Kovalyov
Kovalyov, often spelled as Kovalev (Russian: Ковалев), 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
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