 December 1984) is a Russian former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. ...

(born 1984), Russian footballer *

Oleh Vlasov Oleh Oleksandrovych Vlasov ( ua, Олег Олександрович Власов; born 25 October 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. Career Vlasov is a produ ...

(born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Olesia Vlasova (born 1974), Ukrainian actress *

Peter Vladimirov Peter or Pyotr Parfenovich Vlasov, better known under his pen name Vladimirov, (russian: Пётр Парфёнович Влади́миров/Влáсов; 1905 – 10 September 1953) was a Soviet diplomat and journalist. He is best known for '' ...

, pen name of Pyotr Vlasov (1905–1953), Soviet diplomat and journalist, father of Yury Vlasov * Pavel Vlasov (born 1960), merited

test pilot A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.Stinton, Darrol. ''Flying Qualities and Flight Testin ...

of the Russian Federation * Pyotr Vlasov, Russian ambassador to Persia in 1902–1903 * Simon Vlasov (born 1981), Russian speedway rider * Tatiana Vlasova (born 1977), Russian ski-orienteer * Vadim Vlasov (born 1980), Russian football player * Valentin Vlasov (1946–2020), Russian politician and diplomat * Veronika Vlasova (born 1966), Russian politician *

Viktor Vlasov (disambiguation) Viktor Vlasov may refer to: * Viktor Vlasov (basketball) (1925–2002), Russian basketball player * Viktor Vlasov (sport shooter) (born 1951), former Soviet sport shooter {{Hndis, Vlasov, Viktor ...

Vladimir Vlasov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Vlasov (russian: Владимир Александрович Власов; 7 January 1903, Moscow – 7 September 1986, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian composer and conductor. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory from ...

(1902–1986), Russian composer and conductor *

Yuliya Vlasova Yuliya Ivanovna Vlasova (russian: Юлия Ивановна Власова; born May 1, 1967) is a Russian short track speed skater who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 ...

(born 1967), Russian short track speed skater * Yuri Vlasov

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