Kravtsov

Kravtsov

Origin
Meaning	"tailor"
Region of origin	Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

Kravtsov (Russian: Кравцов) is a Russian language surname of Western Slavic origin, krawc coming from the Polish krawiec/kravets, 'tailor' (the native Russian word for 'tailor' is portnoy). The German-language transcription commonly used in the past is Krawtzoff.

Notable people with the surname include:

Politics

• Boris Kravtsov (born 1922), Russian jurist and politician
• Sergey Kravtsov (politician) (born 1974), Russian politician

Sport

• Aleksandr Kravtsov (born 1974), Russian high jumper
• Elena Krawzow (born 1993), German Paralympic swimmer
• Denis Kravtsov (born 1990), Russian footballer
• Grzegorz Krawców (born 1962), Polish sprint canoer
• Igor Kravtsov (born 1973), Russian rower
• Pavlo Kravtsov (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer
• Sergey Mikhailovich Kravtsov (born 1960), Belarusian Olympic sailor
• Sergey Tarasovich Kravtsov (born 1948), Ukrainian Olympic cyclist
• Viacheslav Kravtsov (born 1987), Ukrainian basketball player
• Vladimir Kravtsov (1949–1999), Russian handball player
• Vitali Kravtsov (born 1999), Russian hockey player

Military

• Colonel Alexander J. Kravtsov (1893–1920), military commander during Russian Civil War
• General Petr G. Kravtsov (1861–1919), Major General of the Don Army

Other

• Kravtsov family (Orenburg), a noble family from Orenburg
• Major Natalya Meklin, née Kravtsova (1922–2005), was a much decorated World War II combat pilot in women-only air regiment of Night Witches
• Sergey Kravtsov (disambiguation), several people with this name

See also

• All pages with titles containing Kravtsov
• 8812 Kravtsov, a main-belt asteroid

References