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'''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. 1947), Bulgarian neurologist
*[[Ivan Ivanovich Petrov]] (1920–2003), Soviet opera singer
*[[Ivan Yefimovich Petrov]] (1896–1958), Soviet general
*[[Kirill Petrov]] (b. 1990), Russian ice hockey player
*[[Konstantin Petrov]], Ukrainian physicist
*[[Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast)]] (b. 1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
*[[Maria Petrova (figure skater)]] (b. 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. 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. 1955), Bulgarian sprinter
*[[Petar Petrov (footballer)]] (b. 1961), Bulgarian football player
*[[Petar Petrov (designer)]] (b. 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. 1932), Soviet [[Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics|coxswain at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov]] (b. 1947), Soviet ice hockey player
*[[Vladimirs Petrovs]] (1908–1943), 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
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*[[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]]
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