Konstantinov Explained

Konstantinov (Bulgarian: Константинов, Russian: Константинов also transliterated as Konstantinoff or Constantinoff) and Konstantinova (feminine; Константинова) is a common Slavic surname that is derived from the baptismal name Konstantin and literally means Konstantin's.

People with this surname include:

Male

• Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897), Bulgarian writer
• Alexander Konstantinov (1895–1945), Soviet inventor and scientist in the field of radiophysics
  • Anatoly Konstantinov (1923–2006), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union Boris Konstantinov (1910–1969), Soviet physicist, academician, and Hero of Socialist Labor
• Evgeny Konstantinov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Fyodor Konstantinov (1901–?), Soviet philosopher and academician
• Julian Konstantinov (born 1966), Bulgarian operatic bass
• Konstantin Konstantinov (1817 or 1819–1871), Russian scientist in the field of artillery, rocketry, instrument making, and automatics
• Kosev Dimitr Konstantinov (1904–1996), Bulgarian historian and academician
• Kostia Konstantinoff (1903-1947), Russian composer and pianist
• Mikhail Konstantinov (1900–1990), Soviet general
• Minkov Svetoslav Konstantinov (1902–1966), Bulgarian writer
• Nikolay Konstantinov (1932–2021), Russian mathematics educator
• Plamen Konstantinov (born 1973), Bulgarian volleyball player
• Pyotr Konstantinov (1899–?), Soviet actor and People's Artist of the USSR
• Pyotr Konstantinov (1877–1959), Soviet plant-breeder, selectionist, and academician
• Vitali Konstantinov (born 1963), German artist and book illustrator
• Vladimir Konstantinov (1921–1979), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Konstantinov (born 1956), Crimean and Russian politician
• Vladimir Konstantinov (born 1967), former Russian professional hockey player

Female

• Ina Konstantinova (1924–1944), Soviet World War II partisan and diarist
• Galina Konstantinova (born 1940), Russian rower
• Kseniya Konstantinova (1925–1943), Soviet nurse and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Tamara Konstantinova (1919–1999), Soviet ground attack pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Fadel Emanouil Konstantinov (1995) Bulgarian financier and athlete.

See also

• Konstantinov, a crater on the Moon, named after Konstantin Konstantinov
• Konstantinov Kamen, a mountain in the Urals
• Konstantinovsky (disambiguation)
• Konstantinovka (disambiguation)

References

• Book: Unbegaun, B. O.. Russian Surnames. 1972. Oxford University Press.