What is "volkov"

Volkov is a lunar crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the north of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy, and east-southeast of Dobrovol'skiy. Overlying the southeastern rim of Volkov is the satellite crater Volkov J, and the two have merged to form a figure-8 shape. The crater Lander is attached to the southwest rim of Volkov J, making this a triple-crater formation.

The outer rim of Volkov is moderately eroded, with a small crater across the northeast rim and a gap in the southeast where it joins Volkov J. The inner walls are relatively featureless, with a few tiny craterlets marking the surface. The interior floor of the crater is lumpy, with low hills and a few tiny craterlets.

It is named after Russian–Soviet cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov who died in Soyuz 11 mission on 30 June 1971 during the vehicle's return to the Earth.

Volkov , or Volkova (feminine; Волкова) is a common Russian last name, which is derived from the word volk (волк, or wolf), and may refer to:

• Aleksei Volkov, see there for complete list
• Alexander Volkov, see there for complete list
• Anatole Volkov, courier for the Silvermaster spy ring
• Anatoly Volkov (1909–?), Soviet literary critic
• Boris Volkov (1900–1970), Soviet stage designer
• Boris N. Volkov (1894–1954), Russian poet
• Dmitry Volkov, Russian volleyball player
• Dmitry Volkov, Soviet swimmer
• Dmitry Volkov (1718–1785), Russian statesman
• Esteban Volkov, grandson of Leon Trotsky
• Fyodor Volkov, "the father of the Russian theater"
• Fyodor Volkov (1847–1918), Ukrainian ethnographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist
• Fyodor Andreyevich Volkov (1898–1954), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Igor F. Volkov, a Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
• Ilan Volkov, Israeli conductor
• Ivan Volkov (b. 1954), Russian saxophone and clarinet player and jazzman
• Konstantin Volkov, see there for complete list
• Mikhail Volkov (1922–?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nadezhda Volkova (1920–1942), Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nikolay Volkov (disambiguation), see there for complete list
• Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States
• Oleksandr Volkov (b. 1989), Ukrainian footballer
• Olga Volkova (b. 1939), Russian actress
• Olha Volkova (b. 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier
• Semyon Volkov (1845–1924), Russian revolutionary
• Sergey Volkov, see there for complete list
• Solomon Volkov, Russian musicologist
• Valentin Volkov (painter) (1881–1964), Soviet painter
• Valery Volkov, Soviet horse rider
• Vasily Volkov (1840-1907), Russian painter
• Vasily Stepanovich Volkov (1922–?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vera Volkova, Russian ballet dancer
• Viktor Volkov (1917–1998), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vitali Volkov, FC Torpedo Moscow midfielder
• Vladimir Volkov (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
• Vladimir Volkov (musician) (born 1960), Russian contrabass player and jazzman
• Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov (b. 1954), Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
• Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Volkov (crater), a lunar crater bearing his name
  • 1790 Volkov, an asteroid bearing his name
• Yefim Volkov (1844–1920), Russian landscape painter
• Yulia Volkova, member of the group t.A.T.u.
• Zinaida Volkova, Russian Marxist, daughter of Leon Trotsky
• Yuri Volkov, retired Soviet ice hockey player

Volkov may refer to:

• Volkov (surname), people with the surname Volkov
• Volkov (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Volkov Commander, a file manager