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Petrov or Petroff (masculine) or Petrova (feminine) is one of the most common surnames in
Russia andBulgaria . The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (both equivalent to English Peter). It is the last name of the following people:*
Alexander Petrov , Russian chess player
*Aleksandr Petrov (animator) , Russian animator
*Aleksandr Anatolyevich Petrov , Russian journalist
*Alexey Petrov , Russian physicist and mathematician
*Andrei Petrov , Russian composer
*Borislava Petrova , Bulgarian curler
*Daniel Petrov , Bulgarian boxer
*Evdokia Petrova , Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia
*Georgi Petrov , Bulgarian economist
*Gjorche Petrov , Bulgarian revolutionary
*Igor Petrov , Czech senator
*Ilia Petrov , Bulgarian painter and graphic artist
*Ivailo Petrov , Bulgarian writer
*Ivan Petrov (1899-1963), opera singer (baritone) of Bulgarian descent
*Ivan Atanassov Petrov (b. 1947), Bulgarian neurologist
*Ivan Ivanovich Petrov (1920–2003), Soviet/Russian opera singer
*Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896–1958), Soviet general
*Kirill Petrov (b. 1990), Russian ice hockey player
*Konstantin Petrov , Ukrainian physicist
*Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast) (b. 1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
*Maria Petrova (figure skater) (b. 1977), Russian figure skater
*Martin Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
*Nadia Petrova , Russian professional tennis player
*Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov , Russian pianist, founder of the Nikolai Petrov International Philanthropic Foundation
*Nikolay Petrov (b. 1988), Bulgarian soccer player
*Oleg Petrov , Russian hockey player
*Olga Petrova , stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performer
*Osip Petrov , Russian opera singer
*Petar Petrov (athlete) (b. 1955), Bulgarian sprinter
*Petar Petrov (footballer) (b. 1961), Bulgarian football player
*Petar Petrov (designer) (b. 1977), Bulgarian fashion designer
*Peter Petrov , Bulgarian investment banker
*Stanislav Petrov , Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchange
*Stefka Petrova , Bulgarian nutritionist
*Stilian Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
*Tatiana Petrova , Russian water polo player
*Valeri Petrov , Bulgarian poet
*Vasily Petrov , disambiguation
*Vassil Petrov , Bulgarian musician/singer
*Victor Petrov , Soviet spy, Ukrainian emigrant activist, writer, philosopher and historian
*Vitaly Petrov , Russian auto racing driver
*Vladimir Petrov (author) (1915–1999), writer, teacher, and former prisoner of the Soviet Gulag
*Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov (diplomat) (1907–1991), Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia
*Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov (TRIZ Master) , board member of InternationalTRIZ Association
*Vladimir Petrov (footballer) (b. 1940), Soviet international footballer
*Vladimir Petrov (rower) (b. 1932), Soviet coxswain at the 1956 Summer Olympics
*Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (b. 1947), Soviet ice hockey player
*Vladimirs Petrovs (1908–1943), also known as Vladimir Petrov, Latvian chess player
*Vladimir Petrov, nickname ofAl Blake , professional wrestler
*Vladimir Petrov (director) , Bulgarian film director
*Yevgeny Petrov , Soviet writer of Ilf and Petrov duo----
*Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin , Russian/Soviet painter
*Tudor Petrov-Popa , Moldovan Romanian politicianPlaces
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Petrov (crater) , a lunar crater
*Petrov (Brno) , a cathedral inBrno , Moravia, Czech Republic
*Petrov (Blansko district) , a village inMoravia , Czech Republic
*Petrov (Hodonín district) , a village inMoravia , Czech Republic
*Petrov (Prague-west district) , a village in theCzech Republic
*Petrov, Russia , a village ("khutor") in the Republic of Adygea, Russia*
Petrova, Maramureş , a commune inMaramureş County , Romania
*Petrová , a village in Bardejov District, Slovakiaee also
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