Zaytsev

Zaytsev or Zaitsev (Russian: Зайцев) is a common Russian last name. It stems from the word "заяц" zayats (meaning "hare") and is related to the Slovakian and Polish surname Zajac. Zaytseva or Zaitseva (Зайцева) is a feminine version.

List of persons with the surname

• Alexander Zaytsev (disambiguation), list of people by this name
• Andrey Zaytsev (1951–1997), Russian historian
• Boris Zaytsev, name of several people
• Dmitry Zaytsev (1918–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Gennady Zaytsev (1934–?), Soviet KGB officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Igor Arkadyevich Zaitsev (b. 1938), Russian chess grandmaster
• Ivan Dmitriyevich Zaytsev (1909–1993), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Nikolayevich Zaytsev (1923–1997), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Petrovich Zaytsev (1922–1963), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Stepanovich Zaytsev (1926–1945), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Zaytsev (1845–1904), Russian chemist
• Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaytsev (1923–?), Soviet general and commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in 1980–1985
• Nikolai Zaitsev (born 1989), Russian footballer
• Nikolay Ivanovich Zaytsev (1917–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nikolay Yakovlevich Zaytsev (1923–?), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Serhiy Zaytsev (b. 1974), Ukrainian footballer and football manager
• Slava Zaitsev (b. 1938), Russian fashion designer
• Varfolomey Zaytsev (1842–1882), Russian publicist and literary critic
• Vasily Alexandrovich Zaytsev (1911–1961), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Georgiyevich Zaytsev (1916–1956), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (1915–1991), Soviet sniper during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1910–1941), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Petrovich Zaytsev (1916–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Vladimirovich Zaytsev (1920–2001), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Veniamin Zaytsev (1923–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Yakov Zaytsev (1918–1973), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Yevgeny Alexeyevich Zaytsev (1908–?), Soviet painter
• Yevgeni Le-Chacal Zaytsev (born 1969), 1st Russian born Australian Kung-Fu Master to represent two different countries.
• Yevgeni Nikolayevich Zaytsev (born 1971), Russian footballer
• Zamira Zaytseva (b. 1953), middle distance runner from USSR and Uzbekistan

Places

• Zaytsev, Bryansk Oblast, a settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia
• Zaytsev, name of several other rural localities in Russia
• Zaytsev, Republic of Adygea, a former village (khutor) in the Republic of Adygea that existed until 2005 [1]