Zhdanov

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Zhdanov (Russian: Жданов), or Zhdanova (feminine; Жданова) is a Russian last name and may refer to:

  • Andrei Zhdanov (1896-1948), a Stalinist politician, developer of the Zhdanov Doctrine that governed Soviet cultural activities for a number of years
  • Alexander Zhdanov (1858-?), a Russian astronomer
  • Ivan Zhdanov (1846-1901), a Russian literary critic and student of folklore
  • Leonid Zhdanov (1890-?), a Russian selectionist
  • Lev Zhdanov (1864-?), a Russian novelist and playwright
  • Victor Zhdanov (1914-?), a Russian virologist
  • Vladimir Zhdanov (1902-1964), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Yevgeny Zhdanov (1839-1892), a Russian land surveyor and cartographer
  • Yuri Zhdanov (1919-?), a Russian chemist, rector of Rostov State University from 1957 to 1988. He is son of Andrei Zhdanov.
  • Mariupol, a city in southern Ukraine, known as Zhdanov after Andrei Zhdanov from 1948 until 1989.

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