Polyakov

Polyakov (Template:Lang-ru) or Polyakova (feminine; Поляко́ва) is a Russian last name and may refer to:

People

• Dzyanis Palyakow (born 1991), Belarusian footballer
• Aleksei Poliakov (born 1974), Russian/Uzbek goalkeeper
• Alexander Dmitriyevich Polyakov (born 1959), Russian diplomat
• Alexander Markovich Polyakov (born 1945), Russian/American physicist
• Anatoly Polyakov (born 1980), Russian swimmer
• Anisim Polyakov (1904–?), Soviet academician and scientist in the field of veterinary sanitation and disinfection
• Dmitri Polyakov (1921–1988), Soviet General and a spy for the CIA
• Igor Polyakov (1912–2008), Soviet rower
• Ivan Alexeyevich Polyakov (1886–1969), Russian Cossack military leader
• Ivan Matveyevich Polyakov (1919–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Konstantin Polyakov (1924–1943), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Lazar Polyakov (1843–1914), Russian entrepreneur
• Leonid Polyakov (architect) (1906–1965), Soviet architect
• Leonid Polyakov (officer) (1909–?), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union ]
• Mykola Polyakov (born 1946), Ukrainian scientist
• Nikolay Polyakov (publisher) (1843–1905), Russian publisher
• Nikolay Polyakov (scientist) (1903–?), Soviet academician and scientist in the field of mining
• Oleg Polyakov (born 1990), Russian footballer
• Samuel Polyakov (1837–1888), Russian businessman
• Sergei Polyakov (born 1968), Russian sport shooter, silver olympic medalist
• Sergey Polyakov (born 1951), Russian-American scientist
• Valeri Polyakov (born 1942), Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia
• Viktor Polyakov (born 1981), Ukrainian boxer
• Vitaly Polyakov (1923–?), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Polyakov (born 1960), retired Soviet/Russian pole vaulter
• Vladislav Polyakov (born 1983), Kazakhstani swimmer
• Yevgeni Viktorovich Polyakov (born 1980), Russian footballer
• Yevgeni Yuryevich Polyakov (born 1988), Russian footballer
• Yuriy Polyakov (born 1980), Russian-American scientist
• Yury Polyakov (1921), Soviet historian

Other

• Polyakov action, two-dimensional action of a conformal field theory describing the worldsheet of a string in string theory
• 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole, a topological soliton similar to the Dirac monopole but without any singularities
• Polyakov (rural locality), name of several rural localities in Russia

See also

• Poliakoff