Zaytsev

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Zaytsev or Zaitsev (Russian: За́йцев) is a Russian last name. It stems from the word заяц (zayats, meaning "hare"). Zaytseva or Zaitseva (За́йцева) is the feminine version of this surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Zaytsev family [ru], Russian noble family
  • Alexander Zaytsev (disambiguation), several people
  • Boris Zaytsev (disambiguation), several people
  • Igor Zaitsev (born 1938), Russian chess grandmaster
  • Ihor Zaytsev (basketball) (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player
  • Ihor Zaytsev (footballer) (1934–2016), Ukrainian Soviet footballer
  • Ivan Zaytsev (volleyball) (born 1988), Italian volleyball player, son of Vyacheslav Zaytsev
  • Lyudmila Zaytseva (born 1946), Russian actress
  • Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaytsev (1923–2009), Soviet general and commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in 1980–1985
  • Nikita Igorevich Zaitsev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
  • Nikolai Zaitsev (born 1989), Russian footballer
  • Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian biathlete
  • Philipp Adamovich Zaitzev (1877–1957), Russian entomologist
  • Sergei Zaytsev (born 1969), Russian footballer
  • Serhiy Zaytsev (born 1974), Ukrainian footballer and football manager
  • Slava Zaitsev (1938–2023), Russian fashion designer
  • Vasily Zaitsev (pilot) (1910–1961), Soviet ace, twice Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vasily Zaitsev (sniper) (1915–1991), Soviet sniper during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vyacheslav Zaytsev (1952–2023), Soviet volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist
  • Yevgeni Nikolayevich Zaytsev (born 1971), Russian footballer
  • Yevgeni Zaytsev (footballer, born 1968), Russian footballer
  • Yury Konstantinovich Zaitsev (1951–2022), Russian weightlifter and USSR Olympic gold medallist
  • Yury Mikhailovich Zaitsev [de] (born 1936), Russian physicist
  • Zamira Zaytseva (born 1953), middle-distance runner from USSR and Uzbekistan
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