Kovalyov

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Kovalyov (Russian: Ковалёв), often written as Kovalev, or its feminine variant Kovalyova, Kovaleva (Ковалёва), is a common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English surname Smithson (derived from the Ukrainian word koval' (коваль), which means "blacksmith"). Due to the ambiguous status of the Cyrillic letter yo, the surname may be written with the Cyrillic letter ye (Russian: Ковалев/Ковалева) instead, though literate Russian speakers always pronounce it yo. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kovalyov (b. 1982), Russian footballer Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov (b. 1975), Russian sprint canoer Alexei Kovalev (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey player Anton Kovalyov (born 1992), Ukrainian-born Canadian chess grandmaster Gennady Kovalev (born 1983), Russian boxer Gennady Kovalev (biathlete) (1945–2024), Soviet-Russian biathlete Mikhail Kovalyov (1897–1967), Soviet military leader Nikolay Kovalyov (politician) (1949–2019), Russian politician, Chair...

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