Korolyov
Korolyov (Russian: Королёв), also transliterated as Korolev or Korolov, or its feminine variant Korolyova (Королёва), is a common Russian surname, and the name of multiple places in Russia. It is derived from the word "король", korol) meaning "king". It may refer to:
People
- Aleksandr Korolyov (disambiguation), several people
- Alexey Korolev, a Kazakhstani ski jumper
- Andrey Korolev, a Russian linguist
- Anton Korolev, a Russian ice hockey player
- Boris Korolev, avant-garde Soviet sculptor
- Denis Borisovich Korolyov, Russian footballer
- Denis Korolyov (disambiguation), several people with this name
- Dmitry Korolyov (disambiguation), several people with this name
- Evgeny Korolev, a Kazakhstani tennis player
- Yevgeni Korolyov (disambiguation), several people with this name
- Igor Korolev, a Russian hockey player
- Lev Korolyov (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nikolai Fyodorovich Korolev, Soviet boxer
- Oleg Korolyov, Governor of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia
- Oleg A. Korolev, a Russian artist
- Sergey Korolyov, a leading rocket engineer and designer of the Soviet Union
- 1855 Korolyov, an asteroid named in his honour
- Korolyov RP-318, Russia's first rocket-powered aircraft, built by Sergey Korolyov
- Sergey Alexandrovich Korolev, industrial microbiology creator
- Yaroslav Korolev, a Russian basketball player
- Yevgeni Korolyov (disambiguation), several people with this name
- Yuri Korolev, World & European Champion Gymnast
Places
- Korolyov Urban Okrug, a municipal formation which Korolyov City Under Oblast Jurisdiction in Moscow Oblast, Russia is incorporated as
- Korolyov (inhabited locality), several inhabited localities in Russia
- Korolev (lunar crater), a Lunar crater named after Sergey Korolyov
- Korolev (Martian crater), a crater on Mars named after Sergey Korolyov
Media and entertainment
- "Korolev", a 2015 tune by Public Service Broadcasting
Other
- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, an aerospace corporation named after Sergey Korolyov
- Korolev, a fictional starship in the Stargate universe
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