Belousov

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Belousov is a common Russian surname formed from the nickname Belye Usy (Russian: Белые Усы) meaning "White Moustache" which actually translates into English as "Grey Moustache". To an intelligent Russian ear, the meaning is that of "someone older, grey-haired, i.e. wise". The feminine form of the surname is Belousova. It may refer to:

People

• Aleksander Belousov, Yiddish-language poet;
• Andrei Belousov (1906-1976), a Soviet soldier and Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory
• Boris Belousov, a Soviet chemist
• Boris Mikhailovich Belousov, Soviet Minister of the Engineering Industry 1987-1989, Soviet Minister of Defense Industry 1989-1991;
• Boris Nikolaevich Belousov, a Soviet cosmonaut
• Galina Belousova-Shevchenko (1912-1982), a Soviet opera singer
• Leonid Belousov (1909-1998), a Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Lev Belousov (1923-1988), a Soviet army officer and Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory
• Ludmila Belousova (b. 1935), a Russian figure skater
• Mikhail Ignatyevich Belousov (1894-1956), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Prokofyevich Belousov (1904-1946), a Soviet naval officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nikolai Belousov (1923-2006), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Valentin Danilovich Belousov (1925 -1988), prof., dr., Soviet mathematician (was born in what is now Republic of Moldova), founder of the Theory of Quasigroups;
• Vasily Belousov (1919-1981), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vitaly Belousov (1921-1945), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Belousov (1907-1990), a Soviet geologist
• Vladimir Ignatyevich Belousov (1908-1981), a Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Pavlovich Belousov (b. 1946), a Soviet ski jumper

Other

• The Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction is named after Boris Belousov.