Zhdanov (surname)

Zhdanov (Ukrainian and Russian: Жданов) or Zhdanova (feminine; Жданова) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

• Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948), Stalinist politician, developer of the Zhdanov Doctrine that governed Soviet cultural activities for a number of years
• Alexander Zhdanov (1858–?), Russian astronomer
• Igor Zhdanov (1920-1996), Latvian chess master
• Ihor Zhdanov (1967-), Ukrainian businessman. 3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
• 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 (1914–1987), Russian virologist, instrumental in the push for global smallpox eradication
• Vladimir Zhdanov (1902–1964), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Yevgeny Zhdanov (1839–1892), Russian land surveyor and cartographer
• Yuri Zhdanov (1919–2006), Russian chemist, rector of Rostov State University from 1957 to 1988; son of Andrei Zhdanov and former husband of Svetlana Alliluyeva