What is "tretyakov"

Tretyakov, Tretiakov (masculine) or Tretyakova (feminine) is a common Russian surname which means literally '[son] of the third child (son) in family'. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Tretiakov (born 1985), Russian skeleton racer
• Vitaliy Tretyakov (born 1981), digital artist, illustrator, graphic designer
• Nikolai Tretyakov (1854–1917), Russian general
• Pavel Tretyakov (1832–1898), Russian businessman and art collector
• Sergei Tretyakov (1892–1937), Russian writer
• Sergei Tretyakov (intelligence officer) (1956–2010), Russian spy and defector
• Viktor Tretyakov (born 1946), Russian violinist and conductor
• Vitaly Tretyakov (born 1953), Russian journalist
• Valery Tretyakov (disambiguation), several people