Zaytsev
Appearance
Zaytsev or Zaitsev (Template:Lang-ru) is a common Russian last name. It stems from the word "заяц" zayats (meaning "hare") and is related to the Slovakian and Polish surname Zajac. Zaytseva or Zaitseva (Зайцева) is a feminine version.
List of persons with the surname
- Alexander Zaytsev (disambiguation), list of people by this name
- Andrey Zaytsev (1951–1997), Russian historian
- Boris Zaytsev (disambiguation), name of several people
- Dmitry Zaytsev (1918–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Gennady Zaytsev (1934–?), Soviet KGB officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Igor Arkadyevich Zaitsev (b. 1938), Russian chess grandmaster
- Ivan Zaytsev (b. 1988), Italian volleyball player
- Ivan Dmitriyevich Zaytsev (1909–1993), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ivan Nikolayevich Zaytsev (1923–1997), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ivan Petrovich Zaytsev (1922–1963), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ivan Stepanovich Zaytsev (1926–1945), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Mikhail Zaytsev (1845–1904), Russian chemist
- Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaytsev (1923–?), Soviet general and commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in 1980–1985
- Nikolai Zaitsev (born 1989), Russian footballer
- Nikolay Ivanovich Zaytsev (1917–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nikolay Yakovlevich Zaytsev (1923–?), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
- Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian biathlete
- Serhiy Zaytsev (b. 1974), Ukrainian footballer and football manager
- Slava Zaitsev (b. 1938), Russian fashion designer
- Varfolomey Zaytsev (1842–1882), Russian publicist and literary critic
- Vasily Alexandrovich Zaytsev (1911–1961), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vasily Georgiyevich Zaytsev (1916–1956), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (1915–1991), Soviet sniper during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vasily Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1910–1941), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vasily Petrovich Zaytsev (1916–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vasily Vladimirovich Zaytsev (1920–2001), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Veniamin Zaytsev (1923–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Zaytsev (b. 1952), Soviet volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist
- Yakov Zaytsev (1918–1973), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Yevgeny Alexeyevich Zaytsev (1908–?), Soviet painter
- Yevgeni Nikolayevich Zaytsev (born 1971), Russian footballer
- Yevgeni Le-Chacal Zaytsev (born 1969) Australian born Russian and Australian Kung-Fu Champion and country Representative
- Zamira Zaytseva (b. 1953), middle distance runner from USSR and Uzbekistan
Places
- Zaytsev, Bryansk Oblast, a settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia
- Zaytsev, name of several other rural localities in Russia
- Zaytsev, Republic of Adygea, a former village (khutor) in the Republic of Adygea that existed until 2005 [1]