Agapov

Agapov (Russian: Ага́пов; masculine) or Agapova (Ага́пова; feminine) is a Russian surname.^[1] It derives from the given name Agap, which, in turn, is derived from the Greek verb meaning to love.^[1]

The following people share this surname:

• Aleksandr Agapov (born 1982), Russian association football player
• Anna Agapova, Russian figure skater participating in the Figure skating at the 2003 Winter Universiade and the 2002/2003 Russian Figure Skating Championships
• Anton Agapov (born 1992), Russian association football player
• Boris Agapov, full cavalier of the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
• Galina Agapova, Russian geologist who named the undersea Kosminskaya Fracture Zone, Vinogradov Fracture Zone, Dubinin Trough, and Lazarev Trough
• Gennadiy Agapov (Gennady Agapov), Soviet Olympic race walker participating in the 1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
• Julia Agapova, a contestant on the Sweden's Next Top Model show
• Konstantin Agapov, Russian futsal player who scored two goals in the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
• Larisa Agapova, birth name of Larisa Peleshenko (born 1964), retired Russian Olympic shot putter
• Lyubov Agapova, actress who starred in Lilya 4-ever, a 2002 Swedish-Danish drama movie
• Maksim Agapov (born 1988), Kyrgyzstani association football player
• Mykola Agapov, Ukrainian association football player for FC Desna Chernihiv
• Nikolay Agapov, Russian auto racing driver participating in the 2007 European Touring Car Cup
• Nina Agapova (born 1926), Soviet and Russian actress
• Olga Agapova, U23 Female member of the 2011 National Team of the Russian Triathlon Federation
• Pavel Agapov, Russian basketball player participating in FIBA EuroCup Challenge
• Pavel Agapov, U23 Male member of the 2011 National Team of the Russian Triathlon Federation
• Pyotr Agapov, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Karelian ASSR in 1959–1972
• Sergey Agapov, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR
• Sergey Agapov, "co-director" of Life in a Day, a 2011 crowdsourced drama/documentary movie
• Svetlana Agapova, 1978 bronze winner at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup – Women's balance beam
• Vitaly Agapov, Soviet Ambassador to Benin in 1979–1985
• Vladimir Agapov, several people
• Yuri Agapov (Yury Agapov) (born 1980), Russian association football player

See also

• Agapovo, a rural locality (a village) in Nytvensky District of Perm Krai, Russia
• Agapovo, alternative name of Agashovo, a rural locality (a village) in Lodeynopolsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia

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