Akimov

Akimov (Russian: Акимов, masculine) and Akimova (Russian: Акимова, feminine) is a Russian surname derived from the given name Akim. It is shared by the following people:

• Alexander Ivanovich Akimov (1895–1965), Soviet general
• Aleksandr Akimov (1953–1986), the shift supervisor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
• Aleksandra Akimova (5 May 1922–29 December 2012), navigator during World War II and Hero of the Russian Federation
• Andrey Akimov (b. 1953), a Russian businessman
• Iryna Akimova (b. 1960), a Ukrainian politician
• Ivan Akimov (1754–1814), a Russian Neoclassical painter
• Maxim Akimov (b. 1970), a Russian politician
• Nikolay Akimov (1901–1968), a Russian theater director
• Olga Akimova (b. 1983), an Uzbekistani ice dancer

References

• Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press.