Alexeyev

Alexeyev, Alekseyev, Alexeiev, Alexeev or Alekseev (Russian: Алексе́ев) is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Alexey (Алексей) and literally means Alexey's. Often the same name appears in English in several different transliterations. Similarly, Alexeyeva, Alekseyeva, Alexeeva and Alekseeva are female versions of the same last name.

People

Alekseev

• Alekseev (singer) (b. 1993), Ukrainian singer
• Evgeny Alekseev (chess player) (born 1985), Russian chess grandmaster
• Fedor Alekseev, Russian-Armenian linguist and journalist
• Mikhail Alekseev (1857–1918), Russian military officer
• Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev (1949–2014), Soviet and Russian Caucasian language specialist
• Nikolai Alekseev (Catholic priest) (1869-1952), Russian Greek-Catholic priest
• Nikolai Alekseev (b. 1977), Russian gay rights activist
• Oleg Alekseev (1953–2015) Soviet wrestler
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Alekseev (1932–1980), Russian mathematician

Alexeev

• Dmitri Alexeev (pianist) (b. 1947), Russian pianist
• Nikita Alexeev (b. 1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Vadim Alexeev (b. 1970), Israeli breaststroke swimmer

Alekseyev

• Aleksandr Alekseyev (boxer) (b. 1981), Russian boxer
• Dmitri Alekseyev (b. 1973), Russian professional footballer
• Fyodor Alekseyev (c. 1753–1824), Russian landscape painter
• Nikolay Alekseyev (mayor of Moscow) (1852–1893), Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and public figure
• Valentin Alekseyev (1924–1994), Russian historian
• Valeri Alekseyev (disambiguation), several people
• Vasiliy Alekseyev (1942–2011), Russian superheavyweight weightlifter
• Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev (1881–1951), Russian philologist, sinologist, and academician
• Yevgeni Alekseyev (disambiguation), several people

Alexeyev

• Alexeyev family, Russian merchant dynasty in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Alexander Alexeyev, Soviet intelligence agent and diplomat, ambassador to Cuba
• Alexander Nikolayevich Alexeyev, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Serbia
• Alexander Yuryevich Alexeyev, Russian diplomat, ambassador to the Council of Europe
• Alexander Alexeyev (1891-1975), Russian scientist in the field of electrical engineering
• Anatoly Alexeyev (1902–1974), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Andrey Alexeyev (officer) (1920–1943), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Alexeyev (navy officer) (1909–1972), Soviet navy officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Alexeyev (pilot) (1913–1942), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Alexeyev (1911–1973), Soviet actor, People's Artist of the USSR
• Georgy Alexeyev (sculptor) (1881–1951), Russian sculptor and graphic artist
• Georgy Alexeyev (pilot) (1917–1943), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Grigory Alexeyev (1903–1944), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Kirill Alexeyev (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Mikhail Nikolayevich Alexeyev (1918–2007), Soviet writer
• Mikhail Pavlovich Alexeyev (1896–1981), a Soviet literary critic and academician
• Nikolay Alexeyev (pilot) (1919–1943), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pavel Alekseyev (pilot) (1912–1985), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pyotr Alexeyev (1731–1801), Russian ecclesiastic figure and writer
• Pyotr Alexeyevich Alexeyev (1849–1891), Russian revolutionary
• Pyotr Petrovich Alexeyev (1840–1891), Russian chemist
• Rostislav Alexeyev (1916–1980), pioneering Russian Ground effect vehicle designer
• Semyon Alexeyev, head of the Alexeyev OKB
• Sergei Alexeyev (1924–2013), Russian politician
• Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alexeyev (serviceman) (1900–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasily Petrovich Alexeyev (1896–1919), one of the founders of Communist youth organizations in Russia
• Viktor Alexeyev (1914–1977), Soviet athlete and trainer
• Vladimir Alexeyev (scientist) (1852–1919), Russian chemist and physicist
• Vladimir Alexeyev (admiral) (1912–1999), Soviet admiral and Hero of the Soviet Union

Alekseyeva

• Alla Alekseyeva (b. 1934), Russian rower
• Tatyana Alekseyeva (b. 1963), Russian 400 metre runner

Alexeyeva

• Lidia Alexeyeva (b. 1924), Russian basketball coach
• Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Moscow Helsinki Group founder and Chairwoman since 1996

Others

• Alexandre Alexeieff (1901–1982), Russian artist, filmmaker and illustrator
• Konstantin Stanislavski (1863–1938), stage name of actor and director Konstantin Sergeievich Alexeiev

Other

• 9933 Alekseev, minor planet

See also

• Alexeyevsky (disambiguation)
• Alexeyevka (disambiguation)

References

• Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press.