Yuryev

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Yuryev, sometimes spelled as Yuriev (Russian: Юрьев), or Yuryeva/Yurieva (feminine; Юрьева), is a Russian last name and may refer to:

People

• Alexei Yuryev (1887-?), a Russian Bolshevik
• Boris Yuryev (1889-1957), a Russian/Soviet scientist in the field of aerodynamics and academician. Inventor of swashplate for helicopter, which allow to control of helicopter flight.
• Mikhail Zakharyin-Yuryev (?-?), a Russian statesman and diplomat of the 16th century
• Nikita Zakharyin-Yuriev (? - 1586), a Muscovite boyar whose grandson Mikhail Feodorovich founded the Romanov dynasty of Russian tsars
• Vasili Yuryev (1955-2000), a Russian Internal Troops officer and Hero of Russia
• Vasili Yuryev (selectionist) (1879-1962), a Russian/Soviet selectionist and academician
• Yuri Yuryev (1872-1948), a Russian/Soviet actor and People's Artist of the USSR
• Timofey Yuriev (1973-?), a Russian/Soviet Film Director IMDB profile

Places

• Yuryev, a former Russian name of Tartu, Estonia
• Yuryev, a former name of Bila Tserkva in Ukraine
• Yuryev-Polsky, a town in Vladimir Oblast in Russia

Other

• Yuri's Day (Yuryev Day in Russian), a Russian Orthodox feast celebrated twice a year (spring and autumn)
• Yuriev Monastery, a male monastery in Velikiy Novgorod, Russia
• St. George's Night Uprising (Yuryev Night Uprising in Russian), a series of rebellions in 1343-1345 by the indigenous Estonian-speaking population of Northern and Western Estonia against foreign rulers
• Yuryev reaction, a chemical reaction where furan transforms into pyrrole, thiophene, and selenophene; named after a Soviet chemist Yu.K.Yuryev (1896-1965), who discovered it in 1935

See also Yuryevsky