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

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