Zotov (

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 ...

, Ukrainian: Зо́тов) or Zotova (Зо́това; feminine) is a Russian and Ukrainian surname derived from the old Russian word ''zod'' —

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Aleksandr Zotov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Zotov (; born 27 August 1990) is an association football player who plays as central midfielder or defensive midfielder for Rubin Kazan. Club career Zotov made his debut for Spartak in the Russian Premier League on 16 No ...

(born 1990), Russian footballer * Anatoly Zotov, naval attaché to the Soviet Embassy in London *

Georgi Zotov Georgi Andreyevich Zotov (; born 12 January 1990) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a right back for Orenburg. He also played as a left back and left midfielder. Club career On 26 July 2019, he joined FC Orenburg on loan. ...

(born 1990), Russian footballer *

Nikita Zotov Count Nikita Moiseevich Zotov ( rus, Никита Моисеевич Зотов, Nikita Moiseyevich Zotov, nʲ'kʲta moɨ'sʲɛɪvʲɪt͡ɕ 'zotv, Ru-Nikita_Moiseevich_Zotov.ogg) (1644 – December 1717) was a childhood tutor and lifelong f ...

(1644–1717), childhood tutor of

Peter the Great Peter I (, ; – ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...

* Oleksandr Zotov (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer * Victor Zotov (1908–1977), New Zealand botanist *

Natalia Zotov Natalia Victorovna Zotov was a physicist and mathematician who combined an academic career with religious life as a nun. She published many papers in theoretical and statistical cosmology. Early life and education Zotov was born in Karori, Wel ...

, New Zealand-born cosmologist *

Vladimir Zotov Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov (, July 4, 1821, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, — February 18, 1896, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and editor. The writer and critic Rafail Zotov was his father. Of the 41 plays ...

(1821–1896), writer

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