What is "kovalyov"

Kovalyov, often spelled as Kovalev , or Kovalyova, Kovaleva (feminine; Ковалёва), is a common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English " Smith" (derived from the Ukrainian word koval, which means blacksmith).

The surname may refer to:

• Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kovalyov (b. 1982), Russian footballer
• Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov (b. 1975), Russian sprint canoer
• Alexei Kovalev (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Sergey Kovalev (born 1983), Russian boxer
• Gennady Kovalev (born 1983), Russian boxer
• Mikhail Kovalyov (1897–1967), Soviet military leader
• Nikolay Kovalyov (politician) (born 1949), Russian politician, Chair of the State Duma's Veterans' Committee, former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB)
• Nikolay Kovalev (fencer) (born 1986), Russian sabre fencer
• Kovalyova is the real surname of a Russian serf actress and opera singer Praskovya Zhemchugova
• Sergei Adamovitch Kovalev (born 1930), human rights activist and politician in post-Soviet Russia, former Soviet dissident and political prisoner
• Sergei Nikitich Kovalev (Petrograd, August 15, 1919 – St. Petersburg, February 24, 2011), Russian designer of the U.S.S.R. nuclear submarine
• Vladimir Kovalev (skater) (born 1953), Soviet figure skater
• Pasha Kovalev (born 1980), Russian professional Latin and ballroom dancer

In fiction:

Central character of Nicolai Gogol's The Nose

Category:Surnames of Ukrainian origin