Petrov 2315479 221400065 2008-06-24T10:09:18Z IrisKawling 696668 +Kirill Petrov '''Petrov''' or '''Petroff''' (masculine) or '''Petrova''' (feminine) is one of the most common surnames in [[Russia]] and [[Bulgaria]]. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (both equivalent to English [[Peter]]). It is the last name of the following people: *[[Alexander Petrov]], Russian chess player *[[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)]], Russian animator *[[Aleksandr Anatolyevich Petrov]], Russian journalist *[[Alexey Petrov]], Russian physicist and mathematician *[[Andrei Petrov]], Russian composer *[[Borislava Petrova]], Bulgarian curler *[[Daniel Petrov]], Bulgarian boxer *[[Evdokia Petrova]], Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia *[[Georgi Petrov]], Bulgarian economist *[[Gjorche Petrov]], Bulgarian revolutionary *[[Igor Petrov]], Czech senator *[[Ilia Petrov]], Bulgarian painter and graphic artist *[[Ivailo Petrov]], Bulgarian writer *[[Ivan Atanassov Petrov]] (b.&nbsp;1947), Bulgarian neurologist *[[Ivan Ivanovich Petrov]] (1920–2003), Soviet opera singer *[[Ivan Yefimovich Petrov]] (1896–1958), Soviet general *[[Kirill Petrov]] (b.&nbsp;1990), Russian ice hockey player *[[Konstantin Petrov]], Ukrainian physicist *[[Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast)]] (b.&nbsp;1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast *[[Maria Petrova (figure skater)]] (b.&nbsp;1977), Russian figure skater *[[Martin Petrov]], Bulgarian footballer *[[Nadia Petrova]], Russian professional tennis player *[[Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov]], Russian pianist, founder of the Nikolai Petrov International Philanthropic Foundation *[[Nikolay Petrov]] (b.&nbsp;1988), Bulgarian soccer player *[[Oleg Petrov]], Russian hockey player *[[Olga Petrova]], stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performer *[[Osip Petrov]], Russian opera singer *[[Petar Petrov (athlete)]] (b.&nbsp;1955), Bulgarian sprinter *[[Petar Petrov (footballer)]] (b.&nbsp;1961), Bulgarian football player *[[Petar Petrov (designer)]] (b.&nbsp;1977), Bulgarian fashion designer *[[Peter Petrov]], Bulgarian investment banker *[[Stanislav Petrov]], Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchange *[[Stefka Petrova]], Bulgarian nutritionist *[[Stilian Petrov]], Bulgarian footballer *[[Tatiana Petrova]], Russian water polo player *[[Valeri Petrov]], Bulgarian poet *[[Vasily Petrov]], Russian soldier *[[Vasily G. Petrov]], Soviet general and artillery designer *[[Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov]], Russian physicist who discovered an electric arc effect *[[Vassil Petrov]], Bulgarian musician/singer<!--please specify which--> *[[Vitaly Petrov]], Russian auto racing driver *[[Vladimir Petrov (author)]] (1915–1999), writer, teacher, and former prisoner of the Soviet Gulag *[[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov (diplomat)]] (1907–1991), Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia *[[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov (TRIZ Master)]], board member of International [[TRIZ]] Association *[[Vladimir Petrov (rower)]] (b.&nbsp;1932), Soviet [[Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics|coxswain at the 1956 Summer Olympics]] *[[Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov]] (b.&nbsp;1947), Soviet ice hockey player *[[Vladimirs Petrovs]] (1908&ndash;1943), also known as Vladimir Petrov, Latvian chess player *'''Vladimir Petrov''', nickname of [[Al Blake]], professional wrestler *[[Vladimir Petrov (director)]], Bulgarian film director *[[Yevgeny Petrov]], Soviet writer of Ilf and Petrov duo ---- *[[Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin]], Russian/Soviet painter *[[Tudor Petrov-Popa]], Moldovan Romanian politician ==Places== *[[Petrov (crater)]], a lunar crater *[[Petrov (Brno)]], a cathedral in [[Brno]], Moravia, Czech Republic *[[Petrov (Blansko district)]], a village in [[Moravia]], Czech Republic *[[Petrov (Hodonín district)]], a village in [[Moravia]], Czech Republic *[[Petrov (Prague-west district)]], a village in the [[Czech Republic]] *[[Petrov, Russia]], a village (''khutor'') in the [[Adygea|Republic of Adygea]], Russia *[[Petrova, Maramureş]], a commune in [[Maramureş County]], Romania *[[Petrová]], a village in Bardejov District, Slovakia ==See also== *[[Petrof]] {{Disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Russian surnames]] [[Category:Bulgarian surnames]] [[cs:Petrov]] [[de:Petrov]] [[eo:Petrov]] [[fr:Petrov]] [[it:Petrov]] [[nl:Petrov]] [[ja:ペトロフ]] [[pt:Petrov]] [[ru:Петров]]