Polyakov

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Polyakov (Russian: Поляков), or Polyakova (feminine; Полякова) is a Russian last name and may refer to:

People
  • Alexander Polyakov, a Russian/American physicist
  • Anisim Polyakov (1904-?), a Soviet academician and scientist in the field of veterinary sanitation and disinfection
  • Dmitri Polyakov (1921-1988), a Soviet General and a spy for the CIA
  • Ivan Polyakov (1919-1944), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Konstantin Polyakov (1924-1943), a Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Leonid Polyakov (architect) (1906-1965), a Soviet architect
  • Leonid Polyakov (officer) (1909-?), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Nikolay Polyakov (publisher) (1843-1905), a Russian publisher
  • Nikolay Polyakov (scientist) (1903-?), a Soviet academician and scientist in the field of mining
  • Valeriy Polyakov (b. 1942), a Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia
  • Vitaly Polyakov (1923-?), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vladimir Polyakov (b. 1960), a retired Soviet/Russian pole vaulter
  • Vladislav Polyakov (b. 1983), a Kazakhstani swimmer
  • Yuri Polyakov (1921-?), a Soviet historian
Other
  • Polyakov action, two-dimensional action of a conformal field theory describing the worldsheet of a string in string theory
  • 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole, a topological soliton similar to the Dirac monopole but without any singularities
  • Polyakov (settlement), a settlement in Samara Oblast, Russia