Kryukov Explained

Kryukov (Russian: Крю́ков) and Kryukova (Russian: Крю́кова; feminine) is a common Russian surname^[1] derived from the word "Russian: 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Unbegaun, B. O.. Russian Surnames. 1972. Oxford University Press.
2. Федосюк Ю. А. "Русские фамилии. Популярный этимологический словарь". Крюков. 6-е изд., испр. Москва, Флинта: Наука, 2006. 240 с.