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Kryukov
Kryukov and Kryukova (; feminine) is a common Russian surname derived from the word "" (kryuk). While the literal meaning of the word is "hook", the surname stems from the figurative meaning of "finicky person", a "quibbler", but also a "stoop-shouldered person".
People with this surname include:
- Aleksandr Kryukov (born 1956), Soviet and Russian footballer and coach
- Andrei Krukov (born 1971), Kazakh and Azerbaijani skater
- Artem Kryukov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Fyodor Kryukov (1870–1920), Russian writer and soldier
- Mikhail Kryukov (born 1932), Soviet and Russian anthropologist and historian
- Nikolai Kryukov (born 1978), Russian artistic gymnast
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Kryukov, Soviet composer
- Sergey Kryukov, Russian diplomat
- Vladimir Kryukov (born 1925), Soviet rower
- Yevgeni Kryukov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian footballer and coach