Vlasov

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Vlasov or Vlasoff (Russian: Власов) is a common Russian surname formed from the first name Vlas or from the Slavonic vlas meaning hair. The feminine form of the surname is Vlasova (Russian: Власова).

Among notable people with this last name are:

• Alexander Vasilievich Vlasov (1900-1962) - Architect;
• Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov (1932-) Soviet administrator, Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR 1986-1988;
• Alexander Sergeevich Vlasov (1777-1825) - chamberlain;
• Alexander Kondratievich Vlasov (1911 - ); cellist, Professor;
• Andrey Vlasov (1900-1946) - Soviet General who later cooperated with Nazi Germany;
• Anatoly Vlasov (1908-1975) - Soviet physicist, author of the Vlasov equation;
• Dmitry Vlasov - Governor of Saratov Gubernia in 1839-1841;
• Kusma Vlasov (1905-1964) - geochemist, Corresponding member of the Academy;
• Maxim Vlasov (1767-1848) - Cossack, ataman of Don cossacks, accused in massacres of Circassians;
• Pyotr Parfenovich Vlasov, - Komintern agent and Soviet diplomat;
• Pyotr Vlasov - Russian ambassador to Persia, in 1902-1903;
• Valentin Viktorovich Vlasov (1947 - ) Biochemist, Academician;
• Valentin Stepanovich Vlasov (1946 - ) Russian politician and administrator, was kidnapped in Chechnya and then freed;
• Vasily Vlasov (1906-1958), Civil Engineer, Corresponding member of the Academy;
• Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov (1902-1986) - Soviet Composer, People's artist of Kirghizia and Russia;
• Vladimir Mikhaylovich Vlasov (1938-) Russian administrator and Politician, Duma deputy;
• Yury Vlasov (b. 1935) - Russian weightlifter, writer and politician, son of Pyotr Parfenovich;
• Yury Georgievich Vlasov (1934-) - Russian Radio-chemist, Academician.