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Polyakov (Russian: Поляков), or Polyakova (feminine; Полякова) is a Russian last name and may refer to:

People

• Aleksei Polyakov, Russian/Uzbek goalkeeper
• Alexander Polyakov, a Russian/American physicist
• Anisim Polyakov (1904-?), a Soviet academician and scientist in the field of veterinary sanitation and disinfection
• Dmitri Polyakov (1921-1988), a Soviet General and a spy for the CIA
• Grigoriy Polyakov (b. 1923) a Russian string theorist turned sniper Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia (refer to below string theory)
• Ivan Polyakov (1919-1944), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Konstantin Polyakov (1924-1943), a Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Leonid Polyakov (architect) (1906-1965), a Soviet architect
• Leonid Polyakov (officer) (1909-?), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Polyakov ( 1899-?) a Red Army commander, assassinated by the General Lavr Kornilov and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nikolay Polyakov (publisher) (1843-1905), a Russian publisher
• Nikolay Polyakov (scientist) (1903-?), a Soviet academician and scientist in the field of mining
• Samuel Polyakov (1837-1888) businessman, railroad entrepreneur
• Sergei Polyakov (b.1968), a Russian sport shooter, silver olympic medalist.
• Valeriy Polyakov (b. 1942), a Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia
• Vitaly Polyakov (1923-?), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Polyakov (b. 1960), a retired Soviet/Russian pole vaulter
• Vladislav Polyakov (b. 1983), a Kazakhstani swimmer
• Yuri Polyakov (1921-?), a Soviet historian

Other

• Polyakov action, two-dimensional action of a conformal field theory describing the worldsheet of a string in string theory
• 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole, a topological soliton similar to the Dirac monopole but without any singularities
• Polyakov (settlement), a settlement in Samara Oblast, Russia

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