Dmitriyev Explained

Dmitriyev or Dmitriev (Russian: Дми́триев) is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Dmitry and literally means Dmitry's. It may refer to:

• Aleksandr Dmitriyev (conductor) (born 1935), Russian conductor
• Alexey Dmitriev (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player
• Andrei Dmitriev (born 1979), Russian political dissident, publicist.
• Andrei Dmitriev (born 1956), Russian writer
• Artur Dmitriev (born 1968), Russian Olympic champion in figure skating
• Dmitri Dmitrijev (born 1982), Estonian politician
• Dmitriy Dmitriyev (born 1983), Russian professional football player
• Georgy Dmitriyev (1942–2016), a Russian composer
• Igor Dmitriev (1927–2008), Russian actor
• Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837), Russian poet
• Matvey Dmitriev-Mamonov (1790–1863), Russian poet, public and military figure
• Maxim Dmitriyev (1913–1990), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Gennadiyevich Dmitriyev (born 1947), Soviet and Russian mathematician
• Nikolai Dmitriev (1898–1954), Soviet linguist
• Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1838–1898), Russian painter
• V. Dmitriev, soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
• Vladimir Dmitriyev (1900–1948), Soviet theater designer and painter
• Vladimir Karpovich Dmitriev (1868–1913), Russian economist, mathematician and statistician
• Yury Dmitriyev (1911–2006), Soviet theater and art critic
• Yury Dmitriyev (born 1946), Soviet cyclist
• Yury A. Dmitriev (born 1956), rights activist and Gulag historian