Zhdanov
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Zhdanov (Russian: Жданов) or Zhdanova (feminine; Жданова) is a surname and may refer to:
- people
- Andrei Zhdanov (1896-1948), Stalinist politician, developer of the Zhdanov Doctrine that governed Soviet cultural activities for a number of years
- Zhdanov, a Sverdlov class cruiser
- Alexander Zhdanov (1858-?), Russian astronomer
- Ivan Zhdanov (1846-1901), Russian literary critic and student of folklore
- Leonid Zhdanov (1890-?), Russian selectionist
- Lev Zhdanov (1864-?), Russian novelist and playwright
- Victor M. Zhdanov (1914-?), Russian virologist
- Vladimir Zhdanov (1902-1964), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Yevgeny Zhdanov (1839-1892), Russian land surveyor and cartographer
- Yuri Zhdanov (1919-?), Russian chemist, rector of Rostov State University from 1957 to 1988, son of Andrei Zhdanov
- places
- Mariupol, Ukraine, known as Zhdanov after Andrei Zhdanov from 1948 until 1989
- Zhdanov, Armenia
- Zhdanov, Armavir, a town in Armavir Province
- Zhdanov, Lori, a town in Lori Province
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