Avilov (surname)
Avilov (Russian: Авилов; masculine) or Avilova (Авилова; feminine) is a Russian surname.[1] It derives from the old Russian male first name Vavila (Vavilo).[1]
The following people share this surname:
- Lydia Avilova (1864–1943), Russian Soviet writer and memoirist
- Mikhail Avilov (1882–1954), Russian Soviet painter and art educator
- Mykola Avilov (born 1948), Ukrainian Soviet decathlete
- Pyotr Avilov (1910–2004), Soviet sports shooter
- Valentin Avilov, recipient of the Order of Naval Merit, a state decoration of Russia
- Viktor Avilov (1900–?), Russian Soviet diplomat
- Vladimir Avilov, Estonian association football player; captain of FC Infonet
- Yevgeny Avilov, mayor of the city of Tula, Russia
See also
- Nikolai Glebov-Avilov (1887–1937), Russian Bolshevik and Soviet politician
- Avilovo, several rural localities in Russia
References
Notes
- Fedosyuk, entry on "Авилов".
Sources
- Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3
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