Kryuchkov (; masculine) or Kryuchkova (; feminine) is a

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 ...

last name and may refer to the following people: * Dmitri Kryuchkov (1887–1936?), Russian poet * Fyodor Kryuchkov (1913–1944), Soviet soldier 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 ...

Gennadi Kryuchkov Gennadi Konstantinovich Kryuchkov (, 20 October 1926, Stalingrad, Soviet Union - 15 July 2007, Tula, Russia) was a Russian leader of the Baptist church in the Soviet Union. He was pursued by the KGB for over 25 years, and was described in his obitu ...

(1926–2007), Russian

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minister * Maria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian gymnast *

Nikolai Kryuchkov Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993. Selected filmography * '' Outskirts'' (1933) * '' By the Bluest of Seas'' (1936) * ''The Re ...

(1911–1994), Soviet actor * Olga Kryuchkova (b. 1966), Russian writer *

Pyotr Kryuchkov Pyotr Petrovich Kryuchkov (; 12 November 1889, Perm – 15 March 1938) was a soviet lawyer and the secretary of Maxim Gorky. Career Pyotr Kryuchkov was born in Perm and was the son of a leading vet and magistrate. He obtained a law degree at S ...

(1889-1938), secretary of

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (; ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an aut ...

* Sergey Kryuchkov (1897–1969), Soviet philologist * Svetlana Nikolaevna Kryuchkova (b. 1950), Soviet/Russian actress *

Vladimir Kryuchkov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov (; 29 February 1924 – 23 November 2007) was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat, and head of the KGB, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Initially working in the Soviet justice system a ...

(1924–2007),

KGB The Committee for State Security (, ), abbreviated as KGB (, ; ) was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991. It was the direct successor of preceding Soviet secret police agencies including the Cheka, Joint State Polit ...

director * Vladislav Kryuchkov (b. 1989), Russian footballer

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