Ogurtsov Explained

Ogurtsov (Russian: Огурцов; masculine) or Ogurtsova (Russian: Огурцо́ва; feminine) is a Russian last name.^[1] Possibly a variant of the last name Agureyev, it might also be a derivative from the nickname "Russian: Огурец" (Ogurets), which literally means cucumber. This possibility, however, is discounted by some researchers.^[2]

People with the last name

• Alexey Ogurtsov, Russian actor who played Spirid in the 2014 dark fantasy movie Viy
• Artyom Ogurtsov, Russian association football player who played for PBC CSKA Moscow in 1999–2000
• Bazhen Ogurtsov, an architect who contributed to the construction of the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin
• Dmitry Ogurtsov, Russian ice hockey player 2011 HC CSKA Moscow draft pick
• Dmitry Ogurtsov, member of the Young Guard, a Soviet resistance group
• Igor Ogurtsov, co-founder of VSHSON, an underground anti-Soviet organization
• Nikolay Ogurtsov (b. 1996), Russian association football player
• Mariya Ohurtsova (Ogurtsova) (b. 1983), retired Ukrainian swimmer
• Sergey Ogurtsov, birth name of Sergey Lemokh (b. 1965), Russian singer
• Sergey Ogurtsov, head of Sochi Police, Russia

Fictional characters

• Serafim Ogurtsov, a character in the 1956 Soviet musical Carnival Night

See also

• Ogurtsovo, several rural localities in Russia

References

Sources

• И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001.
• Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006.

Notes and References

1. Ganzhina, p. 14
2. Fedosyuk, entry on "Агуреев" .