Alexander is a male given name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Kuznetsov, Kuznyetsov, Kuznetsoff, or Kouznetsov or Kuznetsova is the third most common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English "Smith".
Vostok refers to east in Russian but may also refer to:
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy, was a Russian general and military theorist in service of the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy. He was Count of Rymnik (1789), Graf of the Holy Roman Empire (1789), Feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire (1799), Prince of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1799), Grand marshal of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1799), Prince or Knyaz of the Russian Empire (1799), Field marshal (1794) and the last Generalissimo (1799) of the Russian Empire. Suvorov is considered one of the greatest military commanders in Russian history and one of the great generals of the early modern period. He was awarded numerous medals, titles, and honors by Russia, as well as by other countries. Suvorov secured Russia's expanded borders and renewed military prestige and left a legacy of theories on warfare. He was the author of several military manuals, the most famous being The Science of Victory, and was noted for several of his sayings. He never lost a single battle he commanded, and his military record is extensive; Suvorov won in a total of 63 battles without suffering a major defeat. He raised Russian military glory to a height to which it had never reached. Several military academies, monuments, villages, museums, and orders in Russia are dedicated to him.
Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun, known by his pseudonym of Viktor Suvorov is a former Soviet GRU officer who is the author of non-fiction books about World War II, the GRU and the Soviet Army, as well as fictional books about the same and related subjects.
Aleksandr or Alexander Popov may refer to:
Alexander Ivanov may refer to:
Ignatyev, Ignatiev, or Ignatieff or Ignatyeva is a Russian surname derived from the name Ignatius, in Russian, Ignatiy/Ignaty. In the Imperial Russia the Ignatievs noble family was established sometimes in the 17th century as a cadet branch of the Pleshchevs family from Chernihiv (Czernihów). Along with Pleshchevs, the Ignatievs family takes its roots from a Muscovite boyar Theodore Biakont who emigrated from Chernihiv to Moscow sometime in the 14th century, see Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev.
Pokrovsky, also spelled Pokrovski and Pokrovskii, or Pokrovskaya is a Slavic last name. Its form in neuter is Pokrovskoye. It may refer to:
Shcherbakov or Scherbakov, feminine: Shcherbakova or Scherbakova (Щербако́ва), is a Russian surname. It may refer to:
Vasilevsky, also transliterated as Vasilievsky or Vasilyevsky, is a Russian surname or place name (Васи́льевский), derived from the given name Vasily. It may refer to:
Zakharov, or Zakharova is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aleksandr or Aleksander or Alexander Petrov may refer to:
Aleksandr Alekseyev or Alexander Alexeev may refer to:
Aleksandr Baranov may refer to:
Smirnov or Smirnova is one of the two most common surnames in Russia. Smirnov is derived from an adjectival nickname smirnyj, that means "quiet, still, peaceful, gentle".
Alexander Yegorov may refer to:
Arkady is a Slavic masculine given name, ultimately derived from the Greek name Αρκάδιος, meaning “from Arcadia”. The Latin equivalent is Arcadius. Notable people with the name include:
Alexander Suvorov (1729–1830) was a Russian general and military theorist.
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