What is "kosmodemyansky"

Kosmodemyansky is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Kosmodemyanskaya. It may refer to

• Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky (1925-1945), Soviet military officer
  • 1977 Shura, an asteroid named after Aleksandr Kosmodemyanskaya
• Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya (1900–1978), Soviet social worker, mother of Aleksandr and Zoya
  • 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya, an asteroid named after Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya
• Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923-1941), Soviet partisan, sister of Aleksandr
  • 1793 Zoya, an asteroid named after Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

Category:Russian-language surnames