Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names

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. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov.

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People named Yakov *

Yakov Blumkin Yakov Grigoryevich Blumkin (; 12 March 1900 – 3 November 1929) was a Left Socialist-Revolutionary, a Bolshevik, and an agent of the Cheka and the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU). Early life Blumkin was born into a Jewish sho ...

(1900–1929), a Left Socialist-Revolutionary *

Yakov Cherevichenko Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko (; 12 October 1894 – 4 July 1976) was a Soviet military leader and colonel general. Biography First World War and Civil War Yakov Cherevichenko was born to peasant parents in the village of Novosyolovka in the ...

(1894–1976), Soviet military leader * Yakov Chubin (1893–1956), Soviet official *

Yakov Dzhugashvili Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili ( – 14 April 1943) was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, and the only child of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth. His father, then a young revolutionary in his mid-20s, le ...

(1907–1943), the oldest son of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

Yakov Eliashberg Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg (also Yasha Eliashberg; ; born 11 December 1946) is an American mathematician who was born in Leningrad, USSR. Education and career Eliashberg received his PhD, entitled ''Surgery of Singularities of Smooth Mappin ...

(born 1946), American mathematician * Yakov Ehrlich (born 1988), former Russian football player * Yakov Eshpay (1890–1963), Soviet composer *

Yakov Estrin Yakov Borisovich Estrin (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Эстрин, April 21, 1923 – February 2, 1987) was a Russian chess player, chess theoretician, writer, and World Correspondence Chess Champion who held the chess titles of In ...

(1923–1987), Soviet chess player * Yakov Fedorenko (1896–1947), Soviet military leader *

Yakov Frenkel __NOTOC__ Yakov Il'ich Frenkel (; 10 February 1894 – 23 January 1952) was a Soviet physicist renowned for his works in the field of condensed-matter physics. He is also known as Jacob Frenkel, frequently using the name J. Frenkel in publicati ...

(1894–1952), Soviet physicist * Yakov Fliyer (1912–1977), Soviet pianist * Yakov Gakkel (1901–1965), Soviet oceanographer * Yakov "Yan" Gamarnik (1894–1937), Soviet official *

Yakov Grot Yakov Karlovich Grot (; – ) was a Russian philologist of German extraction who worked at the University of Helsinki. Grot was a graduate of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. In his lifetime, he gained fame for his translations of German and S ...

(1812–1893), Russian philologist * Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), Russian musician * Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), Russian playwright * Yakov Kozalchik (1902-1953), Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen *

Yakov Kreizberg Yakov Kreizberg (; born Yakov Mayevich Bychkov, 24 October 1959 – 15 March 2011) was a Russian-born American conductor. Early years In the Soviet Union Yakov Bychkov was born in Leningrad into a family of Jewish ancestry. His father, May ...

(1959–2011), American conductor *

Yakov Kreizer Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer (; 4 November 1905, Voronezh – 29 November 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet field commander. Before the war Kreizer's Jewish parents were granted permission to live outside the Jewish pale of settlement because his gr ...

(1905–1969), Soviet military leader *

Yakov Kulnev Yakov Petrovich Kulnev (; 5 August 1763 – 1 August 1812) was, along with Pyotr Bagration and Aleksey Yermolov, one of the most popular Russian military leaders at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Count Alexander Suvorov's admirer and particip ...

(1763–1812), Russian military leader *

Yakov Malik Yakov Aleksandrovich Malik (;; 11 February 1980) was a Soviet diplomat. Biography Born in Ostroverkhivka village, Kharkov Governorate to a peasant family, Malik was educated at Kharkiv Institute of National Economy (1930). Then, he worked a ...

(1906–1980), Soviet diplomat *

Yakov Malkiel Yakov Malkiel (July 22, 1914 – April 24, 1998) was a U.S. (Ukrainian-born) Romance etymologist and philologist. His specialty was the development of Latin words, roots, prefixes, and suffixes in modern Romance languages, particularly Spanish. ...

(1914–1998), American philologist * Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942), Soviet writer *

Yakov Permyakov Yakov Permyakov (; died 1712) was a Russian seafarer, explorer, merchant, and Cossack. In 1710, while sailing from the Lena River to the Kolyma River, Permyakov observed the silhouette of two unknown island groups in the sea. Those islands would ...

(?–1712), Russian polar explorer *

Yakov Peters Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov. Notable people People ...

(1886–1938), Soviet official *

Yakov Polonsky Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (; ) was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose. Of noble birth, Polonsky attended the Moscow University, where he befriended ...

(1819–1898), Russian poet *

Yakov Popok Yakov Abramovich Popok (1894–1938) served as the fifth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began in August 1930, replacing Grigory Aronshtam. He fell ill in early 1937, causing him to resign on 15 April. ...

(1892–1938), Soviet official *

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (; 4 February (Old Style, O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and USSR, Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the ...

(1881–1945), Russian and Soviet filmmaker * Yakov Punkin (1921-1994), Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion * Yakov Rylsky (1928-1999), Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer *

Yakov Sannikov Yakov Sannikov () was a Russian '' promyshlennik'' and explorer of the New Siberian Islands. In 1800, Sannikov discovered and charted Stolbovoy Island, and in 1805 Faddeyevsky Island. In 1809–1810, he took part in the expedition led by Matv ...

, Russian merchant and explorer * Yakov Shakhovskoy (1705-1777), Russian statesman * Yakov G. Sinai (born 1935), Russian–American mathematician *

Yakov Smirnoff Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (; ), is a Jewish Soviet-American comedian, actor and writer. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in the Soviet Union, then immigrated to the United States in ...

(born 1951), Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher * Yakov Springer (1921-1972), Polish-Israeli athlete *

Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov ( – 16 March 1919) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A key Bolshevik organizer of the October Revolution of 1917, Sverdlov served as chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party from ...

(1885-1919), Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic * Yakov Tolstikov (born 1959), Russian distance runner * Yakov-Yan Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer * Yakov Vilner (1899-1931), Ukrainian chess master * Yakov Yurovsky (1878-1938),

Old Bolshevik The Old Bolsheviks (), also called the Old Bolshevik Guard or Old Party Guard, were members of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Many Old Bolsheviks became leading politi ...

activist * Yakov Zak (1913-1976), Soviet pianist and teacher *

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (, ; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions ...

(1914-1987), Soviet physicist

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