Kryukov (Russian: Крю́ков) and Kryukova (Russian: Крю́кова; feminine) is a common Russian surname[1] derived from the word "крюк" (kryuk). While the literal meaning of the word is "hook", the surname stems from the figurative meaning of "finicky person", a "quibbler", but also a "stoop-shouldered person".[2]
People with this surname include:
- Andrei Krukov (born 1971), Kazakh and Azerbaijani skater
- Artem Kryukov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Fyodor Kryukov (1870–1920), Russian writer and soldier
- Irina Kryukova (born 1968), Russian women chess grandmaster
- Mikhail Kryukov (born 1932), Soviet and Russian anthropologist and historian
- Nikolai Kryukov (gymnast) (born 1978), Russian artistic gymnast
- Nikolai Kryukov (actor) (1915–1993), Soviet film and theater actor
- Nikolai Kryukov (composer) (1908–1961), Russian composer
- Vladimir Kryukov (general) (1897–1959), Soviet Army general
- Yevgeni Kryukov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian footballer and coach
See also
- 32734 Kryukov
- Kryuchkov
- Kryukov, name of several rural localities in Russia
References
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