Izmaylov Explained

Izmaylov, İzmaylov or Izmailov (Russian: Измайлов) is a masculine surname common in the former Soviet countries, derived from the given name Ismail. Its feminine counterpart is Izmailova, İzmayılova or Izmaylova. It may refer to:

• Alexander Izmailov (1779–1831), Russian fabulist, prosaist, and journalist
• Chingis Izmailov (1944–2011), Russian psychophysiologist and psychophysicist
• Enver İzmaylov, Ukrainian folk-jazz musician
• Galiya Izmaylova (1923–2010), Soviet ballerina and People's Artist of the USSR
• Gerasim Izmailov, (1745–1795) Russian sea explorer
• Katerina Izmailova (swimmer) (born 1977), Tajikistani swimmer
• Marat Izmailov, (born 1982) Russian association football player
• Michelle Izmaylov, (born 1991) Russian/American novelist
• Sergey Izmaylov (born 1975), Ukrainian triple jumper
• Tolekan Ismailova, Kyrgyz human rights defender
• Vyacheslav Izmailov, army major and later correspondent, human rights hero of the First Chechen War in the 1990s
• Züleyxa Izmailova (born 1985), Estonian politician, chairwoman of the Estonian Greens party

See also

• Ismailov
• Dmitri Shostakovich's 1934 opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is sometimes referred to as Ismailova^[1]
  • Katerina Izmailova (film), a 1966 Soviet film adaptation of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
• İsmailoğlu

Notes and References

1. News: City Opera Presents Bright 'Ismailova'. Theodore Strongin. April 13, 1970. The New York Times.